Reports and Research

OEC is dedicated to transparency — we create and share regular reports about our services, expenditures, and outcomes. We also share data with researchers who help us evaluate our programs and find ways to improve them.

OEC at-a-glance data facts

Each year, OEC publishes a brief handout with data concerning childhood services in the state.

Annual Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor

Each year, the executive branch departments — including the Office of Early Childhood (OEC) — submit an annual report of agency activities. These reports are published in the annual Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor, which serve as a reference guide for legislators, agency heads, and the general public. You can see other annual digests for Connecticut agencies here.

Status of Child Care in CT Reports

Each year, the Connecticut Department of Social Services submits the Status of Child Care in Connecticut annual report to the Legislature. These reports include data on child care spending, use, quality, and more. 

Program reports

Looking for specific data about our programs? Explore some of the reports created by OEC’s initiatives.

Birth to Three

The Birth to Three System publishes annual performance reports and shares data on its early intervention programs, processes, and results. Explore the data on the Birth to Three website.

View the Preschool Special Education Report that includes suggestions to support families and educators through the process and create a more responsive system for families and children birth through age five.

Care 4 Kids

In Connecticut, OEC uses the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) to help low-income families pay for child care through the Care 4 Kids program.  Care 4 Kids shares monthly data about the number of children receiving support. Read the reports.

Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Quality Progress Reports 

Children’s Trust Fund annual reports

The Children’s Trust Fund was established in 1983 to prevent child abuse and neglect, and merged into OEC in 2014. These reports outline the Children’s Trust Fund’s major activities and programs, including strategies to prevent child abuse and neglect.

Home Visiting Consortium

The Home Visiting Consortium is dedicated to improving the coordination of home visiting services in the state’s early childhood system. It advises OEC, the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Developmental Services, and the Department of Education about the implementation of the recommendations for the coordination of home visitation programs within the early childhood system.

Nurturing Families Network (NFN) annual reports

NFN was a home visiting program model that OEC used until 2019. NFN reports include data about enrollment, family characteristics, and program participation and retention.

Reports on child care programs and staff

OEC collects and releases data about child care provider programs, teachers, and staff in Connecticut.

Licensing Regulatory Action Reports

We release data about disciplinary actions quarterly, and you can download the data sets below. OEC may take disciplinary action against a child care program as a result of:

• Regulatory violations cited by our Licensing division during routine inspections
• The Licensing division’s investigation into a complaint

You can also learn about the status of a specific provider by using the Licensing Lookup page.

To see additional regulatory action records, check out the Department of Public Health’s archives.

Qualified Staff Member (QSM) reports

OEC tracks the number of Qualified Staff Members (QSMs) per child care program and how programs are progressing toward meeting our goals.

Research and evaluations

Many researchers have used OEC data to study child care in Connecticut and evaluate our programs. Learn more about OEC-related research into specific topics. 

Child abuse prevention 

• ChildPlan’s Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Evaluation Report- January, 2008
• Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse National and State Perspectives Forum – May, 2003
• Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: The Practitioners’ View Study Circles Project Report, 2003

Child development

• Help Me Grow Program Years 2013–2015 Evaluation Report

Home visiting programs 

• Life Stories of Vulnerable Families in Connecticut: An Assessment of the Nurturing Families Network Home Visitation Program Report, 6/04
• Nurturing Families Network through the Results-Based Analysis Lens (2015)
• Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Needs Assessment 2010

Home visiting programs and the prevention of child abuse

• Child Abuse & Neglect Commentary-Building A Statewide Home Visiting Program from 2 to 42 Sites: A State Agency’s Perspective Report-4/11
• Healthy Families Connecticut: Process Evaluation of a Home Visitation Program to Enhance Positive Parenting and Reduce Child Maltreatment Report, 4/01
• Education and Training of Home Visitors and Supervisors for Child Abuse Prevention (2012)

Home visiting programs as a means to increase father Involvement 

• Fatherhood Study Final Report – 2010
• Fatherhood Study 18 Month Interim Report- 2010
• Fatherhood Study 6 Month Interim Report- 2008

Home visiting programs and mental health

• Report on Nurturing Families Network Depression Improvement Study (2015)

School Readiness

The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. (June, 2016)

• Early Childhood Regression Discontinuity Study
• Early Childhood Regression Discontinuity Study Brief