Caring for a child takes time, money and flexibility – all things that can be hard to come by when you're also trying to work a full time job.

Connecticut has taken steps to ease that pressure, including a paid family and medical leave program and a new investment in early childhood education.

But families still face high costs, limited availability and childcare schedules that don't always line up with the demands of work.

This hour, we ask: What would it take to build a caregiving system that actually works for Connecticut families?

Guests:
Amanda Aronson: Founder and principal consultant of StoryB
Erin Choquette: Chief executive officer of the CT Paid Leave Authority
Representative Kate Farrar: Deputy Majority Leader serving West Hartford 
Adrienne Billings-Smith: leader of employee development & community engagement and the Title VI coordinator for the town of West Hartford

Caring for a child takes time, money and flexibility &ndash; all things that can be hard to come by when you're also trying to work a full time job.
Connecticut has taken steps to ease that pressure, including a paid family and medical leave program and a new investment in early childhood education.
But families still face high costs, limited availability and childcare schedules that don't always line up with the demands of work.
This hour, we ask: What would it take to build a caregiving system that actually works for Connecticut families?
Guests:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://storyb.co/about">Amanda Aronson</a>: Founder and principal consultant of&nbsp;<a href="https://storyb.co/">StoryB</a></li>
<li>Erin Choquette: Chief executive officer of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ctpaidleave.org/about-us">CT Paid Leave Authority</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.housedems.ct.gov/Farrar">Representative Kate Farrar</a>: Deputy Majority Leader serving West Hartford<a href="https://wlhz.org/">&nbsp;</a></li>
<li>Adrienne Billings-Smith:&nbsp;leader of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.westhartfordct.gov/town-departments/edce">employee development &amp; community engagement</a>&nbsp;and the Title VI coordinator for the town of West Hartford</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.