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Docket #0824 - Hearing regarding the childcare crisis in Boston
A
Families
and
communities
welcome
everyone.
This
morning,
this
hearing
is
docket
number
0824
a
hearing
regarding
the
child
care
crisis
in
boston.
To
view
this
hearing,
please
visit
boston
www.boston.gov
and
go
to
the
link
from
telephone
turn.
This
thing
off,
sorry
with
that
throw
it
away,
I
thought
I
had
it:
muted,
yes,
city
of
boss,
boston
city,
dash,
council,
dash
tv.
A
A
I
would
also
like
to
thank
counselor,
woo
and
counselors
wu
and
councillor
campbell
for
joining
me
and
co-sponsoring
this
very
important
hearing
on
the
issue
on
an
issue
that
impacts
thousands
of
boston
families.
I
also
want
to
thank
all
the
panelists
and
all
those
folks
who
have
said
video
or
written
testimony
today
without
further
ado.
I
will
just
make
some
brief
opening
statements
and
then
I'll
call
on
my
co-sponsors
to
make
some
deep
er
make
some
opening
statements
as
well.
A
I
just
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
we
are
joined
today
by
counselor
ed
flynn,
counselor,
andrea
campbell,
counselor,
kenzie,
bach,
counselor,
lydia,
edwards
counselor,
michelle
wu,
and
that's
it
for
now
so
to
get
started.
This
hearing
was
called
in
response
to
what
has
become
a
child
care
crisis,
not
only
here
in
boston
but
across
the
state
of
massachusetts.
A
A
These
are
tough
choices
for
families
and
the
long-term
costs
for
women
are
immense,
as
they
miss
out
on
promotions
and
lose
earning
capacity,
which
has
long
term
lifelong
consequences,
especially
when
they
reach
retirement
age
in
communities
of
color
and
low-income
families
and
low-income
families
are
finding
affordable
quality.
Child
care
is
even
more
difficult.
A
Our
child
care
industry
in
boston
was
already
struggling
before
the
covet
crisis,
with
the
loss
of
hundreds
of
small
family.
Dare
cares
across
the
city,
whether
we're
talking
about
home-based,
family-centered,
child
care
or
or
center-based
day
care?
This
industry
is
in
crisis,
and
the
covet
crisis
has
just
exacerbated
an
already
very
difficult
landscape
for
these
businesses.
A
The
purpose
of
this
hearing
today
is
to
lift
up
these
concerns
and
try
to
identify
solutions
that
would
revitalize
this
essential
service.
We
hope
that
this
conversation
today
will
help
guide
our
path
to
finding
workable
solutions
and
provide
affordable
quality
daycare
for
every
every
family
and
every
child
in
boston
daycare
is
a
necessity.
A
B
B
I
I
want
to
note
that
this
has
been
an
ongoing
conversation
on
the
council
that
a
number
of
years
ago
counselors
and
in
particular
the
then
four
women
of
color
who
were
serving
on
the
boston
city
council,
came
together
and
spent
a
whole
year
examining
various
facets
of
the
challenges
with
child
care
in
boston,
including
help
from
some
of
the
very
panelists
here
today,
and
it
was
dire.
Then
it
was
a
series
of
hardships
and
barriers
and
lack
of
information,
and
now
copin
has
just
amplified
that
exponentially.
B
So
we're
at
a
place
where
my
belief
is
that
we're
not
even
having
the
right
conversations
about
a
recovery
and
a
reopening
that
we
cannot
even
pursue
that
kind
of
thinking.
Unless
we
are
first
safeguarding
and
supporting
access
to
quality
child
care,
it
is
so
fundamental
to
our
economy,
to
our
families
and
and
everything
else.
So
I'm
excited
to
dig
into
this
issue
from
the
lens
of
short-term
recovery,
but
also
the
long-term
implications
for
how
we
expand
access
across
the
city.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you,
council
brain,
I
think
you're
on
mute,
but
I
heard
you
thank
you,
councillor,
beraden
and,
of
course
thank
you,
council
wu
for
the
partnership
and
similar
you
know
to
councillor
wu.
We
both
personally
have
talked
about
how
hard
it
is
to
work.
We
both
have
two
children
and
to
to
to
do
it
without
child
care.
D
Child
care
in
massachusetts
is
the
second
most
expensive
in
the
nation,
and
we've
known
this
for
a
very
long
time,
the
number
of
child
care
seats
has
been
decreasing
significantly
over
the
last
few
years.
Seats
in
massachusetts
have
decreased,
25
percent
in
the
last
four
years,
and
boston
has
lost
40
percent
of
its
family
child
care
businesses
in
the
last
10
years.
High
quality,
affordable
child
care
is
hard
to
come
by
for
families
in
my
district,
which
is
largely
dorchester
and
matapan
a
little
bit
of
jamaica,
plain
and
roslindale.
D
The
pandemic
has
thrown
our
child
care
sector
into
crisis,
forcing
businesses
to
close
their
doors
temporarily
and
some
sadly
permanently,
and
take
on
even
more
responsibilities
and
costs
to
keep
kids
safe
and
staff
safe
as
well.
If
and
when
they
do
decide
to
reopen
we're
hearing
from
many
child
care
providers
and
business
owners
that
the
state
regulations
are
burdening
businesses
with
costs
that
will
force
them
to
raise
tuition
for
families
and
child
care.
Business
has
been
largely
left
out
of
the
small
business
loan
programs.
D
D
D
I
also
looking
forward
to
partnering
with
you
on
solutions
in
the
immediate
to
help
help
all
in
in
terms
of
this
crisis,
and
thank
you,
of
course,
to
my
council
colleagues,
but
also
those
who
have
decided
to
join
us
this
morning,
and
I
have
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
two
of
my
summer
interns
and
fellow,
my
diana,
my
diana
diana
and
danielle.
Thank
you
for
your
work
and
your
leadership
and
research
on
this
topic
really
appreciate
it.
I've
been
giving
shout
outs
all
summer
long
to
this
additional
human
capital.
D
E
Thank
you
and
thank
you
councillor,
brayden.
Thank
you,
councillor,
braden
of
wu
councillor
campbell
for
sponsoring
this
important
hearing.
Again,
thank
you
to
councillor
braden
for
cheering
it.
Child
care
is
as
counselor
as
council
campbell
mentioned.
It's
it's
very
expensive.
It's
hard
to
find
with
the
ongoing
pandemic,
it's
gotten
more
difficult
for
parents
to
find
child
care
as
facilities
pose,
and
schools
close
having
child
care
is
a
very
important
factor
for
parents
to
be
able
to
work
and
for
our
essential
workers
who
are
on
the
front
lines
of
this
pandemic.
E
E
It
makes
our
city
better,
but
we
want
to
try
to
make
that
available
for
everyone,
so
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
my
counselors,
I'm
so
glad
we're
having
this
hearing
today
and
I
hope
I
hope
we
can
come
up
with
a
solution
to
provide
more
affordable
child
care
to
more
more
parents
throughout
the
city.
Thank
you.
A
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'll,
be
very
brief.
Just
thank
you
and
all
the
sponsors
for
this
important
hearing
today
and
just
really,
I
think
you
know
it's.
I
think
the
economic
role
of
child
care
has
become
super
clear
in
this
pandemic,
as
suddenly
everyone
realizes
that
you
can't
talk
about
any
fat
aspect
of
our
economy
and
any
set
of
essential
workers
without
talking
about
child
care.
But
I
also
just
want
to
lift
up
the
fact
that
I
think
you
know
when
we
think
about
early
early
childhood
education
and
high
quality
early
child's
care.
F
So
I'm
excited
to
be
here
today
and
I
just
think
you
know:
we've
got
a
lot
of
work
to
do
on
this
front.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Madam
chair,
oh
and
yeah.
Wait!
Sorry,
I'm
out
of
chair
and
a
shout
out
to
we've
got
a
whole
bunch
of
our
success
link
fellows
for
the
summer,
watching
the
hearing
and
they've
been
doing
great
work,
diving
into
understanding
the
work
of
the
city
council.
So
just
wanted
to
shout
out
to
them
too.
G
Yes,
thank
you
so
much
councillor
braden.
Very
briefly.
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
hosting
this
committee
or
hosting
this
very
important
hearing.
We
are
in
a
crisis,
but
I
also
feel
that
this
kind
of
conversation
helps
us
to
understand.
We
didn't
get
here
by
accident.
We
can
figure
out
ways
creative
ways
to
help
support
the
children
and
the
families
in
boston.
I
hope
part
of
this
conversation
will
include
child
care
cooperatives.
G
G
I
just
believe
that,
amongst
all
of
these
hands
and
with,
of
course,
the
incredible
steadfast
leadership
of
my
dear
friend
tanya-
that
we
can,
we
can
come
up
with
something,
and
I
I
hope
that
we're
not
just
gonna
talk
about
what's
going
wrong,
but
any
model,
any
idea
that
we
can
think
of
right
now
to
help
with
child
care
and
especially
the
city
of
boston.
Thank
you.
H
H
It
was
critical
to
not
just
their
well-being,
but
my
well-being,
as
well
as
in
my
career,
so
child
care
and
early
education
provides
not
just
an
opportunity
for
women,
in
particular,
but
families
to
be
in
the
workplace
and
be
active
in
the
workplace,
but
to
have
those
careers
and
to
earn
wages
and
salaries
that
allow
us
to
continue
to
stay
here
in
the
city.
So
there
are
all
of
these
different
components
that
are
so
important
when
discussing
child
care.
H
So
there's
all
these
very
interesting
pieces
that
go
into
this,
but
then,
in
the
end
it
needs
to
be
affordable
and
accessible,
and
we
need
to
have
the
seats
that
fulfill
the
demand
of
of
our
families
and
make
it
easier
for
families
to
grow
in
the
city
of
boston,
to
stay
in
the
city
of
boston
and
access
the
services
they
need.
So
a
lot
on
today's
agenda.
H
I
actually
with
all
that
being
said,
I
will
be
sneaking
out
a
few
minutes
early,
as
we
have
a
hearing
this
afternoon
about
the
boston,
public
schools
so
sort
of
the
a
little
bit
of
the
other
end
of
the
spectrum
this
afternoon.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you
to
the
makers
for
bringing
this
before
us
today.
C
As
a
father
of
four,
with
a
set
of
twins,
I've
got
a
front
row
seat
first-hand
experience
as
to
how
important
child
care
and
daycare
is
for
our
working
families
in
boston
and
kudos
to
you.
You
were
on
this
early,
madam
chair,
and,
and
it
was
one
of
the
industries
and
services
that
was
cut
early
in
the
pandemic,
and
so
as
we
it's
very
timely,
particularly
as
we
start
to
talk
about
the
potential
for
the
boomerang
effect
of
of
covet
19.
C
And
what's
that
going
to
mean,
is
we're
contemplating
sort
of
school
issue
as
to
whether
kids
are
going
to
be
going
to
school
and
what
form?
What's
that
going
to
look
like,
but
also,
as
folks
start
to
get
back
to
work,
you
know
with
their
households
and
how
we're
going
to
handle
the
demand
for
for
daycare
for
child
care?
And
again
we
all
know
these
experiences.
I
don't
envy
my
colleagues,
particularly
those
the
younger
children,
in
terms
of
just
the
dynamic
of
being
able
to
sort
of
juggle.
C
All
of
that,
so
you
know
my
children
are
obviously
a
little
older
now.
So
I
didn't
have
some
of
those
concerns
during
this
pandemic,
but
but
I
can
relate
and
know
that
families
were
basically
turned
upside
down
when
things
started
to
shut
down
and
child
care
and
daycare
was
was
one
of
the
first
to
to
be
impacted
by
it.
C
So
again,
timely
look
forward
to
getting
the
testimony
and
how
do
we
work
together
moving
forward
in
the
event
that,
as
we
prepare
potentially
for
another
round
of
this,
what
is
what
is
our
city's
child
care
and
daycare
system
going
to
look
like
and
and
how
we're
gonna
function
with
or
without
it?
So
thank
you
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
my
colleagues
on
this.
A
I
Thank
you
so
much
madam
chair.
First
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
your
leadership
on
this
issue
and
certainly
the
other
makers,
councilor
campbell
and
councillor
wu
council
wu
being
a
counselor
who
has
made
history
being
the
first
woman
to
actually
deliver
and
give
birth
while
being
a
counselor,
and
so
I
know
all
of
us
on
this
call
understand
this
issue
intimately
from
the
perspective
of
being
working
moms,
and
I
also
understand
it
from
another
perspective,
and
that
is
a
lifetime
ago.
I
Back
in
the
90s,
I
was
doing
community
organizing
for
parents
united
for
child
care,
and
we
were
fighting
for
high
quality,
affordable
child
care.
At
that
time,
child
care
was
the
second
most
costly
expense,
second,
only
to
the
housing
cost
for
families,
and
I'm
sure
that
is
still
true
to
this
day,
and
so
that
goes
to
show
that
we
have
not
made
as
much
progress.
So
I
think
we've
made
progress
in
terms
of
improving
quality
and
trying
to
make
sure
that
families
had
access
through,
perhaps
state
resources
and
vouchers.
I
There's
the
need
is
so
much
greater
than
we
really
understand,
and
particularly
now.
This
is
critical
and
always
has
been
in
terms
of
being
a
good
foundation.
We
need
good,
high
quality,
affordable,
accessible
child
care
so
that
we
can
have
a
good
foundation
for
the
k-12
experience
here
in
boston,
but
also
this
is
critical
to
our
economic
recovery.
So
I
am
grateful
for
the
conversation.
I
know
that
I
won't
be
able
to
stay
for
the
entire
thing,
but
look
forward
to
reviewing
the
tape.
This
is
an
issue
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
I
A
J
Absolutely
thank
you,
councillor,
brayden
and
all
of
the
counselors
for
having
me
and
the
rest
of
the
panelists
here
today.
I
very
much
look
forward
to
to
learning
and
to
hearing
what
everybody
else
has
to
say.
What
I
want
to
do
is
just
start
out
by
putting
some
numbers
behind
many
of
the
issues
that
the
counselors
have
shared
and
then
later
I'll
provide
an
outline
of
what
the
city
of
boston
efforts
have
been
so
far
to
address
this.
J
So
I
can
say
I
want
to
say
first
that
the
city
of
boston
we've
made
a
real
effort
to
prioritize
child
care
even
before
the
pandemic,
because
we
recognize
it
as
a
sector
in
crisis
and
it's
a
crisis.
That's
been
causing
repercussions
for
working
people
of
all
backgrounds,
but
especially
women
and
people
in
lower
wage
occupations,
which
is
why
the
office
of
women's
advancement
is
part
of
the
team
at
the
city.
That
includes
multiple
departments.
That's
working
on
this,
but
coven
has
really
turned
this
reality
into
a
crisis
within
a
crisis.
J
And
we
really
appreciate
the
work
that
we've
been
able
to
do
with
them
to
understand.
What's
happening
specifically
in
boston
and
after
I'm
done
I'll.
Just
put
some
links
in
the
chat
that
we
can
share,
but
so
pre-code.
The
reality
was
that
we
really
only
had
seats
for
half
of
boston's
children
who
were
under
five,
and
so
that
was
already
a
challenging
situation.
And
we
saw
that
reflected
in
our
survey
when
we
asked
families
what
their
challenges
were.
J
But
it's
very
important
to
note
that
availability
alone
doesn't
equal
access
right.
Affordability,
pre-covered
was
a
top
concern
for
bostonians
really
of
all
backgrounds
in
all
of
the
neighborhoods
we
had
86
of
our
participants
telling
us
that
not
affordable
was
a
significant
challenge
for
them,
so
we
don't
have
enough
seats
and
then,
when
they
are
there,
they're
not
even
affordable
for
them.
J
So
the
other
side
of
this
is
that
we
know
early
educators
are
a
workforce,
that's
providing
a
lot
more
benefits
and
a
lot
more
value
to
all
of
us
as
a
society
than
is
reflected
in
their
compensation,
and
so
I
agree
we
need
to
increase
their
pay,
so
they
can
continue
providing
high
quality
care.
That
is,
you
know
that
puts
children
on
a
path
to
positive
outcomes
later
in
life,
but
also
enables
workers
from
all
industries
to
participate
in
the
labor
force.
J
I
have
to
note
that
child
care
workers
are
overwhelmingly
female
in
boston
majority
people
of
color
and
there's
a
very
high
immigrant
representation
in
this
workforce.
So,
for
us,
as
women's
advancement,
fair
pay
for
people
in
this
occupation
would
bring
us
one
step
closer
to
closing
wage
gaps
and
pay
gaps.
J
That's
still
really
way
heavy
on
our
shoulders
as
a
society,
but
we
know
again
that
that
working
families
can't
and
should
not
really
be
the
ones
to
bear
more
of
the
economic
burden,
as
has
been
mentioned,
and
so
that's
kind
of
where
we
were
before
covet
now.
As
a
result
of
the
pandemic,
we
are
observing
how
severe
economic
hardship
is
resulting
in
the
city
losing
a
significant
portion
of
our
previous
child
care
capacity,
possibly
permanent
permanently,
and
I
just
wanted
to
share
what
we
know
about
this.
J
The
pace
of
the
reopenings
has
been
slowing
in
the
last
week,
so
our
worry
is
that
it's
possible
that
we
may
have
lost
between
20
to
up
to
35
of
our
previous
capacity
permanently,
and
this
is
assuming
that
all
of
the
reopen
programs
are
going
to
be
able
to
make
it
through
the
next
months.
And
that's,
you
know
very
unclear,
because
we
don't
know
whether
families
are
planning
on
coming
back
to
the
programs.
This
is
obviously
understandable,
given
all
the
health
concerns
our
office
is
trying
to
understand
this
situation
through
a
series
of
focus
groups.
J
So
anyway,
as
I
mentioned
before,
our
office
identified
this
issue
and
began
discussing
ways
to
address
it
about
three
years
ago,
the
focus
of
our
work
has
been
research,
direct
support
to
family
child
care.
Specifically,
we
focused
on
them
because
they're
particularly
vulnerable
they're,
serving
families
with
the
with
lower
incomes
and
also
they're
the
most
flexible.
So
those
families
who
do
work
non-standard
hours
disproportionately
go
to
family
child
care.
So
that's
why
we
focused
on
supporting
them.
So
in
last
year
we
piloted
what
we're
calling
the
child
care
entrepreneur
fund.
J
This
year
we
were
able
to
support.
We
will
be
able
to
support
75
entrepreneurs
thanks
to
new
city
investments
and
also
funding
from
the
office
of
workforce
development.
So
we're
excited
about
that.
This
year
we
received
325
applications
to
this
fund
out
of
489
licensed
family
child
cares
existing
in
boston.
J
So
to
me
that
said,
the
need
is
great
and
that
so
far
you
know
we
we
have
a
good
start,
but
we
we
can't
begin
to
cover
all
the
need
with
our
available
resources.
So
for
us
and
women's
advancement
and
the
team
that
works
on
this,
I
should
definitely
mention
the
economic
mobility
lab
and
the
small
business
office
in
the
city
that
are
being
partners.
Our
next
step
is
to
start
seeking
external
funding.
J
Whatever
funding
we
can
to
to
grow
this
successful
program
and
complete
evaluation
of
the
first
round,
so
we
can
formalize
our
lessons
learned
and
implement
them
in
the
next
in
the
next
versions
of
this.
Our
other
next
steps
are
also
to
advocate
at
the
state
and
federal
level
for
increased
funding,
because
you
know
the
the
city
can
do
a
lot
and
we
can
call
attention
to
this
issue
and
start
supporting
individual
entrepreneurs
and
family
child
cares,
but
it
doesn't
really
cover
the
need.
J
I
believe
strongly
that
we
need
to
advocate
for
increased
funding
at
at
federal
and
state
level
and
then
just
continue
our
research
to
understand
family
need
and
family
arrangements
and
family
challenges.
That
has
been
an
area
where
there's
not
a
lot
of
information,
so
we
hope
to
include
our
census.
Survey
in
the
2021
mailing
and
last
thing
I'll
say,
is
that
there
are
very
few
cities
at
the
municipal
level
really
that
work
on
this
topic
so
for
boston.
J
I
believe
it's
very
important
for
us
to
tell
this
story
so
that
we
can
start
seeing
more
replication
and
more
even
more
attention
at
the
national
and
state
level.
The
solution-
I
guess
I
I,
as
I
said,
has
to
involve
also
a
significant
shift
in
our
collective
mindset,
because
we
have
to
understand
that
early
education
should
be,
or
is
a
public
good,
a
critical
part
of
the
infrastructure
for
a
modern
workforce.
J
And
for
me
the
conversation
is
getting
there,
but
it's
not
quite
there
yet,
so
we
need
to
bring
it
there
and
I
think
hearings
like
this
are
extremely
helpful
in
this
endeavor
and
yeah.
I'll.
Just
conclude
by
saying
thank
you
for
inviting
us.
I
really
look
forward
to
listening
to
the
rest
of
the
testimony
and
to
providing
what
answers
I
can
to
any
questions
that
that
are.
A
Raised,
thank
you,
tanya
I'll,
just
ask
my
colleagues
if
they
have
any
questions
for
tanya
this
time.
Thank
you
so
much.
That's
there's
a
lot
of
really
good
information
in
that,
and
I'm
very
impressed
with
the
the
leadership
role
that
you're
taking
in
this
field
and
and
the
great
work
that
you're
doing,
there's
so
much
to
do,
and
I
hope
we
can
bring
more
more
hands
on
deck
to
help
move
this
issue
forward
through
this
process.
K
K
Wait
every
voice
is
going
to
be
heard
up
in
here.
You
hear
me
yes,
okay,
so
so,
first
of
all,
thank
you
so
much
for
for
hosting,
and
thank
you
to
the
the
sponsors
for
bringing
us
together.
I
have
to
say
real
is
that
I
was
you
know,
hearing
you
speak
and
just
how
super
conscious
you
are
about
this
particular
issue.
K
K
I
did
not
know
because
I
had
tuned
in
a
little
bit
later
that
it
was
actually
somebody
who
is
working
for
the
city,
so
it
was
just
it's
so
warming
and
and
comforting,
knowing
that
that
someone
who
deeply
understands
this
issue
from
your
own
experience
as
a
parent
number
one
and
as
a
working
mom
to
have
you
in
this
role
and
this
time
is-
is
really
comforting.
So
thank
you
for
the
presentation.
K
I
had
I'm
a
little
bit
late,
so
I
did
miss
some
of
it,
but
I
do
have
just
a
few
questions
if
you
don't
mind
and
I'll
put
my
glasses
on
so
the
the
first
one
is.
Can
you
just
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
child
care
internship
entrepreneurship
program
a
little
bit
more?
What
do
those
classes
look
like
who
are
they
made
available
to
and
if
you
happen
to
have
any
information
about
the
breakdown
by
neighborhood
and
race?
That
would
be
really
helpful.
J
Sure
so
the
child
care
entrepreneurship
workshop
focus
on
the
business
skills.
The
reason
we
did
this
was
because,
before
we
designed
the
program
we
went
out
and
visited
a
bunch
of
family
child
cares
in
their
homes
and
we
had
dozens
of
conversations
with
them
and
what
came
one
of
the
things
that
came
away
from
that
was
that
they
identify
and
are
very
confident
in
their
skills
as
educators,
and
they
see
themselves
as
great
educators.
J
But
they
didn't
see
themselves
as
business
people
yet
and
didn't
identify
as
business
people,
even
though
they're
entrepreneurs
they
own
their
business,
and
so
they
thought
that
they
could
receive
a
lot
of
support
in
that
part
of
their
of
their
journey.
And
so
we
validated
this
too
by
speaking
with
practitioners
from
umass
boston,
who,
I
believe
and
douglas,
is
one
of
the
panelists
and
can
speak
more
to
this,
who
were
already
running
some
of
these
workshops,
trying
to
cover
that
gap
right.
J
So
they,
for
example,
business
skills,
aren't
necessarily
part
of
the
required
professional
development
that
they
go
through
for
their
licensing,
etc.
And
so
that's
where
we
honed
in
that's,
where
we
understood
there
to
be
a
gap
and
the
participants
of
the
first
cohort,
let
us
know,
had
been
very
helpful
for
them.
So
more
concretely,
the
focus
the
workshops,
there's
six
workshops
and
they
focus
on
like
budgeting.
For
example,
how
do
you
understand
the
money?
That's
coming
in
the
money?
J
That's
coming
out
of
your
business,
how
to
separate
that
from
your
personal
finances,
how
to
open
up
a
bank
account?
That's
just
for
your
business,
for
example.
This
is
something
that
was
a
very
big
hurdle
for
family
child
care,
to
access
the
ppp
program
and
some
of
the
other
assistance
programs
that
have
come
from
the
federal
government
for
coronavirus
because
they
didn't
they
didn't
normally
have
a
bank
account
that's
separate
for
the
businesses
and
all
these
hurdles.
The
workshop
would
have
helped
if
they
had
gone
through
that.
J
J
Yes,
I
have
to
look
for
in
my
drive,
but
I
do
have
it
for
do.
You
want
last
year's
cohort
or
this
year
or
this
year's
I
have
both.
Oh
whichever
one
you
either
one
I
have
in
front
of
me
right
now
is
from
last
year,
so
we
had
33
of
the
cohort
was
from
dorchester,
I'm.
I
think
it's
15
from
hyde
park
roxbury
had
11..
K
J
Yeah
absolutely
so
we
did
the
outreach
last
year
in
six
languages
and
we
did
the
same
this
year.
Every
single
provider
that
had
a
license
received
a
postcard
in
the
mail
that
was
in
spanish
and
english,
and
there
was
simultaneous
translation
in
the
in
the
workshop.
So
last
year,
when
once
we
the
cohort,
we
asked
them
who
would
need
translation
and
we
had
cantonese
speakers
and
we
had
spanish
speakers
who
didn't
speak
english.
J
So
those
were
the
languages
that
we
provided
it's
the
same
thing
this
year,
so
they
let
us
know
what
language
they
need
and
we
provide
the
translation
with
the
support
of
the
language
office
of
language,
access
and
communications
for
the
city.
So
this
year
the
the
languages
we
have
represented
are
haitian
creole
and
spanish
and
they'll
they'll
be
having
a
virtual
translation,
which
is
something
we
did.
We
didn't
know
how
to
do,
but
we're
learning
how
to
do
for
the
workshops
that
start
next
month.
K
J
Yeah,
so
that's
a
great
question:
the
the
program
is
set
up
to
help
the
providers
and
to
support
and
work
with
the
partners
we
had.
We
felt
like
we
had
enough
data
about
the
providers
and
we
understood
their
issues
because
we
were
able
to
identify
and
talk
to
them
directly
well
enough
to
design
a
program
around
that
for
the
family
side.
For
the
working
family
side,
we
we
didn't
and
kind
of
still
don't
feel
like.
J
We
understand
the
general
problem
well
enough
because
there's
hardly
any
data
on
it
and
that's
why
we
focused
on
starting
to
learn
more
about
it.
We
did
the
census
survey
last
year,
we'll
do
it
next
year
and
we're
doing
the
focus
group
now,
because
it's
just
such
a
different
situation
for
every
different
family.
We
don't
feel
equipped
yet
to
come
up
with.
You
know
a
solution
for
that
will
fit
right
for
every
family.
J
Let
me
actually
give
you
the
breakdown
for
the
applicant
pool
this
year
that
I
just
pulled
up.
We
have
20
percent
of
the
applicants
where
black
or
african
american,
almost
40
percent,
were
latinx
and
why
native
american
hawaiian
pacific
islander
were
below
five
percent
and
for
the
neighborhoods,
the
highest
representation
we
had
dorchester
next
came
hyde
park
and
roxbury,
then
matapan,
roslindale,
east
boston,
jamaica,
plain
the
rest
of
the
neighborhoods
had
about
two
percent
application.
K
A
B
B
J
B
And
then
just
shifting
gears
in
terms
of
kobe's
impacts,
I
know-
and
oh
shout
out
also
to
ginger
from
my
team,
who
has
helped,
prepare
and
put
together
a
great
great
list
of
questions,
so
the
state
had
been
criticized
for
not
providing
complete
data
on
quotid
cases
related
to
emergency
child
care.
Centers
did
you
have
any
feedback
or
insights
in
terms
of
boston's
child
care,
centers
and
you
know
in
the
emergency
ones
how
those
might
have
been
impacted
with
cases
and
then
moving
forward?
B
J
J
We
we
are
able
also
to
track
closures
when
they
happen,
just
through
the
numbers
that
they
are
sharing,
but
not
reasons
for
closure.
If
that
makes
sense,
so
we're
able
to
see
if
some
something
closes,
but
we
don't
know
the
reason,
so
we
can't
say
whether
they
closed
for
cove
exposure
or
whether
they
closed
because
of
another.
Any
other
reason.
J
B
Okay,
great
and
then
this
isn't
just
a
request
for
later,
if
possible,
to
get
a
data
set
in
terms
of
who
received
funds
for
the
child
care
grant
program.
I
don't
know
if
it's
possible
to
if
you
have
sort
of
mwbe
status
as
well
as
and
which
neighborhood
is
represented.
That
would
be
really
appreciated.
Yeah.
E
J
J
So
that's
something
I
know
the
city
advocated
for
last
session
and
we
should
continue
to
do
that
and
other
legislation.
That'll,
have
you
know
more
reliable
access
to
quality
child
care
and
the
word
quality
there's
important
too,
because
that's
an
equity
issue
right.
You
can't
just
expect
children
to
grow
up
in
any
environment.
It
has
to
be
an
environment,
that'll
that'll
allow
them
an
opportunity
to
be
to
be
successful
in
the
future
in
every
way.
E
E
The
success
of
boston
in
a
way
is
going
to
be
because
of
the
hard
work
of
a
lot
of
immigrant
workers,
a
lot
of
women
that
are
in
our
hotels,
working
hard
cleaning
rooms,
the
members
of
local
26,
and
that's
really,
that's
why
I
think
boston
is
going
to
be
successful,
is
because
of
a
lot
of
these
hard-working
women
that
are
risking
everything
for
our
city
and
their
in
their
family
as
well.
Thank
you,
tanya.
Thank
you.
Council,
braden,.
A
D
Thank
you,
councillor
brayden,
and
thank
you
tanya
for
just
all
of
your
work
with
respect
to
this
issue,
and
one
thing
I
will
say
is
that
I
think
you're
exactly
right.
The
reframing
is
critically
important,
so
I
think
now,
more
and
more
folks
are
talking
about
this
issue
in
terms
of
its
effect
on
the
economy.
Most,
I
think
already
got
the
how
important
it
was
to
your
child's
development,
of
course,
but
one
layer.
D
You
know
we
often
talk
about
in
terms
of
the
three-year-olds
and
the
four-year-olds,
but
really
it's
the
birth
to
five
year
old
issue,
right
and
really
maybe
even
pre-birth
right
when
you
are
pregnant,
all
the
things
that
you
could
be
doing
to
support
your
child
and
if
you're
connected
to
services
and
programs
early
on
there's
a
there's,
a
incredible
benefit
to
that.
So
I
I'm
really
been
pushing
the
city
to
to
frame
it
in
a
in
a
to
cover
more
of
our
young
people
and
to
say
it's
not
just
about
the
child.
D
It's
also
about
the
parents,
and
so
I
I
and
also
in
thanking
you,
I
want
to
thank
ron
dorsey
as
well,
who
I
saw
was
attending
given
his
leadership
on
this
issue
when
he
was
here
at
the
city.
I
want
to
be
mindful
that
we
have
a
lot
of
panelists,
so
I'll
ask
just.
I
guess
one
question
that
I
have,
in
addition
to
sort
of
pushing
the
reframing
of
the
issue,
also
pushing
the
city
to
to
create
a
greater
infrastructure
to
deal
with
this.
D
You
were
one
person
who
was
doing
amazing
work
in
this
space,
along
with,
I
think,
like
probably
30
other
issues.
I
think
this
is
such
a
major
issue
that
requires
such
detailed,
responsive
work
right,
you're,
talking
about
surveys,
the
importance
of
data
collection,
coordinating
in
you
know,
the
private
sector
is
showing
up
with
respect
to
solutions.
The
state
federal
government
providers
advocates
on
the
ground.
I
mean
there's
so
many
stakeholders
who
want
to
play
a
role
in
making
sure
that
every
family
has
access
to
affordable
care.
There
are
resources,
monetary.
D
There
are
experts
right.
I
really
would
love
to
see
the
city
hire
someone
and
create
infrastructure
that
specifically
supports
this
issue,
where
it's
not
only
coordinating
all
of
the
resources
that
currently
exist
speaking
to
the
gaps
and
then
making
it
public
right.
So
a
parent
can
go
on
a
website
in
the
city
of
boston
and
see
all
that
is
available
to
them,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
solutions,
but
it
is
hard
to
navigate
these
systems,
and
so
I
guess
my
one
question
has
to
do
with.
D
J
I
mean
I'll
be
short
and
I'll
say
I
completely
agree
and
I
will
repeat
the
shout
out
to
ron
dorsey
who's
continuing
to
exercise
leadership
on
this,
but
now
from
the
private
sector
lens
so
yeah.
I
agree.
The
boston,
boston
opportunity
agenda
issued
a
report
on
the
state
of
early
childhood
education.
I
believe
it
was
last
year,
and
that
was
one
of
the
recommendations
that
they
issued
to
the
city,
that
they
have
a
dedicated
kind
of
czar
or
person
to
do
this,
and
currently
what
we
have
is
a
group
of
departments.
J
So
thank
you
for
your
belief
in
me,
but
it's
definitely
not
just
me.
Working
on
this
yeah.
We
have
the
economic
mobility
lab
teams
from
like
different
departments
of
the
city
coming
together
to
form
this
task
force.
I
guess
that's
pushing
all
of
this
work,
but
it
does
require
tremendous
coordination,
tremendous
time,
commitment
and
work,
and
I
think
if
we
could
be
doing
a
lot
more,
for
example,
with
private
sector.
As
you
mentioned,
we
could
be
growing
this
program
and
and
kind
of
speed
up
the
work
relating
to
supporting
families.
D
Well,
that's
just
my
one
point
and
I'm
gonna
continue
to
push
that
piece,
because
I
think
that's
what
we
have
tremendous
control
on
our
side.
We,
of
course
want
the
federal
government
to
issue
a
bailout
for
this
industry,
but
where
we
have
control
would
love
to
see
faster
movement
on
setting
up
that
infrastructure,
so
we'll
continue
the
conversation.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Thank
you.
Council
braden.
A
Thank
you.
I
think
that
concludes
our
questions.
For
this
panel,
I
from
tanya
I
had
just
one
question.
You
mentioned
the
the
workshops,
the
training
that
was
available.
What
what
time
of
day
were
those
workshops
held?
Where
was
midday
or
was
it
an
accessible
time
for
folks
who
maybe
are
taking
care
of
kids
during
the
day
and
were
there
evening
workshops
to
help.
A
A
F
F
We've
got
a
lot
of
folks
who
provide
daycare
in
their
units
in
housing,
authority
buildings
where
they're
not
licensed,
and
we're
talking
about
the
sort
of
how
to
create
a
path
to
licensure,
to
help
those
be
better
compensated
careers
for
people
and
and
obviously
one
of
the
things
that
came
up
a
lot
in
that
conversation
was
the
constraints
of
the
space
and
one
of
the
things
I'm
I'm
thinking
about
now
in
terms
of
covid
and
supporting
our
healthcare
worker.
You
know
our
our
child
care.
F
Workers
in
covid
is
sort
of
like
what's
the
apparatus
for
supporting
these
unlicensed
providers
in
some
of
the
kind
of
spaces
that,
as
we
know,
we're
already
providing
a
barrier
to
licensure
and
now
with
covid.
You
know
they
might
need
help
in
thinking
about
how
to
adapt,
and
so
I'm
just
curious
whether
you
guys
have
tackled
that
at
all.
I'm
thinking
through
kind
of
like
how
we
support
that
informal
economy,
because
it's
a
big
piece
of
this.
J
J
That's
the
way
to
get
people
who
may
know
or
may
have
been
informally
practicing
this
into
into
the
formal
realm
and
then
for
the
boston,
housing
authority.
Work
we've
done
and
wanted
to
intensify
and
continue
to
do
is
to
make
sure
that
all
property
managers
understand
that
family
child
care
is
allowed,
and
sometimes
even
encouraged
and
bha,
because
that's
not
sometimes
uniformly
earlier
and
that's
what
we
want
to
do,
and
we've
prioritized
bha
providers
as
recipients
of
the
fund,
and
we
continue
to
receive
lots
of
applications
from
bha
providers,
which
is
good.
F
G
J
Yeah,
so
we
had
a
formal
grant
for
cooperatives
the
first
time
around,
and
we
worked
directly
with
the
groups
that
we
had
identified
with
the
help
of
a
project
with
ccds
in
east
boston,
to
see
if
we
could
source
applicants
for
that
specific
grant,
where
we
would
give
assistance
to
providers
who
wanted
to
come
together
and
form
child
care
cooperatives,
we
found
that
they
either
felt
they
weren't
quite
ready
to
apply
for
that
yet
or
just
weren't
weren't
there
in
the
process.
So
what
we've
done
really
beyond
that
is
not
much.
J
G
G
G
J
This
would
be
very,
very
long
conversation,
but
what
I'll
just
surface
here
is
that
the
zoning
code
does
have.
Oh,
I
forgot
the
acronym,
but
it
does
have
a
regulation
that
says
for
projects
that
meet
a
certain
threshold
of
size,
that
there
needs
to
be
a
contribution
for
child
care,
seats
to
be
created
on
site
or
a
contribution
for
them
to
be
created
elsewhere
in
the
city
and
that's
something
that
our
city's
been
looking
at
and
where
we've
recently
been
included
in
the
kind
of
notification
list
for
the
bpdi.
J
For
when
those
projects
come
online,
women's
advancement
automatically
will
come
in
and
and
kind
of
make
the
developer
aware
and
advocate
for
the
for
either
the
payment
of
those
funds
or
the
inclusion
of
on-site
facilities.
It's
it's
something
that
we
think
should
be
taken.
We
should
be
taking
advantage
of
it
because
it
is,
it
is
funding,
that's
going
to
create
new
seats,
currently
yeah.
A
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
and
I'll
be
really
quick.
I
know
you've
got
a
lot
of
panelists
and
I
apologize
if
I
missed
it
earlier.
I
was
just
wondering
if
you
could
speak
more
to
the
gap.
I
think
in
your
opening
presentation.
Tony
you
talked
about.
Was
it
30
that
we
would
see
a
loss
and
not
coming
back
in
terms
of
child
care?
Seats
was
at
seats.
I
Was
that
workers
like
what
was
that
and
what's
the
plan
to
address
that
gap,
because
clearly,
as
we've
all
indicated,
we
were
in
crisis
before
this
crisis
is
compounding
the
current
child
care
crisis.
So
we
were
already,
you
know,
dealing
with
a
shortage.
I
think,
in
terms
of
you
know:
high
quality,
affordable,
accessible
child
care
seats.
I
J
J
So
what
we're
doing
now
is
just
monitoring
to
see
how
that
goes
in
september
to
see
if
we
recover
a
bit
more
hopefully,
but
the
curve
has
slowed
right,
so
we
saw
a
big
number
of
them
reopening
in
the
first
weeks
of
july
that
slowed
down.
We
think
there
might
be
a
small
little
second
peak
sometime
in
september
and
by
then
we'll,
I
think,
kind
of
know
about
how
many
we
lost
maybe
permanently
so
the
other
figure
would
be.
I
think
it's
so.
I
But
is
the
plan
so
when
you
say
we'll
know
how
many
we
lost
permanently
is
the
plan,
so
we
just
take
that
loss.
Are
we
trying
to?
How
are
we
trying
to
recover
those
seats
like
if
not
with
those
providers?
It
seems
to
me
that
there
was
already
a
constant.
How
do
we
develop
new
providers?
Make
sure
that
they,
you
know,
get
whatever
certification
or
training
the
professionalism
needed
for
this
field
and
that
there
was
some
effort?
I
don't
know
if
it
was
your
department
within
the
city.
I
certainly
know
within
boston
public
schools.
I
There
was
an
effort
around
early
child
care
providers
who
were
either
center-based
or
home-based
and
making
sure
that
they
were
getting
the
kind
of
same
particularly
for
the
three
and
four-year-olds
that
they
were
getting
the
same
kind
of
curriculum
for
bps.
So
I'm
not
sure
in
terms
of
loss
of
those
30
percent
or
35
seats.
I
J
And
then
you
mentioned
the
efforts
for
upk.
I
should
also
mention
that
there's
all
of
the
work
I
described
today,
plus
the
city's
effort
on
universal
pre-k,
which
are
led
by
bps
and
focusing
obviously
on
the
four
four-year-olds,
and
so
this
there's
centers
and
providers
that
work
with
the
upk
team
at
bps.
I
C
Thank
you
man
of
chair,
obviously
thank
tanya
for
the
work
that
she's
doing
and
obviously
the
administration,
particularly
in
this
space
surveying.
I
know
that
there's
been
work
done
to
date,
we're
also
serving
families
and
now
launching,
I
believe,
the
second
round
of
application
for
the
child
care
entrepreneur
fund.
So
I'm
grateful
for
that
work,
especially
the
work
of
the
office
of
women's
advancement
and
the
economic
mobility
lab,
as
well
as
the
office
of
small
business
for
their
work
around
this
initiative.
C
J
So
during
this
time,
the
state
maintained
payments
for
about
sephora
that
they
were
providing
for
voucher
children.
So
if
you
were
providing
care
for
a
family
that
was
eligible
for
vouchers,
even
though
you
were
closed
as
a
provider,
you
continued
receiving
that
payment
and
this
obviously
for
providers
that
only
receive
private
pay.
J
This
put
them
in
a
vine
because
they
received
not
nothing
and
then
right
now,
I
believe
the
state
I
don't
know
actually
actually
the
the
full
scope
of
the
funding
they're
providing,
but
I
know
they're
going
up
to
80
of
what
what
they
were
providing
and
then
for
federal.
They
were
eligible
for
ppp
and
for
small
business
loans
that
were
forgivable,
but
there
were
significant
barriers
for
for
them
to
receive
this.
Like
I
mentioned
before,.
C
I
understand
I
know
I
know
child
care
providers,
with
the
exception
of
the
exempt
emergency
child
care
standards,
were
shut
down.
However,
margins
for
many
of
the
child,
care
providers
were
already
tight
prior
to
covid
and
clearly
they
all
have
experienced
a
dramatic
decrease
in
revenue
throughout
all
the
the
daycare
and
childcare
centers,
so
has
to
have
been
devastating
for
a
lot
of
these
centers
that
we're
already
running
tighter
and
margins
are.
C
Are
we
expecting
businesses
to
continue
to
remain
open
after
they
were
shut
down
for
months
without
any
income
coming
in?
And
I'm
just
going
to
make
a
quick
analogy
to
our
restaurant
businesses,
where
they've
been
shut
down
for
a
significant
significant
period
of
time?
Some
are
arguing,
you
know,
25,
possibly
up
to
a
third
of
boston's.
Restaurants
will
not
reopen,
and
I
just
don't
know
whether
or
not
from
your
vantage
point
tanya
based
on
your
training
experience
and
what
you're
seeing
happening
across
the
city
is
something.
C
Is
there
potential
for
something
like
that
to
happen
at
our
sort
of
our
child
care
day
care
centers?
That's
what
concerns
me,
given
that
some
of
these
places
have
been
shut
down
for
a
significant
period
of
time?
Do
they
have
capacity,
whether
it's
the
the
entrepreneur
fund
money
or
if
it's
the
ppp
stuff?
Is
that
enough
to
carry
folks
to
allow
them
to
kind
of
reboot?
If
you
will
and
if
not,
then
clearly
we're
gonna
have
a
bigger
problem
on
our
hands.
C
I
just
I
wanna,
maybe
just
get
a
sense
from
you
as
to
whether
you
were
sort
of
seeing
a
trend
like
that
and
and
not
to
make
an
analogy,
but
I
think
it
was
an
important
analogy
to
make
with
respect
to
our
our
restaurants
and
our
other
small
businesses
that
have
been
struggling
and
the
fact
that
they've
been
shut
down
for
so
long.
It's
for
many,
it's
insurmountable
for
them
to
open
back
up
again,
I
I
want
to
get
your.
You
know
your
perspective
on
on
this
industry.
J
Yeah,
absolutely
yeah,
that's
the
issue!
Thank
you.
That's
the
issue
I
mean
when,
during
the
the
I
think
it
was
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic,
that
when
the
of
the
closure
eec
did
do
a
survey
of
providers
and
40
of
them
said
that
they
could
not
reopen
if
they
were
gonna
if
they
were
close
for
more
than
two
months,
and
so
they
already
told
us
that
that
was
going
to
be
a
big
issue.
I'm
monitoring
the
numbers
now
and
trying
to
understand
who's
rea.
How
many
are
able
to
do?
J
And
that's
that's
our
big
worry,
I
should
say
the
networks,
so
the
networks
of
family
child
cares.
They
provide
some
support
in
terms
of
giving
the
providers,
ppe
or
helping
them
find,
find
children
to
fill
the
seats.
But
that's
that's
the
big
challenge
and
I
think
the
analogy
to
the
restaurant
industry
is
is
accurate.
C
Right
you
know,
and
then
that's
where
I
think
we
need
to
keep
our
eye
on
the
ball.
So
I
appreciate
your
perspective
on
that
tanya.
That,
arguably,
will
be
probably
the
most
devastating
impact
if
our
existing
facilities
and
centers
are
not
able
to
reboot-
and
you
know
obviously
call
out
and
a
shout
out
to
grandmothers
and
grandfathers
out
there
who
are
going
to
basically
be
enlisted
and
drafted
into
this
function,
to
support
working
families.
C
But
that's
the
major
concern
of
mine
is,
despite
all
of
our
best
efforts,
the
fact
that
these
daycare
and
child
care
centers
have
been
closed
for
so
long.
They
may
not
be
able
to
reboot
and
that
that
would
be.
That
would
be
devastating
and
catastrophic,
I
think
for
for
our
city
and
our
residents,
particularly
working
families
across
the
city.
So
I
appreciate
everything
you
are
doing.
C
A
Thank
you,
councillor
flacardi.
I
think
that
concludes
all
our
questions,
for
you,
tanya
you're
very
welcome
to
stay
and
listen
to
the
rest
of
the
testimony.
I
think
would
you
like
to
move
on
to
the
next
panel.
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
work
and
I
look
forward
to
continuing
this
conversation
and
coming
up
with
some
good
solutions
on
the
way
forward.
Thank
you.
So
much
next
panel
is
we're
running
slightly
behind
time
already.
So
that's
my
fault.
My
bad
next
panel,
we
have
janie
mcdonald,
lindsay
mccluskey
and
douglas
jenny.
A
Mcdonald
is
the
family
care
family,
child
care
coordinator
for
seiu,
local
509,
lindsey
mccluskey,
deputy
director
of
community
labor,
united
and
anne
douglas,
is
a
phd
executive
director
of
the
institute
of
very
educational
leadership,
innovation
at
what
umass
boston.
Thank
you.
Everyone
you're
very,
very
welcome
I'd,
like
I'd.
Just
call
on
jenny
to
open,
take
the
lead
on
this
one
open
up
the
conversation
introduce
yourself
and
welcome.
Thank
you.
So
much.
L
Thank
you
so
much
for
having
me
my
name
is
jenae
mcdonald.
I'm
the
family
child
care
coordinator
for
sciu
local
509,
as
councillor
braden,
has
mentioned,
we're
the
union
that
represents
over
20
000
human
service
workers
and
educators
in
massachusetts
and
with
approximately
2
600
family
child
care
providers
in
our
purview.
I
want
to
again
extend
another
thank
you
for
inviting
us
to
participate
in
this
hearing
on
this
crucial
matter
of
child
care
crisis
in
boston
of
our
bargaining
unit.
We
have
435
family
chocolate
providers
in
the
metro,
boston
area.
L
You
know
there
is
a
higher
cost
that
comes
with
within
this
industry,
and
it's
already
an
underpaid
industry.
It
was
an
underpaid
industry
prior
to
the
pandemic,
and
providers
are
concerned
with
the
increase
of
ongoing
operating
expenses,
their
ability
to
maintain
steady
income,
continued
risk
of
exposure
and
potential
surge
of
cases
recurring,
which
we
are
starting
to
slightly
see
in
the
state.
L
Now,
considering
the
demographics
adequately
supporting
family
child
care
providers
also
comes
down
to
a
matter
of
equity,
so
we
have
to
invest
more
in
early
education
and
do
more
to
recruit
and
retain
early
educators,
especially
family
child
care
providers.
Eec
has
recently
reported
that
all
regions
will
see
reductions
in
capacity.
This
fall,
but
metro
boston
will
be
second
to
mount
western
massachusetts.
Excuse
me,
metro,
boston
will
be
second
to
western
massachusetts,
with
the
deepest
capacity
losses.
Affected.
L
Eec
also
noted
that
capacity
losses
are
largely
driven
through
center-based
providers,
so
this
leaves
us
to
believe
that
families
will
become
more
reliant
on
family
child
care,
so
we
need
to
be
diligently
working
to
better
support
family
child
care
providers
on
a
municipal
level,
a
state
level
and
also
a
federal
level.
Families
who
work
in
lower
wage
jobs
are
almost
always
never
employed
in
industries
that
allow
them
to
perform
their
duties
remotely.
L
So,
like
another
counselor
said,
you
know,
for
example,
your
hospitality
workers,
you
know
some
even
some
of
your
other
essential
workers,
your
grocery
store
workers,
so
child
care
needs
to
work
for
working
families
who
need
to
return
to
work.
Who
will
need
to
continue
to
return
to
work?
So
I
just
want
to
give
a
couple
of
examples
of
things
that
the
union
has
proposed
throughout
the
pandemic
and
throughout
reopening
consideration,
and
especially
when
we
talk
about
the
lower
wage
jobs,
families
that
are
not
able
to
work
remotely.
L
When
you
talk
about
the
hospitality
positions
that
will
require
parents
to
be
able
to
work,
staggered
or
different
shifts
than
maybe
what
they
normally
have
worked.
Financial
incentives
or
differentials
should
be
offered
to
family
child
care
providers
who
open
their
programs
during
non-standard
hours
and
non-standard
hour.
L
There's
also
a
need
to
expand.
You
know,
prior
to
coping
19.
the
wait
list
for
families
that
needed
access
to
child
care
vouchers
to
give
their
families
access
to
high
quality
care
was
already
uncomfortably
high
prior
to
covet
19.,
and
you
know
we
need
to
make
a
demand
for
private
employers
to
pay
their
fair
share
toward
child
care
expenses
for
their
employees.
Whether
that's
you
know
includes
in
assisting
with
providing
vouchers,
prioritizing
relief
within
a
company
for
single-parent
households
or
creating
a
child
care
reimbursement
fund
for
employees.
L
This
is
especially
important
because
the
unemployment
benefits
and
other
ppp
programs
did
not
become
available
to
family
child
care
providers
until
so
late
within
a
pandemic.
So
many
of
our
family
child
care
providers
had
to
deal
with
the
loss
of
income,
especially
associated
with
some
of
their
private
pay
slots.
L
You
know
these
are
women
who
put
their
homes
and
their
businesses
on
the
line
for
sake
of
caring
for
our
children,
and
you
know
there's
always
that
lingering
concern
of
liability,
as
you
know,
cases
start
to
slightly
creep
up
in
the
state,
and
so
I
would
just
say
we
need
to
you
know,
increase
recruitment
efforts
for
more
licensed
providers
and
make
it
fiscally
equitable
to
become
a
part
of
the
field,
so
that
providers
do
not
feel
like
they're
spending.
You
know
additional
money,
time,
training
resources
to
advance
their
education.
L
Many
other
providers
are
even
degree
holders
and
participating
in
professional
development,
but
essentially
with
no
real
return
on
their
investment
to
provide
high
quality
care.
So
again,
thank
you
for
your
time,
consideration
of
solutions
to
this
matter
and
I'm
open
to
any
questions
that
I
may
be
able
to
answer.
A
M
M
So
so.
Thank
you
for
that.
So
the
reason
community
labor
united
is
is
you
know,
has
something
to
say
about.
Child
care
is
because
we
convene
a
coalition
that
janae
referenced
in
her
comments
called
the
care
that
works
coalition,
which
includes
community-based
groups
and
labor
unions
in
the
boston
area,
who
are
united
to
fight
for
an
equitable
child
care
system.
M
And
so
that's
our
coalition,
you,
you
know,
there's
some
sort
of
unlikely
actors
in
that
space
and
and
the
reason
why
this
particular
set
of
organizations
came
together
is
because
we
really
identified
that
child
care
is
an
issue
that
holds
women
back
from
pursuing
some
of
the
good
unionized
job
opportunities
in
the
city
of
boston,
including
opportunities
in
hospitality
and
construction,
and
one
of
the
key
barriers
that
keeps
women
out
of
those
those
good
union.
Jobs
is
because
they
can't
find
child
care
for
a
lot
of
reasons.
M
But
one
of
the
reasons
is
because
of
the
non-standard
hours
that
are
that
are
prevalent
in
those
industries,
and
so
just
briefly,
I'm
gonna
share
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
And
then
I
have
some
some
comments
that
are
focused
a
little
bit
more
broadly
on
some
of
our
views
about
child
care.
In
this
moment.
M
Just
the
geographic
focus
of
the
pilot
will
be
focused
on
dorchester,
roxbury
and
matapan,
although
we
do
have
some
folks
in
places
like
hyde
park,
who
are
looking
for
child
care
during
non-standard
hours
as
well,
and
so
the
geographic
focus
may
shift,
but
we'll
all
be
focused
on
the
city
of
boston
initially,
and
so
I
would
just
welcome
you
know:
partnership
with
any
of
your
offices.
If
you're
interested
in
you
know
talking
more
about
this
or
possibly
collaborating
on
it.
M
M
So
I
want
to
just
focus
on
a
few
things.
Our
coalition
released
a
report
at
the
end
of
june
about
about
how
critical
it
is
for
child
care
equity
to
be
a
key
part
of
a
strategy
for
a
just
recovery
in
our
state.
And
you
know
I
do
think.
Like
other
panelists
have
said,
the
state
and
federal
government
have
such
a
big
hand
in
this,
and
we
really
need
big,
bold
action
on
on
their
parts.
M
But
I
do
think
you
know
to
counselor
edward's
comments
earlier
that
there
are
creative
solutions
that
we
can
think
about
here
in
the
city
and
figure
out
ways
to
create
partnerships
that
will
address
some
of
the
needs
that
we
have,
and
so
so
just
three
things.
I'm
going
to
just
talk
briefly
about
three
things.
One
is
just
to
reiterate
the
need
to
both
bail
out
and
build
family
child
care
businesses
in
the
city
as
a
key
strategy
for
child
care
equity
in
a
just
recovery.
M
You
know
we've
heard
from
the
department
of
early
education
and
care
that
the
capacity
within
family
child
care
in
the
metro
area
is
down
about
2
000
seats
from
the
pre-pandemic
numbers,
and
I
just
think
that
family
child
care
providers
play
such
an
important
role
in
our
system
that
they're
able
to
they
enable
families
to
be
able
to
find
child
care.
That's
in
their
neighborhood.
A
N
Great
thank
you.
So
I
I'm
anne
douglas
I'm
a
professor
of
early
childhood
education
at
umass,
boston
and,
as
was
noted,
the
executive
director
of
our
institute
for
early
education,
leadership
and
innovation,
and
we
do
research
and
training
focused
on
the
early
care
and
education,
workforce
leadership
and
quality
improvement.
N
N
So
our
work,
our
leadership
development
work
includes
a
small
business
innovation
program
for
child
care,
business
owners,
our
signature
leading
for
change
course
and
postmaster
certificate.
Fellowship
programs.
We
run
academic
degree
programs
in
early
ed
at
the
ba
masters
and
phd
levels,
and
we
run
instructional
leadership
institute
programs.
N
We
administer
in
partnership
with
the
department
of
early
education
and
care,
the
strong
start,
professional
development
centers
across
the
state.
These
are
the
training
and
technical
assistance
centers
for
child
care
programs,
there's
five
centers
across
the
state,
including
ours
here
in
boston,
and
it
provides
professional
leadership,
development
and
coaching
for
program,
quality,
improvement
for
providers
and
programs
across
the
state.
N
One
of
the
most
urgent
areas
of
focus
for
all
the
educators
and
graduates
that
go
through
our
programs
and
through
the
professional
development.
Centers
is
the
persistent
problem
that
has
been
noted
over
and
over
already
in
this
hearing,
about
the
unstable
and
uneven
financing
for
child
care
programs
and
the
inadequate
and
in
equitable
compensation
for
those
who
do
this
life-changing
work
of
caring
for
young
children
and
educating
them.
N
The
field
of
early
care
and
education
was
in
a
precarious
state
before
the
pandemic.
Due
to
these
factors,
I
just
mentioned,
as
well
as
uneven
access
to
quality
programs
for
families
and
the
pandemic
has
just
exacerbated
all
these
issues.
So
as
we
move
forward,
my
advice
is
to
take
advantage
of
this
moment
because
it's
a
crisis
we
can't
afford
to
waste.
N
So
this
really
is
an
opportunity
to
reinvent
a
more
equitable
system
that
works
for
providers
and
families.
The
good
news,
I
think,
is
that
the
field
is
filled
with
incredibly
creative
and
innovative
leaders,
some
of
whom
are
speaking
here
today
and
have
many
ideas
and
innovations
about
how
to
tackle
these
issues
in
the
next
few
minutes.
I
will
share
some
recent
research
with
you
that
offers
insights
about
the
early
care
and
education
workforce
in
massachusetts.
N
So
first
I
will
share
just
a
few
highlights
from
recent
research
on
what
we
know
about
the
early
care
and
education
workforce
at
the
state
level.
We've
recently
completed
the
massachusetts,
early
education
and
care
workforce
survey,
which
was
funded
by
the
state
legislature
and
eec
over
the
last
couple
of
years
and
as
part
of
the
study,
we
ran
focus
groups
across
the
state,
and
then
we
conducted
a
statewide
representative
survey
of
the
early
care
and
education
workforce
that
included
three
subgroups
of
the
workforce.
N
So
I
would
like
to
start
with
some
good
news
about
what
we
learned
in
that
in
that
study
of
the
workforce,
because
I
think
it's
really
important
to
build
on
the
strengths
and
to
recognize
the
strengths.
When
we
talk
about
the
early
care
and
education
sector
and
the
workforce
in
particular,
we
found
that
the
workforce
actually
feels
valued,
supported
and
encouraged
by
their
colleagues.
So,
for
example,
over
83
of
educators
and
almost
90
percent
of
center
directors
said
that
their
skills
were
valued
and
utilized
at
work.
So
that's
a
really
positive
thing.
N
Early
educators
are
very
interested
in
professional
development
and
learning
opportunities
that
help
them
improve
the
quality
of
their
programs
and
their
teaching
practices,
and
the
majority
want
to
stay
in
the
field.
We
found
that
the
early
childhood
workforce
feels
valued
and
supported,
as
I
said,
they
have
years
of
experience.
They
want
to
continue
to
grow
and
advance
professionally
and
they
want
to
stay
in
the
field,
but
here's
the
bad
news,
the
most
commonly
cited
reason
for
people's
desire
to
leave
the
field
was
low,
pay,
lack
of
benefits,
job
stress
and
the
challenges
of
managing
work.
N
Family
balance.
We
also
also
found
significant
racial
disparities
in
employment,
for
example
among
directors
of
child
care,
centers,
which
is
the
most
highly
paid
work
group.
In
our
study,
only
five
percent
identify
as
hispanic
or
latinx
four
percent
identify
as
black
or
african-american,
and
one
percent
identify
as
asian.
That's,
in
contrast
to
people
who
teach
in
child
care
centers
and
those
who
work
as
family
child
care,
business
owners
and
educators,
nearly
half
identify
as
hispanic
or
latinx
22
percent
identify
as
black
or
african-american
and
nine
percent
is
asian
across
all
racial
groups.
N
For
example,
a
significant
proportion
of
the
workforce
has
a
college
degree
over
one-third
of
family
child
care
providers
and
center
educators
have
a
college
degree
either
an
aaa
or
a
ba.
Two-Thirds
of
center
directors
have
an
aaa
or
a
ba,
and
another
25
of
them
have
a
master's
degree.
Yet,
on
average,
for
example,
those
who
teach
at
child
care
centers
earn
an
average
of
32
thousand
dollars.
N
As
a
point
of
comparison,
the
federal
productivity
level
for
a
family
of
four
is
about
twenty
six
thousand
over
half
of
center
directors
and
family
child
care
providers,
and
two
thirds
of
center
educators
worry
about
their
ability
to
pay
their
monthly
bills
about
forty
percent
of
senate
center
educators
and
a
quarter
of
family
child
care
providers
report,
they
don't
have
enough
money
for
food,
so
keep
in
mind.
These
were
pre
pandemic,
statewide
statistics.
N
So
it's
already
been
noted
things
weren't
great
before
and
now
they're
worse.
So
how
is
the
workforce
doing
now,
specifically
in
boston?
What
are
we
learning
from
the
data
we're
collecting
through
the
strong
start,
professional
development
center
here
in
metro,
boston
and
through
our
leadership,
development
programs
and
networks
that
we
run?
N
What
we
found
is
the
workforce
is
very
focused
on
dealing
with
covet,
19
and
they're
struggling.
They
have
we've
been
documenting
concerns
questions,
as
well
as
the
ideas
and
innovations
that
are
coming
out
of
the
workforce
right
now.
So
for
some
examples,
program,
owners
and
directors
are
deeply
concerned
about
the
financial
viability
of
their
businesses
due
to
covid19
related
guidance
and
restrictions.
N
The
issue
of
of
lower
enrollment,
the
reduced
group
size
requirements
translates
into
reduced
income
income
that
is
not
sufficient
to
cover
the
cost
of
operating
a
program.
So
this
has
already
been
noted,
so
I
won't
go
into
a
lot
of
detail
about
it,
but
this
results
in
financial
stress
and
instability
and
a
reported
high
likelihood
of
shutting
down.
So
I
think
it's
it.
This
concern
that
we
may
see
a
growing
reduction.
An
increased
reduction
in
the
supply
of
child
care
is
is
a
very
real
concern.
N
So
solutions.
There
isn't
just
one
solution
to
this
problem.
There
are
many
solutions
and
I
think
we've.
It's
already
been
noted
that
a
massive
bailout
is
necessary.
On
top
of
that,
there's
there
are
things
that
are
more
within
our
locus
of
control
locally
and
the
locus
of
control
providers
and
policymakers
here.
So
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
those
ideas
in
my
remaining
a
minute
or
two.
So
last
month
our
leadership
institute
held
a
webinar
series,
titled
reimagining,
stronger
and
more
equitable
systems
of
early
care
and
education.
N
Many
of
these
innovations
are
the
result
of
technological
advances
that
people
have
previously
said
could
never
be
done
in
early
care
and
education,
but
under
the
pressure
of
the
pandemic,
people
sometimes
figure
things
out
and
turns
out.
They
can
work
so,
for
example,
in
texas
the
state
had
been
talking
on
and
off
for
five
years,
with
a
developer,
about
creating
a
real-time
online
supply
and
demand
data
system.
That
would
let
parents
search
for
child
care
programs
that
have
current
openings
near
their
homes
or
places
of
work,
and
it
lets
child
care.
N
Business
owners
see
where
demand
is
high,
so
they
might
have
guidance
about
marketing
in
their
own
business
planning
when
the
pandemic
shut
down
many
child
care
programs
and
created
an
emergency
need
in
texas
to
find
programs
that
were
still
open.
The
state
commissioned
this
real-time
supply
and
demand
system,
and
it
was
built
in
one
week.
N
Some
states
now
license
child
care
micro
centers.
This
is
another
way
to
think
about
an
innovation
there.
These
are
one
room:
family,
child
care,
center
hybrids
that
are
located
in
businesses
or
hospitals
or
schools,
or
community
based
organizations
that
offer
space
sometimes
and
free
for
exchange
for
affordable
child
care
slots
for
employees.
These
and
other
similar
models
for
achieving
administrative
scale
operate
with
a
network
hub
that
enables
them
to
deliver
higher
quality
at
a
more
sustainable
cost.
So
this
addresses
some
of
that
kind
of
structural
problem
in
the
child
care
financing
model.
N
The
network
hub
provides
administrative
and
financial
supports.
It
can
be
operated
by
an
organization
or
a
worker.
Collective
or
cooperative
has
been
one
of
the
questions
asked
already
so
there's
different
ways
to
think
about
running
this
kind
of
a
hub
with
no
way
to
predict,
fall,
enrollment,
microsteno
networks
and
other
ways
of
sharing
the
costs
of
providing
child
care.
A
potential
innovation
to
to
consider
here
in
boston.
N
Our
leadership
institute
has
been
working
with
35
small
small
child
care,
businesses
to
test
the
impacts
of
business,
coaching
and
shared
services
interventions
again
to
try
to
address
the
financial
model
and
strengthen
the
financial
model,
and
we've
been
doing
that
in
partnership
with
the
united
way
and
tech
goes
home.
Running
a
successful
child
care
program
requires
expertise,
of
course,
about
early
childhood
development,
but
it
also
requires
substantial
knowledge
about
small
business
operations
and
accounting
and
enrollment
services,
facilities
and
human
resources.
N
If
this
small
business
innovation
program
can
strengthen
the
financial
viability
of
local
child
care
programs
and
help
increase
the
supply
of
child
care
in
boston
and
then,
finally,
we're
running
an
action
lab
now.
A
strategy
for
mobilizing
change,
that's
facilitated
by
the
networks
of
opportunity
for
child
well-being
at
boston,
medical
center's,
vital
village
network.
Our
action
lab
consists
of
early
educators,
funders,
policymakers,
business
leaders
and
other
stakeholders
who
are
meeting
regularly
through
the
end
of
the
year
to
find
and
test
new
ideas
to
improve
compensation
and
reform
financing
in
early
care
and
education.
N
If
there
were
easy
answers
to
these
problems,
we
would
have
implemented
them
by
now,
but
these
challenges
are
not
insurmountable.
Some
of
the
most
creative,
resilient
and
talented
innovators
to
be
found
in
any
industry
are
the
very
people
you
have
welcome
to
this
hearing
today
and
they're
the
very
people
who
work
in
this
field
working
together.
We
can
build
a
better
system
of
of
care
and
education
for
very
young
children
and
families.
A
K
I
A
I
O
A
P
Good
afternoon,
everyone
and
thank
you,
chair
brayden,
for
having
me
and
counselor
wu
and
the
other
sponsors
and
councilor
campbell
for
reaching
out
to
nurturing
to
participate
in
today's
panel.
I
am
joined
by
my
colleague,
myra
rosado,
also
from
nurturing,
who
is
one
of
our
leaders
in
the
family
child
care
space,
and
I
had
thought
that
perhaps
it
would
not
get
as
much
attention,
which
is
one
of
the
reasons
I
asked
myra
to
join
me
and
in
fact,
family.
P
Child
care
has
been
a
really
vibrant
part
of
today's
conversation,
which
we
think
it
should
be
particularly
during
a
pandemic,
and
myra
will
speak
to
that
a
little
bit
later.
Some
of
you
may
know
me
from
my
past
two
decades
in
the
k-12
space,
but
what
some
may
not
know
is
that
my
career
actually
started
initially
in
emergency
need
and
domestic
hunger
relief
and
then
in
early
education
and
care
back
in
the
90s,
and
so
I
can
say
I'm
delighted
to
be
back
in
the
early
ed
space.
P
But
for
those
of
you
who
have
been
in
both,
I
can
also
say
that
if
we
thought
k
to
12
was
crazy.
Child
care
is
even
more
complicated
than
that
and
more
complex
because
of
the
weaker
nature
of
the
shared
public
commitment
to
public
good
when
it
comes
to
the
education
and
care
of
our
youngest
children,
and
so
I
think,
and
you've
heard
about
that
today
from
a
number
of
different
speakers
that
we
are
delighted
to
collaborate
with.
P
I
also
want
to
thank
the
boston
resiliency
fund,
because
that
allowed
nurturing
and
other
providers
here
in
boston
to
pivot
to
emergency
care.
So
just
briefly
nurturing.
So
you
have
a
sense
of
scale.
Nurturing
is
actually
a
140
year
old,
nonprofit
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
that
provides
care
to
over
1
000
children
and
families,
from
chelsea,
revere
and
malden
in
the
north,
down
through
the
city
of
boston
and
in
nearly
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
and
then
the
edges
of
milton
and
dedham.
P
We
operate
six
centers
so
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
questions
about
center-based
care
and
we
support
a
network
through
our
family
child
care
system
of
130,
family
child
care
homes,
both
in
and
out
of
boston.
And,
as
you
will
hear
today,
I
we
believe
they
were
always
a
vital
part
of
the
landscape,
but
they
are
potentially
a
very,
very
important
resource
in
the
places
where
we
find
ourselves
now
with
covet
19..
P
I
also
want
to
speak
to
the
positivity
and
potential
in
child
care
and
give
a
real
shout
out
to
my
fellow
boston
area
directors.
We
banded
together
in
the
early
confusing
days
of
the
pandemic
and
have
continued
to
swap
information,
expertise,
resources,
sample
letters
to
families
and
so
there's
a
very
vibrant
network.
P
We
are
grateful
that
the
eec
is
providing
coverage
and
payment
for
that,
but
I
will
point
out
that
that
means
there
is
a
20
gap
in
the
way
our
staffing
is
built
and
child
care
agencies
are
all
about
staffing.
If
there's
a
revenue
cut,
then
we
have
to
then
we
end
up
cutting
staff.
If
we
cut
staff
we
further
reduce
capacity,
so
child
care
is
in
a
very
challenging
cycle
and
I
do
want
to
make
sure
that
all
the
counselors
understand
the
vulnerability.
P
P
P
P
P
P
The
second
is
staff
availability,
and
then
the
third
which
I
will
always
put
first,
is
the
health
and
safety
of
our
staff,
our
children
and
our
families,
but
on
the
staff
availability
front-
and
this
gets
to
my
next
point-
about
the
interconnectedness
of
the
k-12
system
and
the
early
education
and
care
system
right
now
of
the
20
teachers
who
are
out
on
leave
at
nurturing
who
could
not
return
to
work?
Three-Quarters
of
them
are
out
not
due
to
health
issues,
but
due
to
lack
of
school-age
child
care.
P
P
We
are
already
open
all
of
the
concerns
that
are
currently
dominating
the
newspaper
and
conversation
about
how
to
reopen
k-12
safely.
Child
care
has
been
open
since
the
beginning
of
july.
We
have
hundreds
of
children
in
our
care
already.
Thousands,
if
you
look
at
us
across
the
city
and
statewide,
and
all
of
us
are
navigating
extraordinary
complexity.
Tests
that
take
one
to
two
weeks
to
get
responses,
which
means
you
leave
family
staff
and
children
either
out
of
care
or
in
a
confusing
place.
Q
I
think
that
we
can
all
agree
to
the
fact
that
early
ed
is
the
backbone
that's
going
to
allow
us
to
successfully
reopen
our
economy.
You
know,
as
laura
mentioned,
we
have
about
80
percent
of
our
children
return
to
care.
What
does
that
tell
us
that
tells
us
that
parents
are
in
need
of
care
to
return
to
work?
It
also
lets
us
know
that,
even
during
a
pandemic,
even
though
it's
scary
out
there,
parents
still
trust
us
and
are
still
willing
to
bring
their
children
to
care.
You
know
many
of
them.
Q
Have
the
option
to
stay
at
home,
receive
unemployment
or
receive
any
government
funding,
or
take
some
sort
of
leave
of
absence,
but
they're
at
the
point
where
they
trust
us
enough,
where
they
understand
that
they
need
to
go
to
work
and
they
are
completely
capable
of
leaving
them
with
child
care
educators.
So
we
definitely
have
built
some
sort
of
trust
with
our
parents.
Q
This
has
been
nothing
easy
to
navigate,
especially
for
our
sec,
educators,
their
expertise
and
their
focus
is
to
educate
our
children
to
love
our
children
to
give
them
the
best
care
that
they
can.
Their
expertise
is
not
so
much
all
these
policies
and
all
of
this
administration
and
everything
that
they
have
to
navigate.
So
during
this
time,
we
made
sure
to
help
them
navigate
all
of
the
new
eec
policies.
Q
You
know
we
serve
small
business
programs,
most
of
them
are
spanish-speaking.
So
when
the
regs
started
coming
out,
it
was
a
little
difficult
for
them
just
because
most
of
them
initially
released
in
english,
it
did
take
eec
a
little
bit
of
time
to
release
in
spanish.
We
understood
that
that
was
difficult
for
them
to
interpret
all
of
these
policies.
So,
as
an
agency,
we
make
sure
to
take
it
upon
ourselves
to
take
over
that
administration
and
make
sure
that
they
can
focus
on
what
their
expertise
is.
Q
Q
Everything
is
very
important
to
them
right
now.
As
far
as
school-age
education
laura
mentioned
a
big
important
point,
and
I
want
to
shine
a
little
bit
of
light
on
that,
because
I
feel
that
stcs
are
particularly
a
good
solution
for
that.
The
reason
behind
that
is
that
they
are
naturally
a
small
group
environment,
they're
used
to
working
with
mixed
age
groups.
They
work
from
birth
and
some
of
them
even
up
to
the
age
of
13..
Q
Some
of
them
are
licensed
to
take
care
of
school-age
kids.
They
take
them
during
the
school
year
when
the
schools
are
closed.
They
take
them
during
the
summer,
so
now
they're
also
able
to
take
them
during
this
pandemic
time.
However,
when
we
think
about
school
reopenings,
we
see
that
most
of
the
school
districts
are
most
likely
going
to
be
either
virtual
or
hybrid
or
something
along
those
lines
we
already
have
parents
contacting
the
agency
with
the
question.
What
am
I
going
to
do
with
my
school-aged
child?
I
have
to
go
back
to
work.
Q
Is
the
agency
able
to
take
my
child's
during
these
hours
so
that
I
can
go
back
to
work
before
we
never
did
this
before
the
child
was
in
care
and
the
provider
was
able
to
work
with
all
of
them
at
the
same
time?
But
now
these
particular
children
are
going
to
need
a
little
bit
more
support
if
they
are
going
to
be
in
the
same
classroom
as
the
other
children,
they
are
going
to
be
taking
their
classes,
their
school
classes.
They
are
going
to
need
those
supports.
We
feel
that
we
can
take
that
on.
Q
We
feel
that
it's
a
great
solution
to
what
might
be
coming
down
the
pipeline,
but
in
order
for
us
to
do
that,
we
need
a
lot
more
support.
We
need
a
lot
more
infrastructure.
We
need
curriculum
support
for
the
educators,
so
these
are
all
things
that
we
can
look
at
creatively.
This
is
a
pivotal
point
for
the
early
care
education
sector
to
be
creative.
We
are
already
creative
to
begin
with,
so
this
is
the
perfect
time
for
us
to
be
as
creative
as
possible
for
us
to
support
our
early
care
educators.
Q
So
I
shine
light
on
that
to
note
that
it
might
be
a
little
bit
harder
for
independent
educators
so
that
when
we
look
at
this,
we
need
to
look
at
the
scope.
Overall.
Not
just
educators
are
within
an
agency
which
get
a
lot
more
support,
but
educators
that
are
independent.
They
don't
have
as
much
support
as
educators
that
are
with
an
agency
like
we
have
all
our
back
office
that
is
working
to
help
our
educators.
So
it's
very
important
that
we
look
at
expanding
family
child
care.
Q
P
A
P
P
This
is
the
55
000
children
who
are
in
subsidized
care,
but
the,
but
that
is
the
how
that
is
going
to
roll
out
beyond
september,
is
still
very,
very
unclear,
and
so
I
want
to
make
sure
everyone
is
aware
that
there
is
a
question
of
the
depth
and
consistency
of
state
funding
and
whether
or
not
it
will
allow,
as
I
mentioned
agencies,
to
stay
fully
open
through
the
end
of
the
year.
So
I
want
you
to
be
aware
of
that.
P
It
is
also
absolutely
critical
that
we
get
the
federal
relief
and
for
and
the
50
billion,
which
is
the
goal
nationally
of
relief.
That
would
help
massachusetts
as
well,
but
it
is
absolutely
important
that
we
pay
attention
to
the
possible
slippage
of
funding
at
the
state
level,
even
as
much
as
myra
is
talking
about
building
up
the
infrastructure
and
possible
city
funding,
I
think
the
state
funding
question
is
so
important.
P
80
of
the
cost
of
child
care
is
born
by
families
and
this
cuts
across
both
the
the
non-subsidized
and
subsidized
and
yes,
the
non-subsidized
care
is
struggling
even
more.
We
believe
that
the
state
should
step
in
here
as
well
as
the
federal
bailout
as
well,
but
they
cannot
do
it
by
stepping
away
or
reducing
their
commitment
to
the
vulnerable
children.
They
have
to
do
it
by
expanding
support
for
the
entire
sector,
whether
that's
through
economic
development
funds
or
others.
P
These
are
small
businesses,
and
these
are
an
important
avenue
for
women
in
immigrant
communities
and
economic
advancement,
but
it
we
cannot
take
away
from
the
one
to
better
support
the
other.
There
has
to
be
a
look
at
doing
both,
and
so
I
will
leave
on
that
point
and
we
are
happy
to
answer
questions.
A
Thank
you
so
much
laura,
I'm
just
looking
at
my
little
red
hands.
Contra
mejia.
Do
you
have
a
question
or
comment,
I'm
not
sure
who
else?
Let's
see
who
else?
I'm
also
cognizant
of
the
fact
that
we
have
some
people
who
would
like
to
make
public
testimony.
So
if
we
would,
if
there's
no
particular
question,
we
could
move
right
along
and
go
to
public
testimony.
K
Question
prior,
but
now
I'm
just
gonna,
do
them
all
in
one.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
the
advocates
laura.
It's
so
great
to
see
you
in
this
position,
because
you
understand
this
conversation
from
k
through
12
and
understanding
that
our
kids
are
not
ready
and
prepared
when
they
walk
into
the
k
through
12
space,
then
we've
already
failed
them
right.
K
P
I
can
speak
to
the
social,
emotional
and
I'll
leave
other
advocates
and
colleagues
on
this
panel,
with
whom
we
work
to
address
the
issue
of
non-standard
hour
and
care.
Our
friends
at
community
labors,
united
on
the
the
social
emotional
component
and
trauma,
is
a
huge
concern
to
us.
A
lot
of
our
training
during
closure
did
focus
on
this
and
so
and
we
think
of
it.
P
As
everyone
was
traumatized,
our
workforce
was
traumatized,
our
families
were
traumatized
and
many
of
our
children
were
traumatized
or
re-traumatized
by
the
disruption,
and
so
that
has
been
front
and
center
in
our
thinking
about
what
we
need
to
learn.
What
trainings
and
resources
we
need
to
make
available.
P
A
lot
of
those
services
were
funded
externally
by
itinerant
providers,
who
would
come
into
centers
during
the
day
to
deliver
those
services
to
children.
That
is
not
a
viable
option
right
now.
We
cannot
have
people
in
and
out
of,
our
our
centers
and
so
services
that
children
need
and
should
be
entitled
to
and
are
paid
for.
We
cannot
deliver
in
the
same
way.
P
We
need
to
rethink
that
and
we
need
to,
unfortunately,
potentially
look
at
rebuilding
that
capacity
internally,
so
that
we
can
ensure
and
nurture,
is
looking
at
that,
but
it's
a
big
hill
to
climb.
So
that
is
one
and
then
again
just
quickly
on
what
the
city
council
can
do.
We
absolutely
need
you
to
focus
on
the
issue
of
testing.
P
A
R
Afternoon,
everyone
thank
you
for
having
me
on.
So
my
name
is
mila
montero,
I'm
a
lifelong
resident
of
boston.
Most
of
my
life,
I
immigrated
from
the
cape
verde
islands
at
a
very
young
age,
I'm
a
bps
graduate
and
I'm
a
parent
of
four.
My
oldest
child
is
22,
so
I've
been
doing
this
for
a
long
time,
don't
have
a
phd,
but
sometimes
I
feel
like
I
have
a
phd
in
parenting.
I
made
it
through,
like
you
know,
up
to
college
he's
almost
done
with
college
and
and
living
at
home.
R
Doing
the
remote
thing
and
my
youngest
child
is
three
and
you
saw
the
last
two.
Those
are
the
two
youngest
that
did
the
cameo
appearance
this.
This
is
a
great
opportunity
to
be
able
to
speak
about
my
experience
as
a
parent
and
what
like
what's
hard
for
me
and
what
what
supports
we
need
in
the
community.
I
wanted
to
say
thank
you
first,
the
first
teacher
donnie
sheppard
is
there
hi
dinah
dinah
is,
is
his
first
teacher,
a
great
great
community
organization?
R
If
you
don't
know
about
it,
you
should
look
it
up.
It's
an
awesome,
awesome
program
and
we
are
so
blessed
to
be
a
part
of
first
teacher
and
to
be
able
to
be
and
just
empowered
as
parents,
and
I
feel
like
these
kind
of
programs
are
really
essential
during
this
time.
I
think
another
thing
about
me
is:
I
did
a
little
stint
in
constituent
services,
so
I
I
used
to
actually
actually
like
deal
with
people
doing
these
kind
of
things,
not
on
zoom,
but
in
person.
R
I
worked
for
mayor
menino
for
a
little
stint
and
then
I
also
am
a
current
employee
of
boston
public
schools.
So
I
don't
know
what
was
going
to
happen
in
september.
Still,
I
don't
know
if
I'm
going
to
be
working
remotely
or
if
I'm
going
to
be
doing
that
whole
hybrid
thing
that
they're
proposing,
but
what
we
need
like
for
me.
I
don't.
I
don't
even
have
a
daycare.
R
I
haven't
had
a
daycare
since
my
youngest
broke
her
leg
at
the
age
of
one.
In
a
couple
of
months
she
broke
her
leg
at
daycare
and
I
had
to
get
investigated.
I
went
through
all
that,
so
the
daycare
system
has
not
been
working,
and
many
of
you
guys
testified
to
that
fact,
and
the
daycare
system
does
not
work
for
people
like
me,
because
it's
very
expensive
for
me
to
pay
for
licensed
care,
and
I
don't
know
who
it
was.
I
think
she's
off
now
it
was
the
woman
that
was
speaking.
R
I
think
lindsay
was
that
her
name.
She
spoke
about
unlicensed
care
and
I
have
to
I
I've
had
to
resort
to
unlicensed
care
from
relatives
paying
them.
You
know
a
little
bit,
not
what
I
would
pay
a
license
facility,
but
it
was
still
enough
money
and
I
can't
I
couldn't
claim
it
in
my
taxes
because
you
know
so
that's
what
we've
been
doing
for
years
and
it
doesn't
work
it.
R
It
works
for
us
a
little
bit,
but
my
kids
are
not
getting
the
they're
not
getting
the
school
readiness
skills
that
they
need
from
an
unlicensed
auntie
they're.
Getting
a
lot
of
love,
they're
eating
very
well,
but
they're,
not
getting
the
you
know
like
fine
motor
skills,
I'm
like
auntie.
They
need
to
drop
well
they're.
R
All
over
my
walls
and
I
just
got
new
couches,
so
it's
like
it's
really
really
really
hard
to
be
a
parent
that
if
you're,
not
low
income-
and
you
don't
get
any
subsidies,
then
you
don't
get
anything
so
I've
spoken
to
homeowners
who
have
issues
with
child
care.
They
have
to
pay
people
who
are
not
licensed
to
watch
their
kids
because
they
can't
get
any
subsidies
and
they're
not
like
people
making
300
000
salaries.
These
are
people
making
very,
very
humble
salaries.
R
So
we're
struggling
a
lot
with
pre-pandemic.
We
were
struggling
with
the
childcare
situation.
The
infrastructure
was
not
working
for
people
like
me.
I'm
a
public
servant.
You
know
live
in
boston,
I'm
trying
to
do
the
right
thing.
I
I'm
working,
so
I
don't
depend
on
the
system.
I
don't
even
get
wick,
you
know
everybody's,
like
you,
don't
get
awake,
I
can't
even
get
with.
If,
if
I
want
to
get
weak,
I
have
to
lie
to
get
awake.
So
it's
really
frustrating
the
system
is
not
working.
R
So
I
think
that
someone
said
that
this
is
a
great
time
to
try
to
revamp
the
system.
We
really
need
to
look
at
what
we
can
do
to
make
it
more
accessible
to
people
who
work
people
who
are
working
in
education
this
spring.
It
was
a
challenge
for
me,
as
you
saw,
I
can't
even
be
in
a
meeting
for
one
hour
without
being
interrupted,
and
that
was
not
planned.
R
That
was,
you
know,
they're
they're
coming
in
here
I
have
to
lock
the
door,
they
figured
out
how
to
unlock
the
door
and
they
come
in
so
this
this
this
pandemic.
During
the
spring
time,
I
had
to
work
remotely
for
a
little
while,
thank
god
I
have
the
summers
off.
It
was
really
hard
for
me
to
put
in
just
five
hours
of
work
a
day.
R
I
couldn't
do
it
some
days
I
had
to
work
early
in
the
morning
and
then
I
had
to
like
do
classes
with
my
daughter
and
then
work
in
the
middle
of
the
day
a
little
bit
and
then
maybe
do
a
little
bit
at
night.
It
was
crazy,
it
was
not
healthy
and
I
I
can
only
imagine
how
a
lot
of
other
parents
are
doing
the
same
thing.
R
So
the
the
pain
like
the
the
subsidies
that
we
get,
though
that's
available-
they
don't
benefit
people
like
me,
so
I
feel
like
we
need
to
re-look
restructure
the
system
that
you
know
the
income
criteria,
the
subsidies,
so
that
we
can
also
get
child
care.
It's
unfair
that
I
work
for
the
city
of
boston
and
I'm
helping
and
empowering
other
parents
who
are
trying
to
learn
english
and
get
their
high
school
equivalency
and
and
helping
them,
but
I
can
barely
help
my
own
family
with
child
care.
R
The
other
thing
is
that
I
spoke
to
a
couple
of
parents
before
coming
on
today
about
what
what
are
the
what
things
stress
them
out.
Some
people
are
very,
very
reluctant
to
go
back
to
in
person
care
right
now,
given
the
situation
and
given
the
predictions
that
it
might,
you
know
the
situation
might
worsen
in
in
the
fall
and
and
given
that
the
fact
that
we
don't
even
know
what
we're
going
to
do
in
terms
of
k
through
12
yet
right.
R
My
third,
my
second
child
is
my
second
child
is
a
fresh,
not
a
freshman
she's,
a
sophomore
in
high
school
now.
My
second
child
and
her
school
just
announced
yesterday
that
they're
going
to
be
fully
remote
except
for
high
needs
learners,
so
because
my
child
does
not
have
an
iep
I'm
grateful
for
that
and
because
she's
not
considered
an
ell,
she
is
not
considered
in
high
needs,
so
she's
going
to
be
remote.
She
is
not
happy
about
that.
However,
we
have
come
to
peace.
R
We
have
to
do
it,
so
that
means
that
she's
going
to
be
home,
there's
a
possibility.
I
will
be
home,
I'm
not
sure.
Yet,
if,
if
I'm
not
home,
I
don't
know
what
I'm
gonna
do
with
my
k,
zero.
So
for
the
first
time
in
my
parenting
experience
the
last
few
like
two
years
ago,
I
got
I
got
a
k-0
slot.
I
felt
like
I
won
the
lottery
for
real,
like
it
was
like
wow,
I
won
a
million
bucks.
R
I
got
a
k-0
stock
for
my
three-year-old
and
I
had
a
one-year-old,
so
I
said
yep
she's
gonna
get
seven
preference
and
I'm
gonna
be
great.
So
this
was
the
year
that
I
was
gonna
work
out
after
work
and
then
pick
up
the
kids.
I
had
all
this
planned
out.
I
don't
know
how
my
daughter
is
gonna.
Do
my
three-year-old
she's
she's
she's
got
a
k-0
slot?
She
got
sibling
preference.
R
You
know
I
have
a
k-0
and
a
senior
in
college,
so
it's
really
really
frustrating
and
I
feel
like
we're,
always
looking
at
we're
spending
a
lot
of
time
on
what
we
can't
do
and
we're
not
really
thinking
about
what
we
can
do
like
empowering
parents
providing
more
subsidies.
Someone
suggested,
even
you
know
the
pca
system
in
the
state.
I
don't
know
what
it's
called,
but
I
know
that
people
work
as
pcas
and
a
lot
of
times.
Their
relatives
can
work
for
them
and
they
get
paid.
R
So
maybe
we
should
have
a
system
like
that
for
child
care,
where,
if
I
have
a
an
aunt
who's
retired
and
is
able
to
watch
my
kids
and
if
she's
incentivized
and
she
can
get
like
a
paycheck,
then-
and
I
feel
like
she's
clean
she's,
not
you
know
out
there
she's
completely,
you
know
she's
quarantined
and
I
feel
safe.
Then
the
state
can
help
me
pay
her.
So
she
can
watch
my
kids
so
that
I
can
work
some.
R
We
need
some
kind
of
programs
that
can
help
families
of
all
income
levels
and
we
should
start
looking
at
families
who
make
under
70
000
a
year
because
they
look
at
me.
They
look
at
you
have
to
be
like
struggling
in
order
to
get
any
support
from
the
system
and
right
now
I'm
not
considered
struggling.
So
I'm
on
my
own
and
if
k0
doesn't
work,
I
don't
know
what
I'm
going
to
do,
but
it's
it's.
It's
really
really
confusing
and
the
fact
that
the
city
hasn't
their
plan
is
not
really
solid.
R
Yet
they
haven't
really
made
up
their
minds
on
what
they're
gonna
do
it's
like.
This
is
what
we're
gonna
do.
If
the
situation-
it's
it's
nice
to
know
for
sure
the
earlier
the
better
so
that
we
can
really
plan
and
right
now,
I
feel
like
I'm
living
in
limbo,
because
I'm
like
what
what
what
is
the
city
going
to
do?
What
is
I
already
know?
R
I
have
a
child
at
a
charter
school,
I'm
a
bps
employee
and
I'm
not
embarrassed
to
say
that
I
have
to
resort
to
charter
school
education
because,
let's
face
it,
our
high
schools,
unless
you
get
into
the
exam
schools,
not
many
of
them
are
doing
that
great
with
our
kids
or
they
don't
offer
the
curriculum
that
we
need.
So,
thank
god,
my
daughter's
school
already
made.
That
decision.
R
Someone
told
me
that,
and
it's
really
frustrating
because
you
can't
as
a
parent
you,
you
don't
stop
parenting.
So
when
my
kids
come
in
and
I'm
in
a
meeting,
I
can't
just
walk
them
away
and
tell
them
to
go.
Part
of
their
learning
is
like
okay.
They
see
mom
is
doing
a
meeting
they
get
to
wait.
They
were
a
little
bit
upset
that
you
guys
didn't
wave
back
by
the
way.
A
I'm
sorry
I
have
to
interrupt.
Thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
your
parents
your
perspective.
It's
really
important
to
hear
from
you.
It's
also
important
to
hear
from
the
europe
you
work
in
the
bps
and
you've
got
child
care
needs.
It's
really
really
valuable
perspective
to
bring
to
the
conversation,
and
still
I
have
some
more
public
testimony.
I
don't
know.
Does
anyone?
Thank
you
so
much
mila.
Thank
you.
S
S
This
is
a
provider
from
east
boston.
Her
name
is
meritsa
meringue
mejica.
She
is
on
the
call
right
now
she
said
my
name
is
a
family
care
provider
from
east
boston.
These
are
some
of
my
reflections
and
concerns
from
our
programs
in
the
future
and
in
current
times,
especially
how
it
is
in
my
case,
before
covid
began,
I
had
four
private
children
and
when
corbett
hit,
they
were
always
lots
of
revenue
has
been
difficult
in
order
to
support
our
programs
and
our
families.
S
When
it
came
to
reopening
our
programs,
we
were
prepared
with
all
of
the
rules
and
compliances
of
health
and
social
distinction.
In
our
areas
we
successfully
did
that,
but
despite
all
the
processes
we're
seeing
that
our
families
are
not
coming
back
and
especially
our
families
with
private
pay,
a
lot
of
these
families
are
making
decisions
about
whether
their
children
will
return
or
whether
they
feel
it
is
safe
for
their
children
to
return
and
we're
concerned
about
what
will
happen
to
these
families.
S
D
A
A
O
Aisha
hi
everybody,
sorry,
I
was
multitasking
a
little
bit.
Apologies!
That's
all
right!
We're
all
doing
that
these
days.
So
thank
you,
madam
chair
and
members
of
the
committee.
I
am
the
senior
manager
of
community
programs
at
boston,
children's
hospital
office
of
community
health,
and
I
have
submitted
written
testimonies,
I'm
just
looking
through
it
to
really
make
sure.
I
highlight
some
of
the
key
points.
I
think
a
lot
of
what
I
have
to
share
is
very
reflective
of
the
really
incredible
information
that's
already
been
shared
today.
O
And
so
you
know
for
our
part,
the
way
that
we
have
been
thinking
about.
Doing
that.
So
far
is
we
have
a
10-year
commitment
to
invest
in
early
child
care
through
our
determination
of
need,
community
health
investment
fund,
the
collaboration
for
community
health,
and
we
committed
to
the
largest
amount
of
funding
from
that
bucket
of
money.
O
Excuse
me
it's
a
little
warm
here
to
be
17
million
in
early
education
and
care
over
those
10
years,
and
so
we
already
invested
5
million
and
we're
in
the
middle
of
the
first
three-year
phase
of
doing
that,
we're
doing
it
in
three
three-year
phases
and
we
have
key
partners
in
our
efforts
to
do
that.
Right
now
we
have
a
group
of
12
key
partners.
O
These
partnerships
have
been
the
family
child
care
networks
that
we've
worked
with
we're
funding,
jamaica,
payne,
neighborhood
development
corporations,
family
child
care
network
and
very
uniquely
positioned,
because
they
also
manage
housing,
and
so
thinking
about
that
intersection
between
affordable
housing
developments
and
child
care,
which
was
already
raised,
is
something
we
really
want
to
support
and
explore.
And
thinking
about
how
there's
more
opportunities
for
cross-sector
work
to
really
raise
up.
O
Solutions
to
support
child
care
is
one
of
the
things
we're
exploring
and
what's
profoundly
important
about
their
network
is
that
all
of
their
providers
are
spanish-speaking
and
all
of
the
support
that
they
wrap
around
their
providers
are
are
violent
willow
by
cultural
and
they,
additionally
are
able
to
invest
in
social,
emotional
learning,
supports
for
their
providers
and
their
families,
and
think
about
economic
mobility
for
the
families
that
are
receiving
child
care.
So
there's
a
really
important
intersectionality.
There.
O
I'd
also
raise
up
the
great
work
that
urban
college
does
in
this
space
and
providing
multilingual
education
and
training
to
child
care
providers.
Everything
from
the
child
care
development
associate's
degree
all
the
way
up
to
affordable
four-year
degrees,
they're
just
a
profound
resource
in
our
community
that
we
should
continue
to
raise
up.
O
And
ultimately,
we
received
over
240
applications
in
our
first
round
and
have
are
fortunate
and
excited
to
say
that
we
in
this
first
round
are
going
to
fund
48
providers,
we'll
have
another
round
in
september
and
another
in
january,
and
it's
very
reflective
of
much
of
the
work
that
tanya's
doing
but
really
supporting
and
thinking
about.
How
can
other
organizations,
especially
organizations
from
sectors
that
are
really
still
focused
on
these
needs
of
families
right
and
communities?
O
But
we
can
also
look
at
some
of
the
really
important
work.
That's
happening
across
the
state,
and
that
is
also
happening
here
in
boston
with
leveraging
parent
partners
and
building
up
parent
partners
and
parent
leaders
in
communities.
The
boston
family
engagement
network
is
a
network
of
eight
organizations
across
neighborhoods
throughout
the
city
that
is
funded
through
federal
funds
that
come
from
eec.
So
we
have
these
family
engagement
networks
that
are
funded
through
eec,
boston
has
the
largest
one
and
it
is
led
by
family
nurturing
center.
O
We
were
able
to
give
them
essentially
a
bolster
grant
so
that
all
of
the
parent
leaders
and
parent
support
teams
that
wrap
around
families
in
their
communities,
rather
than
just
being
receiving
stipends
and
sort
of
a
hodgepodge
and
mix
and
blend
of
funding,
because
there
was
never
enough
money
to
fund
them
full
time.
We
were
able
to
grant
to
raise
up
those
roles
and
fund
them
full
time
and
the
value
of
raising
parents
up
into
those
roles
and
having
them
flexibly
present
in
communities
to
outreach
support
families
right
now
is
is
imperative.
O
So
those
are
the
major
areas
that
we
really
wanted
to
reflect
on
and
I
would
just
say
in
closing,
while
this
is
a
a
terribly
horrendous
time
and
so
hard
for
our
communities,
I
would
also
say
I
think
there
is
an
opportunity
to
build
more
effective
partnerships
and
so
that
we
can
increase
our
impact
as
systems
are
redesigned
and
so
that
we
can
support
our
families
as
they
adapt.
And
we
really
have
to
act
now,
and
I
really
think
everyone
has
made
that
very
clear
and
I'm
just
so
grateful.
A
T
U
Hi,
yes,
I
am
available.
Thank
you,
hello,
everyone.
I
thank
you
very
much
for
allowing
me
to
testify
in
this
in
this
panel
today.
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
mean
this
is
a
very,
very
difficult
time
for
most
parent
parents.
I
myself
am
a
single
mother
of
three
children,
but
two
school
age,
children
in
the
boston,
public
schools
and-
and
luckily
I
mean
I
work
for
harvard
university
and
I
work
as
a
union
organizer.
U
I
have
a
little
bit
more
flexibility
and
I'm
grateful
and
thankful
for
that
during
this
time.
I
know
that
we
have
a
lot
of
people
in
our
community,
I'm
also
from
dorchester.
I
should
say
there
are
tons
of
people
in
my
community
who,
who
don't
have
flexibility
when
it
comes
to
child
care
and
child
care
is
so
so
expensive.
I
really
also
believe
that
you
know
you
can't
talk
about
child
care
without
without
talking
about
the
issues
around
housing
and
how
expensive
housing
is
and
then
trying
to
you
know
also
juggle.
U
U
We
have
you
know.
People
who
are
in
the
middle
class
are
now
a
lot
of
us
are
at
you
know
almost
poverty
level,
so
thinking
about
having
to
pay
the
extra
expenses
of
working,
full-time
or
and
then
paying
child
care
or
looking
for
a
child
care
facility,
that's
available
within
our
communities.
It's
it's
devastating,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
I
think
that
this
panel,
it's
been
great
to
be
on
I've
been
on
all
morning.
U
It's
been
great
to
hear
all
the
resources
that
are
really
trying
to
come
together
and
really
view
this
view.
This
situation
through,
you
know
the
eyes
of
kovid,
but
there
are
people
who
are
struggling,
and
I
will
just
say
one
other
thing
is
that
we
need
our
children
in
school.
We
really
do,
as
we
have
heard
black
and
latino
or
latinx
kids
are
struggling
the
most
throughout
massachusetts
and
we've
lost
over
six
months
of
of
schooling,
and
I
mean
the
children
are
suffering
they're.
U
A
A
A
A
V
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
ola
sheehan,
I'm
a
family
child
here
in
brighton.
I
would
like
to
thank
councillor
breden
and
councillor
wu
and
their
co-sponsors
for
giving
us
this
opportunity
to
speak
when
the
governor
ordered
all
family
child
care
and
centers
to
be
closed.
On
march
13th
many
of
us
were
devastated.
We
felt
that
we
could
have
safely
been
given
the
opportunity
to
care
for
our
children.
V
Many
of
us
lived
off
our
savings
until
the
pua
kept
in
and
had
it
not
been
for
the
extra
federal
money,
we
would
have
been
in
danger
of
not
only
losing
our
businesses
but
in
some
cases
our
homes
we're
not
eligible
for
any
grants.
As
we
are
private
pay
providers
and
we
don't
take
subsidies,
there
seems
to
be
a
myth
that
private
pay
families
are
very
affluent,
which
is
not
the
case.
V
We
also
were
not
eligible
for
any
grants
from
the
city
of
boston
because
we
do
not
hold
commercial
licenses
and
some
true
the
boston,
childcare
entrepreneur,
fern
and
boston
children's
hospital.
We
were
also
not
eligible
because
we
do
not
take
subsidized
care
in
the
event
of
another
closure.
Many
of
us
are
not
only
in
danger
of
losing
our
businesses
but
our
homes.
V
I'm
asking
that
something
be
done
to
help
the
private
pay
providers
as
child
care
in
the
city
is
in
dire
straits
and
without
us
it
would
be
even
worse.
It's
almost
like
that,
we're
too
small
to
save,
but
in
actual
fact
we
are
too
big
to
fail.
I
really
appreciate
you
having
these
conversations
to
look
out
for
us
and
thank
you
very
much
good.
W
Hi
everybody,
my
name
is
siobhan
mchugh,
I'm
a
child
care
provider
in
brighton
for
the
last
23
years.
Thank
you,
liz
burden
for
bringing
this
to
council.
Thank
you,
liz
and
michelle
wu
for
listening
to
us
last
week
and
thank
you
all
of
city
council
for
listening
today
and
hopefully
taking
action
on
our
behalf.
W
Like
the
majority
of
providers,
I
started
my
child
care
as
a
way
to
provide
for
my
own
children
when
they
were
born.
We
are
small
business
owners,
mostly
women,
mostly
mothers.
We
are
single
women,
married
women
and
immigrants,
providing
an
essential
service
to
families
who
live
and
work
in
the
city
of
boston.
W
W
Most
in
the
business
now
are
close
to
my
age
and
will
retire
within
the
next
10
or
20
years,
and
then
the
business
will
be
gone,
but
20
years
ago
we
had
huge
numbers
everywhere
in
the
city.
We
are
small
businesses.
We
are
smaller
and
cheaper
than
centers
any
of
them.
We
are
more
family
orientated
when
you
hear
the
numbers
cited
on
all
of
these
surveys,
especially
worcester.
Recently,
you
always
hear
the
numbers
for
centers
and
family
child
tigers
are
actually
about
150
to
200
cheaper
per
week
than
most
centers.
W
W
Our
childcare
families
are
actually
our
neighbors,
which
is
very
important.
I'm
a
private
paid
child
care.
I
did
not
charge
my
families
when
we
shut
down
in
march.
Instead,
I
opted
to
do
emergency
care
for
essential
workers.
We
opened
within
two
days
of
being
closed
because
our
regular
license
was
suspended.
W
W
Emergency
care
was
hard
work,
new
children,
new
parents
and
multiple
ages
of
children.
Everybody
was
in
shock
doing
the
best
they
could
and
he
actually
gave
little
or
no
guidelines
to
all
of
the
providers
doing
emergency
care.
The
ppe
I
was
supposed
to
get
in
march
I
received
in
june,
so
when
bps
schools
reopen,
if
they
reopen,
teachers
should
be
considered
emergency
care
and
they
weren't
parents
who
have
older
children
and
the
younger
children
in
child
care.
What
will
they
do?
W
They're
gonna
have
one
at
home,
one
in
child
care
they'll
probably
keep
both
kids
out,
so
our
numbers
are
going
to
be
way
down
and
also
there
are
providers
who
have
their
own
children
and
those
children
have
to
count
in
their
numbers.
So
they'll
have
to
turn
some
kids
away
so
due
to
covet
our
numbers
are
all
way
down
we're
earning
much
less
money.
W
I
have
usually
four
or
five
kids
during
the
summer
when
I
used
to
have
six,
I
only
have
three
on
a
monday
or
wednesday,
so
it's
it's
half
pay
at
this
stage.
Parents
are
still
not
working
full
time
and
actually
some
parents
are
afraid
to
send
their
kids
back
to
child
care
yet
and
you
can't
play
them.
W
The
cares
act
is
giving
money
to
voucher
providers
and
emergency
care
providers,
which
is
great
and
they
deserve
it
and
that's,
including
me,
but
all
providers
should
get
money.
This
should
be
spread
out,
maybe
give
a
little
bit
more
to
emergency
and
vouchers,
but
everyone
should
get
money.
We
all
have
the
same
start
back
costs.
We
all
have
the
ppa
expenses.
W
Everyone
should
be
getting
money.
The
cares
act
was
meant
for
providers,
they've
all
lost
earnings
and
they're
all
digging
into
their
savings.
So
ec
is
wasting
a
lot
of
money.
They
give
webinars
a
lot
of
them,
but
always
in
the
middle
of
the
day,
when
actually
child
care
providers
can't
attend,
I
haven't
attended
a
single
one.
They
do
weekly
surveys.
We
in
fact
just
got
one
today.
This
week's
survey
asked
the
wage
brackets
of
our
families.
That
is
just
strange.
That
is
no
business
of
eec
and
it's
actually
no
none
of
my
business.
W
They
told
us
we
could
guess
so
that
was
weird,
so
we
as
providers,
we
are
very
isolated.
We
get
no
help
from
eec.
We
get
no
backup.
The
rules
are
constantly
changing.
32
pages.
To
start
it's
up
to
about
52
pages
now
with
I
have
never
received
a
phone
call
from
my
licensor
just
to
check
in
so
eec
itself
needs
to
be
regulated.
W
A
A
A
X
All
equal
part
of
our
economy
without
family
child
care
programs,
our
community
would
suffer
tremendously,
thus
impacting
the
livelihood
of
many
families
when
it
comes
to
taking
care
of
children.
That
is
that
is
top
priority
and
we
all
know
we
are
entrusted
with
young
lives.
So
we
should
be
treated
with
respect,
not
talk
down
to
not
look
down
on
and
treated
like
great
and
not
and
treated
like
we're
asking
for
a
handle
instead
of
getting
what
we
deserved.
X
At
this
point,
I
would
like
to
speak
about
the
bureaucracy
that
has
taken
place
with
our
federal
funding,
as
you
may
or
may
not
know
millions
of
dollars
that
was
supposed
to
be
issued
out
at
the
stipend
that
ec
has
now
placed
unconscionable
parameters
on
how
much
or
what
date
we
should
receive
the
funding.
The
question
is:
why
are
they
withholding
the
monies
from
childcare
provide
that
deserve
and
need
needed
to
care
for
the
children
and
to
put
and
to
purchase
the
needed
ppe
supplies
and
products?
X
It
seems,
as
the
days
go
by
more
reasons
surfaced
out
of
the
more
recent
surface
to
cut
the
initial
funding.
This
clearly
shows
child
care
providers.
How
valuable
they
are.
Not,
as
the
saying
goes,
action
speak
louder
than
words.
We
need
action,
we
need
our
voices
to
be
heard.
We
need
you
because
the
future
of
child
care
depends
on
it.
At
this
point,
many
high
quality
child
care
programs
would
remain
closed
or
eventually
closed.
X
A
A
D
One
thing
I
will
add
is
I
was
disappointed
that
no
one
from
the
eec
was
here
because
many
of
our
constituent
cases
have
to
do
with
some
of
the
new
regulations
and
some
of
the
frustrations
with
the
eec
at
the
state
level.
So
looking
forward
to
also
continuing
to
engage
them
on
this
critical
issue,
they
play
a
vital
role,
but
again
thank
you
to
all
the
panelists.
Thank
you,
council
braden.
I
know
this
was
a
long
hearing,
appreciate
you
and
your
leadership
and
looking
forward
to
next
steps
in
action
steps.
Thank
you.
A
A
May
have
stepped
out.
Is
there
any
any
other
counselors
who'd
like
to
make
a
comment?
I
think
we're
right
there.
I
think
we're
almost
everyone
else's
left
at
this
point
in
time,
so
I
really
feel
this
has
been
an
incredibly
useful
and
important
conversation
to
have.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
the
panelists
for
their
incredible
contribution
to
the
conversation.
A
I
think
if
we
all
work
together,
we
can
come
up
with
some
creative,
innovative
and
workable
solutions.
So
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
all
going
forward
and
keeping
keeping
this
issue
on
the
front
burner.
It's
very
important.
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
that
said.
Thank
you
all
for
your
participation.
Thank
you
for
your
patience
and
have
a
good
day.
I
now
declare
that
this
hearing
is
adjourned.
Thank.