As a child care provider, 2-1-1 Child Care can provide you with the information you need to operate a successful child care business such as:
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
- Advertising your business
- Small business financial resource information
- Average fees charged in your area
- Professional Associations
- Resource Guide: Starting and Operating a Child Care Business (English) (Spanish)
Communicating with Families
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:
- Emergency Preparedness
- The Connecticut Child Emergency Preparedness Committee (CEPC)
- Resource Guide: Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery Resources for Child Care Programs (English) (Spanish)
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)
2-1-1 Child Care is a free statewide service to help match the requests of parents with child care providers and programs. Be sure that you program is being referred! Contact 2-1-1 Child Care to list your program in our database. An information specialist will gather information such as: your fees, program hours, enrollment openings, meals served, languages spoken, etc. This information will be updated on a regular basis and you can contact us with updates to make any changes.
Contact 2-1-1 Child Care at 1-800-505-1000 or email at 211childcare@ctunitedway.org