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How to enroll in Connecticut’s Early Start program: eligibility, documentation and attendance rules
Summary
An OEC informational video outlines how program managers should match children to Early Start spaces, verify age, residency and income, track attendance to maintain reimbursement, and update forms for OEC/ECE reporting.
A presenter in an Office of Early Childhood informational video laid out the steps Connecticut early childhood programs should follow to enroll children in Early Start–funded spaces, covering space types, documentation, income rules and attendance requirements.
The guidance centers on three priorities for matching a child to an Early Start space: the contract’s space type, the child’s eligibility and the family’s need. "Space types are outlined in your contract and in general policy a o 6," the presenter said, and programs must align a child’s assigned space with the age and service hours specified in that contract.
The video gives concrete eligibility and documentation rules. Programs must confirm a child’s age with a birth…
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