equal-access-supply-building-strategies

Reason(s) for non-compliance: • The Lead Agency does not adequately describe strategies to improve the supply and quality of child care during non-traditional hours, as required by 98.16(y) and (aa). (Plan Question 4.5.4d) Overall Target Completion Date: 07/30/2025 Action Step Number Action Step Description Target Completion Date 1 The OEC, Data Scientist will draft a child care needs assessment study. The study will include data and analysis of the supply and demand of nontraditional hours of care providers. 03/30/2025 2 The data from the study will be used to identify strategies to increase the supply of nontraditional hour care. 04/30/2025 3 The CCDF Policy team will work with other OEC team leads in other divisions who oversee projects related to child care supply building. Three promising projects in development: 05/30/2025 Tri-Share Child Care ￿ Program establish through Connecticut’s House Bill 5002. Pilot will focus on large employer in the New London area. The program is employer, state and employee fund matching program to lower the child care cost for employees. An additional program focus will include increasing the child care supply for 2nd shift workers. First Responder Referral Process - The enhanced referral service for first responders includes referrals to childcare programs that have been prescreened by 211 Child Care Referral Specialists for availability and the specific needs of families. First responders using this service received detailed program profiles, which include licensing inspection reports, hours, fees, capacity, meals, and special needs experience information for each prescreened program, a parent resource packet, connection to all 211 resources, and a follow-up call to check on outcomes and offer further referrals if needed. Team is tracking the requests for nontraditional hours. Data will be used to help build supply. Staffed Family Child Care Networks ￿ OEC will work closely with SFCCN Hub contractor to support providers interested in expanding business to serve families seeking nontraditional hour of care. 4 Implement supply building strategy for increasing the supply of nontraditional hours of care. 07/30/2025