Care 4 Kids Children Enrolled (2000–2024)

Definition

This indicator reports the total number of children enrolled in Care4Kids, the state’s primary child care subsidy program for low-income families. This includes toddlers, pre-school, and school age children, enrolled in regulated, exempt, and unregulated child care. Note that these figures represent distinct counts, and are not summaries of the publicly available monthly enrollment totals.

Data Source

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Unpublished data. Prepared by the United Way of Connecticut, Fiscal Years 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

Office of Early Childhood, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2012.

Connecticut Department of Social Services, Bureau of Assistance Programs, unpublished data, Fiscal Years 2000, 2005, 2007, and 2009.

Notes

Counts under 6­—excluding zeroes—were suppressed by the Office of Early Childhood before delivery.

S = suppressed count

NA = Not Available  (Due to collection errors, some data from 2010, 2013, 2015, and 2017 are unavailable. Data from 2015 and 2017 were not aggregated due to suppressed counts.)

Last Updated

2026-01