OEC training: How providers should calculate family fees for Early Start Connecticut

Unidentified Presenter, a presenter for the Office of Early Childhood (OEC), led a training explaining how providers must determine weekly family fees for children enrolled in Early Start Connecticut-funded spaces. The session covered what documentation to collect at enrollment and annually, how to calculate gross annual income, how to use the OEC fee schedule and online calculator, and special rules for Care for Kids certificates and children who share a full-time space.

Why it matters: family fees determine out-of-pocket costs for households and must be applied consistently across families. The OEC requires providers to notify families which documents they will accept, to document their calculations, and to follow the OEC fee schedule published in general policy B01.

How providers should determine a fee: the presenter said the three necessary inputs are family size, the family’s gross annual income and the child’s space type. "The family fee is the weekly fee charged to a family by the program for each child enrolled in a…