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After-School Care in Connecticut

Daycares for school-age children in Connecticut, town by town. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares for school-age children listed
1,028
towns
187
towns have their own after-school care page
102
of all Connecticut daycares
32%

Map of Connecticut: each dot is a town with daycares for school-age children, sized by how many are listed

School-age
What puts a daycare on this listThe state record lists school-age children among the ages it serves.A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

Connecticut

Largest towns for after-school care in Connecticut

Stamford39 school-ageNew Haven34 school-ageNorwalk31 school-ageBridgeport30 school-ageHamden24 school-ageFairfield22 school-ageStratford21 school-ageEnfield20 school-ageWallingford20 school-ageMeriden19 school-ageMilford19 school-ageWest Hartford19 school-age

Programs

Programs in Connecticut

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares3,228
Take infants856
Child care centers1,445
Accept subsidy95
In-home daycares1,783
Christian & church daycares96
Montessori schools40
Preschools & pre-K1,149
Night daycare313
Early morning daycare1,012
Weekend daycare152
Part-time daycare165
Drop-in daycare21
After-school care1,028
Bilingual daycare24
Head Start53

The Connecticut state record

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Division of Licensing licenses daycares in Connecticut.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 1990
Cited rules
Each cited rule, in the state's own wording
Search the Connecticut state records

Before you enroll

Choosing after-school care in Connecticut

  1. 1

    Ask about school pickup

    Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, and how.

  2. 2

    Ask about school breaks

    Ask whether it is open on school holidays, snow days and in summer.

  3. 3

    Ask about homework time

    Ask whether there is quiet time for homework and what else children do.

  4. 4

    Check the license record

    Open a listing for its state license, the ages it serves and the inspection record, where we hold them.

Connecticut

Cost, inspections and ratios in Connecticut

Daycare cost in ConnecticutWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Connecticut inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in ConnecticutHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for ConnecticutQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 187 Connecticut towns with after-school care, A to Z

A4 towns
B15 towns
C12 towns
D7 towns
E10 towns
F3 towns
G8 towns
H6 towns
J1 town
K3 towns
L3 towns
M13 towns
N20 towns
O7 towns
P11 towns
Q1 town
R5 towns
S22 towns
T7 towns
U3 towns
V2 towns
W23 towns
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

New York3,511 school-ageMassachusetts1,651 school-ageRhode Island429 daycares

Questions

Questions about after-school care in Connecticut

How many daycares for school-age children are in Connecticut?

1,028 daycares for school-age children are listed in 187 Connecticut towns. A daycare that serves school-age children may not run an after-school program every day; ask.

Which Connecticut town has the most daycares for school-age children?

Stamford, with 39 listed. Next are New Haven (34) and Norwalk (31).

Do these daycares pick children up from school?

Some do. Ask whether it picks up from your child's school, how, and what it costs.

Who licenses daycares in Connecticut?

Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, Division of Licensing licenses daycares in Connecticut. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.