Neighborhood Villages Statement on Child Care Reform Legislation
BOSTON, MA (February 7, 2024) - 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.
Lauren Kennedy, co-president of Neighborhood Villages, issued the following statement:
“We are grateful to the Legislature for advancing a critical early education and care reform bill and prioritizing investments in child care and early education in Massachusetts. These key components will allow for more families to be eligible for lower cost child care, make direct-to provider operations grants permanent, and improve compensation for early educators. We are thankful to the advocates, state leaders, and educators who have consistently joined us in the fight to better our early education system. Together we have achieved significant milestones to close gaps in inequity and bring Massachusetts closer to leading the nation on early education. We are motivated to tackle these issues and deliver on child care for all who live, work, and play in the Commonwealth.”
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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.
