Care 4 Kids Enrollment List

Family applies online.
- A complete application includes all required documents to be uploaded, except for a Parent Provider Agreement form.
- A Parent Provider Agreement form is not needed until a family is invited from the C4K Enrollment List.
Families not in a high priority group are placed on the C4K Enrollment List.
- High need priority groups include families on TANF currently or within the last five years, foster families with CT DCF, families who have adopted through CT DCF within the past year, subsidized guardians, and families who are experiencing homelessness.
C4K selects families from the C4K Enrollment List by activity and in order of the date applications were received.
Families who are working will be selected from the C4K Enrollment List first.
- Note: Families only participating in adult education, workforce development or higher education (up to a bachelor’s degree) will experience longer wait times. C4K continuously invites families from the C4K Enrollment List.

C4K continuously invites families from the C4K Enrollment List.

It is about 8 months before a family is invited off the list.

On 01/20/2026, C4K has invited families off the list with an application received date of 06/09/2025.

Number of Families on C4K Enrollment List as of 1/20/2026

Number of Families Invited Off as of 1/20/2026