Connecticut General Statutes 10a-194c – Connecticut Child Care Facilities Program
(a) The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority shall establish a program to finance low interest loans for child care and child development centers, family resource centers and Head Start programs that shall be known as the Connecticut Child Care Facilities Program. Loans shall be made for the purpose of new construction or renovation of existing centers or complying with federal, state and local child care requirements, including health and safety standards. For purposes of this section, “child development center” means a building used by a nonprofit school readiness program, as defined in section 10-16p, and “child care center” means a nonprofit facility that is licensed by the Office of Early Childhood as a child care center or a group child care home, both as defined in section 19a-77.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 10a-194c
- Authority: means the State of Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority created by section 10a-179 or any board, body, commission, department or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or to whom the powers conferred upon the authority by this chapter shall be given by law. See Connecticut General Statutes 10a-178
- Bonds: means bonds of the authority issued under the provisions of this chapter, including refunding bonds, notwithstanding that the same may be secured by mortgage or the full faith and credit of the authority or the full faith and credit of a participating institution for higher education, a participating health care institution, a participating corporation, a participating nursing home or a participating qualified nonprofit organization or any other lawfully pledged security of a participating institution for higher education, a participating health care institution, a participating corporation, a participating nursing home or a participating qualified nonprofit organization. See Connecticut General Statutes 10a-178
(b) The authority may issue bonds pursuant to section 10a-185 for the purpose of funding loans to child care and child development centers for the purposes provided in subsection (a) of this section, including for two or more child care or child development centers jointly, which bonds may be secured, in whole or in part, by a pledge of revenues to be derived from the operation or use of a child care or child development center, including third party payments made on behalf of children served by any such center to the extent permitted by law. In carrying out the purposes of this section, the authority shall have and may exercise the powers provided in section 10a-180.