CT SB00152

Office of Early Childhood must create and distribute a one-page document listing developmental milestones for children ages birth to five years and information about the Child Development Infoline, effective July 1, 2024.

Child care centers, group child care homes, and family child care homes (except those serving only school-age children) must post the developmental milestones document in a conspicuous place on their premises, effective July 1, 2024.

Child care subsidy program eligibility expands to include parents/caretakers enrolled in higher education, career schools, job training programs, apprenticeships, teacher certification programs, and adult education programs, with special protections for foster children, adopted children, and homeless youth.

Commissioner of Early Childhood must implement federal regulations (45 CFR 98) to administer the child care subsidy program rather than state regulations, and must notify the public on the website of any program closures, eligibility changes, or benefit modifications at least thirty days before they take effect.

Licensed child care facilities must allow children with individualized family service plans participating in the birth-to-three early intervention program to receive services from their designated service providers at the child care facility, effective July 1, 2024.