Inside Voices, Community Conversations:

Is Access to Capital the Hidden Driver of Inequity? 22.06.2026 58:02 ↓

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...

“Historic or Hype Connecticut’s Child Care Moment” 11.05.2026 53:10 ↓

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...

What Connecticut Families Need and What’s Getting in the Way 27.04.2026 55:34 ↓

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.

Rosa DeLauro on CT Families, Child Care, and Federal Priorities 30.03.2026 49:23 ↓

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,...

Who Shapes Child Care? Sandra Dill Weighs In 16.03.2026 1:00:57 ↓

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...

Andrene Cross 08.12.2025 58:12 ↓

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

Protecting Kids in an Age of ICE Raids 24.11.2025 53:09 ↓

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...

Breaking The Mold A Black Man's Journey in ECE 22.07.2025 56:58 ↓

  In Conversation with Bill Okwuosa, CEO, Good Child Development Center