City Of Boston: MAYOR JANEY ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF $250,000 IN FUNDING TO SUPPORT LOCAL CHILDCARE SERVICES

Press release from the City of Boston:

July 16, 2021

Funding for this grant is part of the BPDA's Childcare Contribution fund, collected from development projects in certain neighborhoods. 

• American Family Child Care
• Community Labor United
• Cribs and Cradles Family Child Care
• East Boston Social Centers
• Ellis Memorial and Eldredge House, Inc.
• Marjeli Family Daycare
• United Way Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley/Shared Services MA 

The Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement has prioritized childcare as a critical economic equity issue for Boston’s families, leading several landmark initiatives. Boston launched a first in the nation citywide childcare survey in 2019, which led to the 2020 Making Childcare Work report, and is again collecting survey responses this year. Also, MOWA and the City of Boston’s Economic Mobility Lab developed the Childcare Entrepreneur Fund, a grant program for family child care providers that helps these educators be confident small business owners. That program launched in 2019 and expanded significantly to provide additional aid during the COVID-19 crisis. Additionally, in 2020, MOWA released a report about the state of caregiving during COVID-19, titled Too Much and Not Enough. Other critical work related to children under five years old includes the Boston Opportunity Agenda’s research and reporting about childcare supply, as well as the expansion of pre-kindergarten.

This press release was produced by the City of Boston. The views expressed here are the author’s own.