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| Date | Materials |
| January-June 2025- Issue 2 | English |
| 2024- Issue 1 | English Spanish Portuguese Hindi Haitian Creole |
Data on Impact & Activities
Please see below more on how the Parent Cabinet has been involved to inform the agency and grow in their leadership.
2025
| Advised on or Participated in: | Presented at or Attended: | Advisory Boards or Committees: |
| OEC Portal Advisory | ||
| One-Point Entry Portal (forthcoming initiative, name TBD) | CT Parent Summit | Early Childhood Education Endowment Advisory Board |
| Parent & Caregiver Survey Co-Creation and Outreach | Help Me Grow National Convening | CT Early Childhood Cabinet |
| Early Start CT & Local Governing Partners (LGPs) & Parent Ambassadors | OEC Behavioral Health Initiative Series: Creating Fun Summer Memories Through Play | OEC External Steering Committee |
| Early Childhood Education Endowment Family Fact Sheet and listening Sessions | “Community at the Center: Structuring Advisory Boards & Children’s Cabinets for Meaningful Impact” national panel alongside New York and South Carolina | CT Statewide Inclusion |
| The transition from Birth to Three to Special Education or 504 plan | National Fatherhood Panel Webinar by Child Welfare Information Gateway (CWIG) and Children’s Bureau from the Administration for Children and Families | CT ELDS Update Planning Committee |
| Statewide Inclusion Plan | New England Fathering Conference, | Birth to Three System Interagency Coordinating Council |
| Legislative Public Testimony on Governor Lamont’s Early Childhood Education Endowment | Governor’s Press Conference for the Early Childhood Education Endowment | |
| NAEYC Public Policy Forum (Coordinator & Parent Cabinet Alumni member) |
2024
| Advised on or Participated in: | Presented at or Attended: | Advisory Committees: |
| State Personnel Development Grant Planning Team | ||
| Elevate for Families Flyer | New England Fathering Conference | CT ELDS Update Planning Committee |
| Facilitation of Care 4 Kids listening sessions in English and Spanish | Smart Start Conference | OEC External Steering Committee |
| Finalizing of Parent Cabinet By-laws | Child Care Aware of America Symposium | CT Early Childhood Cabinet |
| Early Start CT & Local Governing Partners | Office of Special Education Program (OSEP) Conference | Birth to Three System Interagency Coordinating Council |
| Care 4 Kids Parent Portal | CT Parent Summit | Family Bridge Advisory |
| Parent Cabinet Evaluation Report + Co-developed Logic Model | CT Statewide Inclusion |
2023
| Advised on or Participated in: | Presented at or Attended: | Advisory Committees: |
| Scored Home Visiting Awards | National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) conference | OEC External Steering Committee |
| Helped Develop Parent Cabinet Subcommittee/Committee Governance & Staggering process. | CT Association of the Education of Young Children (CTAEYC) conference | Early Childhood Cabinet |
| Community Café training with Parent Ambassadors | Georgia 2GEN statewide summit | Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care |
| Kindergarten age change memo to Families | CT Parent Summit | Birth to Three System Interagency Coordinating Council |
| Birth to Three Family Survey | Equity in Family Outcomes meeting with Birth to Three | Family Bridge Advisory |
| Informed the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Panel on Child Care Report | CT Head Start – DCF Statewide meeting | CT State Inclusion Advisory |
| Home Visiting division team on family engagement approach | East Coast CCDF (Child Care Developmental Fund) Meeting – Plenary session | |
| OEC Parent Survey Results (shared with community) | Governor’s CT Blue Ribbon on Child Care press conference, opening & closing meeting | |
| CT Together We Will Conference | ||
| Administration for Children & Families (ACF) Lived Experience Panel |
2022
| Advised on or Participated in: | Presented at or Attended: |
| Gave input on around child care hours | Presented at the national Preschool Development Grant (PDG) national convening |
| OEC Parent Survey co-design and outreach | Presented at the National Association of the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) conference |
| Gave input to OEC on access to Early Care and Education programs for Birth to Three | Presented at the Georgia 2GEN statewide summit |
| Formula shortage | |
| Home Visting survey on remote versus in person Connected with local Parent Ambassadors |
Plans and Reports
Co-Creation Toolkit
Interested in starting your own Parent Advisory or Cabinet? See the Co-Creating a State Agency Parent Cabinet Toolkit to learn how the CT OEC co-created the Parent Cabinet and tips to help others for starting their own. See link below that will bring you to the toolkit.
Last updated October 31, 2025