Weekly Digest: June 12, 2008

Tool for Estimating the Cost of Childcare

Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority (CHEFA) partnered with the Hartford Area Child Care Collaborative to develop the Child Care Cost Model, a tool used nationally to estimate the cost of providing early childhood education.

This tool has been developed to assist child care providers and policymakers to determine the cost per child of providing early care and education.  The Tool is an interactive cost model that estimates the costs of center- and school-based early care and education.

The Tool does not endorse any program model or staffing design. Instead, it compares operating costs across many different center-based program models that minimally comply with a state's safety and licensing regulations versus programs that are accredited by national organizations.

To access this tool online visit the CHEFA website at http://www.chefa.com/ The link can be found under "Estimating Childcare Costs?"

Discovery Website Community Updates

All Discovery community collaborative coordinators should have been contacted about updating your community pages on the Discovery website.  Thanks to those of you who have shared information and resources about your work.

Your Discovery colleagues greatly benefit from seeing the products of your hard work and the ideas you have generated over the years.  So please take a few minutes to forward your information and we will do the rest! 

Please e-mail Donna Studdiford at studdiford@onpointconsulting.org with any questions.

Governor's Early Childhood Education Cabinet June Meeting on TV

The Governor's Early Childhood Education Cabinet meeting on June 9 was taped for broadcast on CT-N.  It was on the air yesterday, and is now available on DVD or VHS.  To check for future airings of this or other EC Cabinet meetings, visit the CT-N website at http://www.ctn.state.ct.us/show_info.asp?EventID=9167