Governor Healey proposes spending an additional $114 million in the early education and child care sector in the next fiscal year budget.
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., which was made a day before the governor's scheduled State of the Commonwealth address, is part of a new early education and child care agenda that the Healey administration hopes to fund in the next fiscal year budget.
Lauren Kennedy, co-president of Boston-based early education advocacy non-profit Neighborhood Villages, said in an interview that she particularly welcomes the income eligibility expansion. Many providers say the funds help pay staff better wages without having to pass those costs onto parents and to make infrastructure improvements.
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