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Neighborhood Villages Applauds Massachusetts Senate for Passing Comprehensive Early Education Bill
Neighborhood Villages – a Boston-based nonprofit that advocates for solutions to the greatest challenges faced by the early education sector – today applauded the Massachusetts Senate today for passing a comprehensive early education and care reform bill.
Massachusetts needs a robust child-care system
The state Senate is introducing a comprehensive early education and care reform bill that will help teach our youngest learners and stabilize this crucial sector of our economy.
Neighborhood Villages Statement on Senate Child Care Legislation
Neighborhood Villages applauded the Massachusetts Senate today for introducing a comprehensive early education and care reform bill which will be taken up next week.
Hugs don’t pay the rent: How one early educator is working to save his future
As the child care workforce struggles, so do the families that rely on it. Half the problem for working parents is the cost, which can compare to a second mortgage. On average nationally, child care runs about $11,000 dollars a year per child.
The Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces $5 Million in Apprenticeship Expansion and Opportunity Grants
The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) today announced $5 million in Apprenticeship Expansion and Opportunity Grants to 25 organizations to train and place 1,000 new apprentices across the state. The grants leverage $2.4M in state funding complemented by remaining support from federal funds to train apprentices in high growth industries like clean energy, early childhood education, and more.
Neighborhood Villages Statement on Child Care Reform Legislation
Neighborhood Villages – a Boston-based nonprofit that advocates for solutions to the greatest challenges faced by the early education sector – applauded the Legislature today for advancing legislation to improve early childhood education and care in Massachusetts.
Elliot’s Provocations: The Bay State is Becoming an Early Learning Beacon
The C3 grant program also allows the state to collect important information about the sectoral landscape. According to state data, as Neighborhood Villages recently summarized, “50% of center-based providers and 47% of [family child care] providers reported that C3 allowed them to delay tuition increases; while 66% of center-based providers and 57% of FCC providers reported that they would increase tuition in the absence of C3 grants.”
Neighborhood Villages Applauds Governor Healey for $1.6B Investment in Early Education in Proposed FY25 Budget
Neighborhood Villages — a Boston-based nonprofit that advocates for solutions to the greatest challenges faced by the early education sector — applauded Governor Maura Healey for committing more than $1.6 billion in early education funding in her proposed fiscal year 2025 budget announced today.
Childcare Advocates React To Healey's Funding Promises
Childcare advocates said they will be lobbying state lawmakers to keep childcare a priority as they debate and vote on Healey’s proposed state budget, which she will unveil next week.
Gayle explained the role Neighborhood Villages can play in the political realm. “Politics and budgets are a process every year. It’s up to us to really just advocate so our legislators understand the importance of our issue.”
Some States Are Taking Childcare Funding Into Their Own Hands— But Congress Must Act
The largest investment in childcare in American history expired this September. As Congress continues to negotiate a budget deal, the need for $16 billion in emergency childcare funding—requested by President Biden and congressional Democrats—remains top of mind for parents, early educators, childcare owners and directors, and employers across the nation.
Healey proposes new investments in early education and child care
Mass. Gov. Maura Healey is proposing to expand free or low-cost preschool in certain areas by 2026 and broaden income eligibility for families who receive a state child care subsidy.
Healey pushes to expand free preschool and subsidize child care for more families
Governor Maura Healey proposed a major expansion of child care in Massachusetts on Tuesday, saying she would include nearly $590 million in additional funding in her proposed budget for the next fiscal year while signing an executive order to explore partnerships with employers to increase access to early education statewide.
Neighborhood Villages Applauds Healey-Driscoll Administration for Landmark Investment in Early Education
Neighborhood Villages — a Boston-based nonprofit that advocates for solutions to the greatest challenges faced by the early education sector — applauded the Healey-Driscoll Administration for the landmark investment in early education announced today. The Administration’s child care agenda will also be featured in the State of the Commonwealth address this week and funding will be proposed in the FY25 budget next week.
Child care centers in Mass. are near a breaking point, advocates warn
Advocates and lawmakers are pushing for more government funding for families and child care providers in Massachusetts, warning that without it, child care centers could close and the cost for families could increase.
Massachusetts National Guard teaming up with state, nonprofits to provide winter clothing to migrants
Of the 7,500 families in temporary shelters across the state, officials estimate the population of children younger than 5, or younger than school-age, to be around 5,000. The partnership, also comprising Neighborhood Villages, Cradles 2 Crayons and Horizons for Homeless Children, is planning a second delivery of items including “seasonally appropriate” clothing, pajamas, socks, underwear, sneakers and a hygiene kit for the spring.
With funding challenges looming, Mass. child care could be in jeopardy
Many early education providers in the state have already reached a breaking point. The loss of additional state funding in June could be devastating.
Early Education Apprenticeship Program Celebrated During Massachusetts Apprenticeship Week
Neighborhood Villages, in partnership with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce and City of Boston, launched the program one year ago to help address early education workforce crisis.
Massachusetts child care centers struggling with a shortage of workers. Why it's happening
Amid a nationwide child care crisis, Massachusetts struggles to retain and bring in early educators due to the state’s high living costs and the industry’s low wage and benefits.
'The math is pretty simple': Advocates testify for child care assistance in Massachusetts
Parents, teachers and advocates are sharing their support for legislation in Massachusetts that would help make child care more affordable for families — and increase pay for early childhood educators in the state.
Neighborhood Villages Stands Strong in Support of Child Care Reform Bill Urging Immediate Action
Neighborhood Villages–a Boston-based systems-change nonprofit that advocates for solutions to the greatest challenges faced by the early education sector–rallied at the Massachusetts State House in support of two child care bills (H.489/S.301) that would help make child care more affordable for more families.