On Wednesday August 14th, United States Congressman Jim Himes will experience the important daily work performed by family child care providers. Congressman Himes will spend time shadowing and assisting family child care provider Rhina Capone at her home where she cares for six preschool children. The event, sponsored by CSEA SEIU Local 2001 is intended to highlight the importance of home-based child care to the system of early care and education and is part of a nationwide effort to show members of Congress what's at stake in our communities as sequestration cuts continue to take a toll on programs like the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF), the federal program that provides funding to Connecticuts Care 4 Kids program.
CSEA SEIU Local 2001 represents over 4000 family child care providers in the State of Connecticut who participate in the Federal/State Child Care Subsidy program known here as Care 4 Kids and funded through CCDF.
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