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Early Ed & Child Care Listening Sessions in July

Check out this important update from Senator Jo Comerford's office:

 

As part of the Governor’s Gateway to Pre-K agenda, Governor Healey signed an executive order that established an Early Education and Child Care Task Force that was charged with crafting recommendations to ensure affordable and accessible child care. 

 

The Healey-Driscoll Administration is hosting a series of statewide listening sessions to gather stakeholder input that will inform the Early Education and Child Care Task Force’s recommendations and broader efforts to ensure accessible and affordable child care for families across Massachusetts. The task force’s work is led by the Administration’s Education, Labor and Workforce, and Economic Development Secretariats 

 

These listening sessions will engage educational and business leaders, working parents and caregivers, child care providers, and larger interested community members to gather insights and recommendations that align with the task force's five key policy objectives, including reducing costs, increasing capacity, and improving quality of early education in Massachusetts. 

 

There will be 12 listening sessions, listed below, 7 regional in-person sessions and 5 virtual sessions, including a virtual session led in Spanish. The goal is to collect valuable insights and recommendations to inform the task force’s recommendations and broader efforts. If you plan to attend an in-person or virtual session, please let me know.


Please see the dates and locations below. Registration is available through the link. More information here: https://www.mass.gov/early-education-and-child-care-task-force.

 

Date 

Region 

Location 

Time 

Tuesday, July 16 

Northeast 

North Shore Community College, Lynn Campus 

1pm-3pm 

Wednesday, July 17 

 

Virtual 

6pm-8pm 

Thursday, July 18 

Cape and Islands 

Upper Cape Cod Technical High School, Bourne 

1pm-3pm 

Saturday, July 20 

 

Virtual 

10am-12pm 

Monday, July 22 

 

Virtual 

7pm-9pm 

Tuesday, July 23 

Southeast 

Massasoit Community College, Brockton Campus 

12:30pm-2:30pm 

Wednesday, July 24 

Metro West 

MassBay Community College, Framingham Campus 

12:30pm-2:30pm 

Thursday, July 25 

 

Virtual 

7pm-9pm 

Monday, July 29 

 

Virtual 

6pm-8pm 

Tuesday, July 30 

Central 

Worcester State University, Worcester 

1pm-3pm 

Wednesday, July 31 

Berkshire/ Pioneer Valley 

Berkshire Community College 

12:30pm-2:30pm 

Tuesday, August 6 

Boston 

Bunker Hill Community College, 

Charlestown Campus 

10am-12pm 



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