Connecticut needs bold investments to solve our child-care crisis

Recently educators and families across Connecticut marched in rallies designed to send a message to our governor and our legislature: Our state’s child care system is in crisis. And we need major public investments to fix it.

At the Friends Center for Children, desperate families call us looking for safe, affordable, immediate care. Not only are we unable to accommodate them, but we can’t provide them with good alternatives, either. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed our industry to the breaking point.