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Daycares in Connecticut

Child care centers and home daycares in Connecticut, town by town, with the ages each one serves, its hours and, where the state publishes it, its inspection record. Pick a town below, or search by town or ZIP.

daycares listed
3,228
towns
216
take infants
856
accept subsidy
95

Map of Connecticut: each dot is a town with daycares, sized by how many are listed

Connecticut

Largest towns in Connecticut

Waterbury246 daycaresBridgeport197 daycaresNew Haven164 daycaresStamford135 daycaresHartford127 daycaresDanbury112 daycaresNorwalk105 daycaresWest Haven90 daycaresStratford84 daycaresHamden72 daycaresMeriden71 daycaresNew Britain59 daycares

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
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

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 216 Connecticut towns, A to Z

A5 towns
B17 towns
C13 towns
D7 towns
E13 towns
F3 towns
G8 towns
H9 towns
I1 town
J1 town
K4 towns
L6 towns
M16 towns
N21 towns
O8 towns
P12 towns
Q1 town
R6 towns
S23 towns
T7 towns
U3 towns
V3 towns
W28 towns
Y1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

New York18,819 daycaresMassachusetts8,884 daycaresRhode Island429 daycares

Questions

Questions about daycare in Connecticut

How many daycares are in Connecticut?

3,228 daycares are listed across 216 Connecticut towns: 1,445 child care centers and 1,783 home daycares.

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.

How many Connecticut daycares take infants?

856, by the state record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

How many Connecticut daycares accept child care subsidies?

95 are listed as accepting subsidies. Ask each one whether it has a subsidy spot open now.