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OEC-WBDC partnership expands business supports and grants for Connecticut childcare providers
Summary
The Office of Early Childhood and the Women's Business Development Council (WBDC) described a multi-year partnership that has provided training, individualized business coaching and more than $6 million in grants to hundreds of Connecticut childcare providers, supporting new businesses, jobs and child-care slots.
The Office of Early Childhood and the Women's Business Development Council outlined a multi-year partnership that aims to stabilize and grow Connecticut's child-care sector by providing business supports and cash and technology grants.
Margaret Gustafson, the OEC lead on the WBDC contract, said the partnership began during the pandemic and is now in its fourth year. "WBDC has already worked directly with over a third of all the licensed providers," Gustafson said, describing free professional…
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