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What does it take to build an early childhood education program rooted in faith, community, and a commitment to the next generation? On this episode of Inside Voices , host Georgia Goldburn sits down with Pastor Valerie Washington, Executive Director, and Robin Burke, Director of Upon This Rock Academy (UTRA) in New Haven, Connecticut, to discuss their journeys in early childhood education, Black...

  What will it take to build a child care system that truly works for every Connecticut family? On this episode of Inside Voices: Community Conversations, we sit down with Governor Ned Lamont to talk about the future of child care in Connecticut, including the state’s early childhood endowment, what greater access will require, and how child care connects to the economic security of families and c...

On this episode of Inside Voices , Georgia Goldburn speaks with Parent Voices Contra Costa Parent Leader Tiffany Reed about turning lived experience into advocacy. From speaking out about concerns at her daughters’ child care center to joining advocates from across the country at the National Child Care Convention in Chicago, Tiffany shares her perspective on parent power, accountability, universa...

The conversation continues on Inside Voices with our host, Georgia Goldburn, takes a closer look at what equity should mean within Connecticut's mixed-delivery early childhood system.  Building on CERCLE’s Restorative Justice Agenda, this episode examines the relationship between public investment, access, and the providers families depend on daily.  As the state reshapes its early childhood lands...

This week on Inside Voices , Georgia Goldburn continues unpacking CERCLE’s Restorative Justice Agenda for Connecticut's Mixed-Delivery Early Childhood System , a policy proposal that calls for repairing decades of inequitable public investment while strengthening Connecticut's mixed-delivery system. We dive into the Connecticut Early Start map and what it means for families exploring child care op...

Connecticut has made historic investments in early childhood education, but what comes next? This week on Inside Voices , Georgia Goldburn explores A Restorative Justice Agenda for Connecticut's Mixed-Delivery Early Childhood System , a policy proposal that calls for repairing decades of inequitable public investment while strengthening Connecticut's mixed-delivery system. The conversation examine...

Why do some businesses thrive while others struggle to survive, even when demand is strong? Is access to capital the missing piece? On this episode of Inside Voices, Georgia Goldburn sits down with Mark Hayles of Better Local Capital to discuss entrepreneurship, economic equity, and the barriers many small business owners face when seeking funding. Together, they explore how access to working capi...

Connecticut lawmakers called this year’s child care legislation historic, promising expanded access, new funding, and long overdue investment in early childhood education leaving us to wonder will families and provider actually feel the impact. On this episode of Inside Voices, we join Child Care for CT to break down this legislative session, what’s missing, and why child care has become one of Co...

Connecticut families are struggling with rising child care costs, limited access, and gaps in early childhood support. We speak with Courtney Parkerson of The Connecticut Project and Cynthia Willner of CTData Collaborative about new RAPID survey data, and what it reveals about affordability, early development, and where policy is falling short.

Child care costs are rising, family budgets are tightening, and decisions made in Washington are playing out in real time in households and classrooms across the country. In this exclusive conversation, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro examines the growing strain on families and the fight for more equitable access to care highlighting key investments like the Child Tax Credit, Early Start, Care 4 Kids,...

What happens when the people who care for our youngest children help shape public policy? Host Georgia Goldburn speaks with Sandra Dill, a New Haven family child care provider and policy advisor bringing lived experience into Connecticut’s early childhood education decisions. As the owner of Motherlyluv Too Family Child Care and a member of the state’s Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory...

Becoming the Teacher She Needed: How the CERCLE FRAME Pathway Shaped Andrene Cross

The real story of immigration enforcement isn’t in the numbers or the politics, but lies in the human cost paid by children, caregivers, and families when ICE shows up without warning.  In this episode of Inside Voices , we sit down with ACLU of Connecticut’s Legal Director Dan Barrett to address how immigration enforcement is reshaping daily life for families in child care programs, schools, and...