Finding the right support shouldn’t be a challenge. We’ve organized the state’s essential resources in one place to eliminate the “navigation burden”. Whether you need a business grant, help with a child’s behavior, or food program support, this is your starting point to connect directly with the expert agency that can help.
The Expert: The Women’s Business Development Council (WBDC) is Connecticut’s designated expert for child care business capital and advising.
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The Expert: The Early Childhood Consultation Partnership (ECCP) provides Connecticut’s evidence-based mental health support for all early care settings.
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The Expert: ctSHARES is the state’s shared services platform, specifically designed to help you reduce administrative burdens and costs.
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The Expert: The Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) oversees the CACFP program, helping providers access crucial nutrition funding.
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The Expert: The OEC Professional Registry is the state’s official system for recognizing the early childhood workforce and documenting professional development.
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The Expert: OEC Elevate is Connecticut’s Quality Recognition and Improvement System (QRIS), designed to help providers grow and get recognized for their great work.
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Our collection of practical, action-oriented toolkits is designed to help network leaders operationalize research-informed benchmarks. These user-friendly resources bridge the gap between theory and practice—providing step-by-step supports, templates, checklists, and planning guides to help you build coherent, equitable, and sustainable networks.
Explore our three complementary toolkits below to strengthen your strategic planning, service design, and implementation.
This foundational toolkit helps networks establish strong, value-driven organizational roots. By centering equity and embedding provider voice into decision-making frameworks, it guides you in creating a network identity that honors and respects home-based care settings.
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Designed to maximize your system’s impact, this toolkit translates core network values into concrete, outcome-driven service models. It provides frameworks for designing comprehensive supports that lift business burdens, improve financial viability, and foster culturally grounded practices.
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Execution determines impact. This toolkit centers on the relationship-based service delivery, data infrastructures, and operational routines required to turn good intentions into high-quality daily practice. Learn how to balance consistent core standards with the real-world flexibility providers need.
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