Connecticut lawmakers called this year’s child care legislation historic, promising expanded access, new funding, and long overdue investment in early childhood education leaving us to wonder will families and provider actually feel the impact.

On this episode of Inside Voices, we join Child Care for CT to break down this legislative session, what’s missing, and why child care has become one of Connecticut’s biggest economic and political issues,  From workforce shortages and affordability to universal child care and special education, we ask: is this a real turning point or just political messaging?