Connecticut RAPID Survey

What is the Connecticut RAPID Survey?

In 2024, The Connecticut Project partnered with Stanford’s RAPID Survey Project to distribute eight surveys to families with young children in Connecticut. These surveys are designed to lift up parents’ voices to inform programs and policies that are responsive to the needs of Connecticut’s families.

The Connecticut Project has partnered with 17 community-based organizations to bring the survey to families. All primary caregivers of children under 6 years old who live in Connecticut are eligible to participate in each survey. The CT RAPID partner organizations use a variety of recruitment strategies to reach families, including direct emails and text messages to families in their network, newsletters, flyers, tabling in public locations and at family-focused events, and inviting families complete the survey during in-person meetings with clients.

Each survey covers a different topic of relevance to early childhood policy in Connecticut.

Survey Topics | Field Dates

  1. Child Care Access & Affordability | May 1st -May 30th, 2024

  2. Developmental Screening & Parenting Supports | July 8th - August 2nd, 2024

  3. Material Hardship & Financial Well-Being | September 27th - October 25th, 2024

  4. Early Literacy & Relational Health | January 17th - February 14th, 2025

  5. Housing and Access to Health Care | May 5th - June 2nd, 2025

The topics of the remaining three surveys are in development.

Connecticut RAPID Survey Findings

Survey 1: Child Care Access & Affordability

  • Child care access

  • Child care affordability and access to subsidies

  • Child care preferences and satisfaction

Findings from additional surveys will be published as they become available.

The Connecticut RAPID Survey Team

The Connecticut RAPID survey, funded by The Connecticut Project, is the work of a collaborative team directed by Courtney Parkerson.

This survey is part of the RAPID Survey Project led by Dr. Philip Fisher and Cristi Carman at Stanford’s Center on Early Childhood.

The Connecticut RAPID Survey work is guided by an advisory committee consisting of:

  • Courtney Parkerson, Director, The Connecticut Project

  • Ellen Fugate, Data Manager, The Connecticut Project

  • Cynthia Willner, Director of Research, CTData Collaborative

  • Allison Logan, CEO & Founder, Logan Consulting & Co., LLC

  • Michelle Doucette-Cunningham, Executive Director, Connecticut Network for Children and Youth

Partner Organizations

Seventeen community-based organizations from across Connecticut are partnering with The Connecticut Project to invite families to complete each survey: