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In our latest report, "Public Funding for Early Childhood Education Providers: Comparing Direct-to-Provider Grants to Child Care Financial Assistance Reimbursement", we explore Massachusetts' approaches to funding early childhood education and detail why direct-to-provider operations grants should have a more prominent role in public investments. Full report here: https://lnkd.in/eRRYRCmr #earlyeducation #childcare

Yesterday, MTF provided a summary of the Senate’s Early Education and Care bill that includes a comprehensive review of the bill’s provisions, purposes, and impact. The bill addresses several key topics, including the Child Care Financial Assistance System, Child Care Operational Grants, child care workforce development, and equitable access to care. You can read the report here: https://conta.cc/3IypHTX #mapoli #earlychildhoodeducation #childcare #workforce

Don’t forget to check out MTF’s summary of the Senate’s Early Education bill in time for today’s debate! The bill addresses several aspects of the child care system, including financial assistance for families and workforce development programs for the early educator workforce. You can read the report here: https://conta.cc/3IypHTX #mapoli #childcare #earlyeducation #publicpolicy #research

💡 💡 💡 NEW Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation research about the Commonwealth Cares for Children (C3) Operational Grant Program: "Importance of C3 Continuation for the Commonwealth" provides "a comprehensive overview of this critical new childcare program." #MassBiz4EarlyEd has made C3 a top priority due to its potential (and now demonstrated ability!) to support #earlychildhoodeducation access, stability, funding equity, and quality for #Massachusetts #children, #families, #communities, and the #economy, and to make the Commonwealth more #affordable and #competitive. See post below for a summary and link to the full MTF report. #childcare + #workforce = #jobs + #economicgrowth for ALL of #MA! Follow and learn more with the Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education! 👏 👏 Victoria Bergeron, Douglas Howgate, Debbie Carroll and MTF!

💡 💡 💡 Fantastic NEW RESOURCE at precisely the RIGHT TIME from Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation! 👀 #Massachusetts #ECE advocates, policymakers, and stakeholder, CHECK OUT and SHARE their new report: "The Importance of Commonwealth Cares for Children." (C3); from MTF: "The chartbook demonstrates how instrumental C3 has been in improving the stability of #childcare funding, while enhancing funding equity and predictability. The chartbook is intended as a tool to inform policymakers and stakeholders on the importance of the program." "The Importance of Commonwealth Cares for Children," provides a comprehensive overview of this critical new childcare program, including: ✅ A history of the program and its purpose; ☑ An overview of funding history; ✅ A breakdown of how the grant formula works for providers; and ☑ Key data points showing on the impact of the program. You can find "The Importance of Commonwealth Cares for Children" chartbook here: https://lnkd.in/ekjnf-Ut 👏 👏 Victoria Bergeron, Douglas Howgate, and MTF Team!

Skills for the future! 🧩 The Spring issue of ReSourcE for Royal Society of Edinburgh explores the future of education in Scotland, with features on interdisciplinary learning, bridging socioeconomic disparities, and the role of early learning and childcare in unlocking every child’s potential. ℹ️ Read the latest: https://lnkd.in/e-bKD7bE

Finding childcare can be one of the most important steps to creating the stability your family needs to thrive. DEC is taking the guesswork out of it. Find out how. #earlychildhood #children #sfkids #sfdec #sffamilies #development #health #education #equity #under5 #first5years #childcare #ECE #cityofsf #sanfrancisco

Breaking CDA News 🚨 Earlier this week, Senators Reverend Warnock (GA) and Mike Braun (IN) introduced the bipartisan HEADWAY Act, which would allow Early Head Start classroom teachers to teach and earn their Child Development Associate® (CDA) credential simultaneously. Read more about how this bill would address staffing shortages in the child care workforce here: https://ow.ly/QoUl50PNOJ1 . . . #policy #bill #government #act #cda #mycda #classroom #senator #ece #earlychildhood #earlychildhoodeducation #earlylearning #earlyeducation #staff #shortage #workforce #childcare #childcareprovider #bipartisan #youngchildren #headstart #childdevelopment #teacher #educator #education #iteachtoo #teachersfollowteachers #professionaldevelopment #issue

💡 #DidYouKnow: High-quality early care and education can have profound long-term positive effects on children. These benefits include fewer referrals for special education services, fewer grade retentions, and an increased likelihood of graduating from high school. #LAEarlyEdMonth #ChildCareIsEssential #ChildCareImpactsEveryone Learn more about how early care and education prepares young children for success in school and in life by visiting policyinstitutela.org.

Early childhood education is incredibly impactful - especially for vulnerable children. In a more perfect world, the compensation provided to teachers of young children would reflect the importance of our work. What can we do to help ourselves?  Advocate for worthy wages!  Besides the 3 tips we shared on Tuesday, we can also support organizations that advocate for worthy wages for early childhood educators.  Join @NAEYC or another group in your community, and help strengthen the call for worthy wages!  🤔What do you think?  How can we help improve our compensation so we can excel in our important work? #earlychildhoodspecialties #WorthyWageDay #SolveChildCare #childcareprovider #childcarepaysforitself