A state-funded initiative (jointly funded by the Connecticut Departments of Education and Social Services and administered by the Department of Education) that develops a network of school readiness programs to:

• Significantly increase the number of spaces in accredited and/or approved programs for young children to provide access to high-quality school readiness programs;
• Significantly increase the number of full-day, full-year spaces to meet family needs; and
• Share cost for school readiness and child-care programs among the state and its various agencies, the communities and families