Family Child Care Providers Reach Agreement With State Over Their First Contract

(WATERBURY, CT) – Joined by home-based child care providers and union officials, Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced an agreement between the State of Connecticut and CSEA/SEIU LOCAL 2001 providing for professional development and the first general wage increases in 12 years for family child care providers under Connecticut Care 4 Kids program, the state’s program to provide better opportunities for quality child care and subsidize child care costs for low income families. The agreement came after nine months of negotiations between the two parties.