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Family child care providers describe post'pandemic challenges, call for better pay and supports

Office of Early Childhood · April 11, 2025
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A panel facilitated by the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame featured family child care providers who described racialized histories of childcare, post'COVID developmental delays among children, long work hours and the need for decent wages and provider supports.

A facilitated panel during the Office of Early Childhood webinar featured family child care providers and advocates describing the sector's practical challenges and community commitments.

Artie Hill, education program manager at the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, moderated and introduced panelists who spoke from personal experience as home'based and family child care providers. Panelists emphasized the importance of self'care, apprenticeship and accreditation routes that help…

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