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(2025). Child care provider participation in Connecticut’s Care 4 Kids program. Education Development Center.  \nThis project is supported by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) of the United States (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award (Grant \\#: 90YE0301) totaling $1.6 million with 100% funded by ACF/HHS. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, noran endorsement by, ACF/HHS or the U.S. Government. Permission is granted for reproduction of this file with attribution to Education Development Center.  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction 4  \nSurvey Findings 5  \nParticipation in Care 4 Kids (C4K) 5  \nC4K Rate Comparison 7  \nPayment Collection Practices 8  \nProvider Interactions with C4K-Eligible Families 10  \nNonparticipation in C4K 11  \nConclusion 12  \nIntroduction  \nIn Connecticut, the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) subsidy program, known as Care 4 Kids (C4K), is administered by the Office of Early Childhood (OEC) . The C4K program helps reduce the cost of child care for eligible families with low incomes. In calendar year 2024, C4K served a monthly average of 17,012 children in both approved licensed centers and family child care providers.1  \nEducation Development Center (EDC) and Yale University are collaborating with the OEC on an evaluation study to examine Connecticut’s CCDF subsidy payment policies.  \nThe goals of this study are to evaluate the impact of OEC’s subsidy payment policies on provider and family participation in C4K as well as explore how providers and families understand and experience payment policies. The study team is using a variety of data sources to investigate these research goals, including administrative data, surveys of childcare providers and families, interviews with providers, and focus groups with families.  \nThis report summarizes a selection of findings from the survey of licensed child care center and licensed family child care (FCC) providers conducted in spring 2025.2 The survey was designed to help the research team examine how child care providers understand and experience the C4K program, as well as how they manage enrollment and payment processes. This report also focuses on survey findings related to providers’ participation in C4K, reasons for participating or not participating, rate comparisons, and practices related to the collection of family fees and additional tuition payments. Subsequent reports will include information on providers’ awareness of C4K policies and how they navigate the C4K system.  \n1 Policies include provider payment rates and family co-payment structures. Over the past several years, OEC has implemented multiple changes to subsidy payment policies, including increases to both base payment rates and the quality bonuses offered to providers with national accreditation, such as from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) or the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) . These rate increases were designed to promote families’ access to affordable child care by incentivizing providers to participate in the C4K program.  \n2 The survey opened on March 31 and closed on May 12.  \nChild Care Provider Participation in Connecticut’s Care 4 Kids Program EDC | 4  \nSurvey Findings  \nParticipation in Care 4 Kids (C4K)  \nAmong the 412 valid survey respondents, 57% were FCC providers and 43% were centers.3 Overall, 81% of the respondents were currently serving families using C4K subsidies, while 19% were not (these percentages were nearly identical for FCC providers and centers) .4  \nOver half o","cbCaigq55rdR03TJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigq55rdR03TJ","pdf",1196681,13,"English","# Introduction\n# Survey Findings\n## Participation in Care 4 Kids (C4K)\n## C4K Rate Comparison\n## Payment Collection Practices\n## Provider Interactions with C4K-Eligible Families\n## Nonparticipation in C4K\n# Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"What is the Care 4 Kids (C4K) program and who uses it in Connecticut?\",\"answer\":\"C4K is Connecticut’s CCDF subsidy program administered by the Office of Early Childhood (OEC). 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