211 Child Care provides child care providers with the information they need to operate a successful child care business, such as:
Quality Improvement
Elevate is the Office of Early Childhood’s (OEC) quality improvement system for licensed and license-exempt child care programs in family, group, and center-based settings.
Business Practices
- Fingerprinting for OEC Child Care Background Checks
- Steps to becoming licensed as a family child care provider or licensed child care center
- Make real-time updates in your profile on the 211 Child Care provider portal
- Small Business Resource Information
- Average fees charged in your area
- Professional Associations
- Resource Guide: Starting and Operating a Child Care Business (English)
- Join the Staffed Family Child Care Network
Communicating with Families
- Counseling on issues such as parent complaints, suspected child abuse, toilet training, etc.
- How to Communicate with Parents
- Potty Training: Learning to Use the Toilet
- How to Report Child Abuse and Neglect in Connecticut
Services for Families
- Child and Adult Care Food Programs
- Resources for Families Experiencing or At-Risk for Homelessness
- Interactive Learning Series around family homelessness and the McKinney-Vento Homelessness Assistance Act
Preparing for Emergencies:
Children’s Health & Development
- Children’s Growth and Development
- Social and Emotional Supports
- IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
- Healthy for Life
- Infant Toddler Resource Guide for Infant/Toddler Care Providers
- Infant Toddler Resource Guide Videos (English) (Spanish)
211 Child Care is a free statewide service to help match families with child care providers and programs. Be sure that your program is being referred! Contact 211 Child Care to list your program in our database. An Information Specialist will gather information about your fees, program hours, enrollment openings, meals served, languages spoken, etc. This information will be updated regularly. Please contact us with updates by calling 1-800-505-1000 or emailing 211childcare@ctunitedway.org. Or, make changes yourself using the 211 Child Care Provider Portal.