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Early Care and Education

 

Services

CRT operates several comprehensive, early childhood programs that provide developmentally appropriate care services. These programs support cognitive abilities, reading, language, mathematics, social and emotional competence, motor development, and physical health. These programs include:

  • Infant and Toddler Day Care:

Provides quality daycare services for families with infants and toddlers.

  • Head Start:

Provides educational experience for pre-schoolers as well as directed activities that promote physical, nutritional, emotional, and social development of children while encouraging parent involvement.

  • School Readiness:

Ensures children enter school healthy and ready to succeed by preparing them to learn, read, and succeed in school.

 

Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility requirements vary by program and are based on the family’s income according to family size, the child’s age and disability. Eligibility information for these programs is available by contacting the enrollment office
at (860) 560-5401.

 

Application Process

Parents who wish to enroll their children must fill out an application at CRT:
• Head Start Center Locations listed below
• Family Service Centers
• 555 Windsor St., Hartford Enrollment Office

Parents must bring the following documentation for enrollment:
• Income Tax Forms
• W-2 Form
• Unemployment compensation (if applicable)
• Pay stubs (if applicable)
• Verification of the child’s age
• Birth Certificate
• Social Security Card

 

Service Hours and Locations

Early Care and Education Centers are located in Bloomfield, Bristol, Clinton, East Hartford, Hartford, Middletown, Portland and Windsor. The centers operate at various times during the year and hours of operation may vary but most centers are open from 7:30 a.m.– 5:30 p.m. Interested families should contact the enrollment office for location and hours of operation:
Phone: (860) 560-5401 and (860) 560-5565.

Early Care and Education Head Start Centers:

  • Delegate Programs
  

Bristol Head Start
240 Stafford Avenue
Bristol, CT 06010
Tel. #: (860) 584-9307

East Hartford Head Start
95 Willowbrook Road
East Hartford, CT 06118
Tel. #: (860) 282-3364
   
  • Hartford Sites
  

Administrative Office
555 Windsor Street
Hartford, CT 06120
(860) 560-5406

Heritage Child Development Center
175 Enfield Street
Hartford, CT 06112
(860) 560-5437

ECE Clark St. Head Start
75 Clark St.
Hartford, CT 06120
695-3240

ECE Grace St. Center
37 Grace St.
Hartford, CT 06106
523-6262

ECE Job Corps Academy Child Development Center
100 William "Shorty" Campbell Blvd.
Hartford, CT 06106
952-1787

Martin Luther King Head Start
25 Ridgefield Street
Hartford, CT 06112
(860) 560-5459

T.D. Ritter Center
555 Windsor Street
Hartford, CT 06120
(860) 560-5407

Clinton Site
CRT Clinton Head Start
82 West Main Street – RTI
Clinton, CT 06413
(860) 669-9497

Portland Site
CRT Portland Head Start
Gildersleeve School
575 1/2 Main St.
Portland, CT 06480
342-436

Middletown Sites
44 Hamlin Street
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 346-1284

Douglas Street Center
170 Douglas Street
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 560-5460

Children’s Learning Center
211 Laurel Street
Hartford, CT 06105
(860) 560-5471

Parker Memorial Center
2621 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06120
(860) 560-5500

Locust Street Early Childcare & Education
261 Locust Street
Hartford, CT 06114
(860) 560-5521

Simpson-Waverly Center
55 Waverly Street
Hartford, CT 06112
(860) 560-5434

Windsor Site
Milo Peck Development Center
114 Palisado Avenue
Windsor, CT 06095
(860) 285-1441

Bloomfield Site
Bloomfield ECE Program
1051 Blue Hills Avenue
Bloomfield, CT 06002
(860) 243-1165