July 22, 2026 July 22, 2026Rejina Tabay: an Early Childhood Policy Pathways Fellow at the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC)This is a series featuring the Early Childhood Policy Pathway Fellows and their experiences in their 20-month fellowship positions. To […]
June 22, 2026 June 22, 2026A new state pilot program explores how Family Child Care programs can expand their capacityThe Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) is launching the new Family Child Care (FCC) Capacity Pilot program. It’s […]
May 21, 2026 May 21, 2026Julissa Abad has a passion for helping othersJulissa Abad wanted to be a pediatric nurse or doctor. But as a teenager living in the Dominican Republic, Abad […]
May 5, 2026 May 5, 2026Alessia DaCruz wants to educate educatorsEquipped with degrees in education and criminology, Alessia DaCruz wants to make sure that early educators have all the skills […]
April 29, 2026 April 29, 2026EEC’s new brief on capital grants for facilitiesBy awarding capital grants for facilities improvements, Massachusetts helps afterschool and early education programs improve their physical spaces, and a […]
April 21, 2026 April 21, 2026CommonWealth Beacon features a new incubator for family child care programsThe Family Childcare Success Project in Worcester is a new pilot program that’s helping child care providers—and it’s featured in […]
March 27, 2026 March 27, 2026In quotes: celebrating family child care for Women’s History Month“Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day are meant to recognize the achievements and contributions of women around the world, […]
March 3, 2026 March 3, 2026Karen JohnHope is pursuing advocacy through artKaren JohnHope wasn’t thinking about early education and care when she went to Bradford College. She studied accounting, which her […]
October 9, 2025 October 9, 2025Learn more about the Family Child Care Facilities Grants from MassDevelopment & EEC—apply by October 31Last month, we blogged about the state’s Family Child Care Facilities grants, the $500 to $25,000 awards that programs can […]