Neighborhood Villages Applauds Healey-Driscoll Administration for Landmark Investment in Early Education
The Administration today announced major new child care affordability initiatives as part of child care agenda
BOSTON, MA (January 16, 2024) - 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.
Today, the Administration announced major new child care affordability initiatives including extending funding to ensure access to preschool for all children in Gateway Cities by 2026; continuing direct-to-provider operations grants; and significantly increasing income eligibility for child care subsidies for low- and moderate-income families.
Lauren Kennedy, co-president and chief strategy officer of Neighborhood Villages, issued the following statement:
“Today’s actions by the Healey-Driscoll Administration are major steps forward in making our early education and care system more affordable and accessible for all. We want to particularly commend the Administration's commitment to improving access to child care financial assistance for families, as well as the continuation of direct-to-provider operations grants, which are essential to sector stability and achieving a high-quality, accessible child care system. Neighborhood Villages applauds the Healey-Driscoll administration's leadership and is proud to be part of a state that is leading the way on investing in early education as education.”
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About Neighborhood Villages
Neighborhood Villages, founded in 2017 by Lauren Kennedy and Sarah Muncey, is a Boston-based systems-change non-profit that advocates for early education and care policy reform and implements scalable solutions that address the biggest challenges facing providers and the families who rely on them. For more information, visit https://www.neighborhoodvillages.org/our-work.
