Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection
Section 17b-749e. - Regional accreditation projects.

The Office of Early Childhood shall establish and fund five regional accreditation projects, within available appropriations. The office shall select qualified applicants for each region through a request for proposal process. The office shall give priority to child day care facilities where at least twenty per cent of the children live with families earning less than seventy-five per cent of the state median income level.

(P.A. 97-259, S. 10, 41; P.A. 14-39, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 97-259 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 14-39 replaced references to Department of Social Services with references to Office of Early Childhood, effective July 1, 2014.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 17b - Social Services

Chapter 319rr - Child Care and Protection

Section 17b-730. (Formerly Sec. 17-575). - Child care services and economic opportunity acts.

Section 17b-732. (Formerly Sec. 17-579). - Papers for commitment of minors; uniform forms. Notice to Commissioner of Social Services or designee.

Section 17b-733. (Formerly Sec. 17-585(a)). - Office of Early Childhood designated lead agency for child care services.

Section 17b-734 to 17b-736. (Formerly Secs. 17-592 to 17-594). - Grants to municipalities and state agencies for child care facilities. Bonds for grants for child care facilities. Regulations.

Section 17b-737. (Formerly Sec. 17-595). - Grants program to encourage the use of school facilities for child care services. Regulations.

Section 17b-738. (Formerly Sec. 17-596). - Loans to business firms for licensed child care centers, family child care homes or group child care homes.

Section 17b-739. (Formerly Sec. 17-597). - Child care facilities in state buildings.

Section 17b-740 to 17b-742. (Formerly Secs. 17-613 to 17-615). - Day care tax credits: Definition, application; amount; approval, regulations, report.

Section 17b-743. (Formerly Sec. 17-323a). - Support order may direct payment to Commissioner of Administrative Services or local welfare department.

Section 17b-744. (Formerly Sec. 17-323b). - Discontinuance of payments of support to commissioner pursuant to certain court orders.

Section 17b-745. (Formerly Sec. 17-324). - Court order for support of persons supported by state. National Medical Support Notice. Income withholding orders. Enforcement and modification of support orders.

Section 17b-746. (Formerly Sec. 17-325). - Appeals from support orders.

Section 17b-747. (Formerly Sec. 17-319). - Apportionment of support cost.

Section 17b-748. (Formerly Sec. 19a-78). - Child Day Care Council.

Section 17b-749. (Formerly Sec. 8-210b). - Child care subsidy program. Eligibility and program standards. Child care providers. Regulations. Quarterly reports.

Section 17b-749a. - Purchase of child care services. Grants to school readiness providers. Duties of Commissioner of Early Childhood concerning school readiness.

Section 17b-749b. - School readiness program requirements.

Section 17b-749c. - Supplemental quality enhancement grant program.

Section 17b-749d. - Sliding fee scale for use by licensed child care centers.

Section 17b-749e. - Regional accreditation projects.

Section 17b-749f. - Evaluation system for licensed child care centers. Longitudinal study. Report.

Section 17b-749g. - Child care facilities loan guarantee program. Regulations.

Section 17b-749h. - Child care facilities direct revolving loan program. Regulations.

Section 17b-749i. - Facilities operating child care programs financed through the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

Section 17b-749j. - Health and safety standards for child care subsidy program. Regulations.

Section 17b-749k. - Comprehensive background checks, National Sex Offender Public Website checks, child abuse registry checks and Connecticut On-Line Law Enforcement Communication Teleprocessing System checks for purposes of child care subsidy progra...

Section 17b-749l. - Child care subsidy program. Notice of program changes and intake closure.

Section 17b-750. - National criminal history records checks of unlicensed child care providers.

Section 17b-751. (Formerly Sec. 17a-50). - Children's Trust Fund. Regulations. Report.

Section 17b-751a. (Formerly Sec. 17a-50a). - Eligibility for grants under the Kinship Fund and Grandparents and Relatives Respite Fund. Transfer of grant funds by Probate Court Administrator to Probate Courts.

Section 17b-751b. (Formerly Sec. 17a-56). - Connecticut Home Visiting System.

Section 17b-751c. (Formerly Sec. 17a-56a). - Nurturing Families Network Advisory Commission.

Section 17b-751d. - Office of Early Childhood designated as state agency responsible for programs and activities to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Section 17b-751e. - Continuance of Children's Trust Fund Council's orders, regulations and contracts.

Section 17b-751f. - Terms “child care center”, “group child care home”, “family child care home”, “child care services” and “child care programs” substituted for former terms.

Section 17b-752 to 17b-789. - Reserved for future use.