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From YouTube: Office of Early Childhood Announcement - 2/23/22
Description
Mayor Michelle Wu makes an announcement outlining important steps to further the administration's commitment to accessible childcare and early education. She is joined by Alexandra Valdez, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement; Jason Sachs, Executive Director of Early Childhood Education at BPS; TeeAra Dias, Director of Universal Pre-K at BPS; Jeri Robinson, Chair of the Boston School Committee; Pratima Patil, Senior Manager of Program Policy, Boston Opportunity Agenda; and Jarrett Royster, COO of the YMCA of Greater Boston.
A
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
here
in
east
boston,
in
front
of
a
place
that
is
a
hub
for
community,
a
sanctuary
for
our
families
and
an
example
of
what
a
true
commitment
to
early
education
and
care
looks
like
in
partnership
with
the
entire
community.
So
thank
you
to
our
hosts
here
today.
You
will
hear
from
joe
and
and
everyone
later.
A
I
also
want
to
recognize
some
of
our
leaders
who
are
here
with
us,
many
of
whom
will
be
speaking,
but
there
were
far
too
many
people
to
who
could
fill
up
an
entire
day
with
all
of
the
work
that's
happening
around
early
education
and
care.
So
I
want
to
especially
lift
up
alexandra
valdez
who
is
executive
director
of
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement.
A
We
will
hear
from
jared
royster
chief
operating
officer
of
the
ymca
of
greater
boston,
jason,
sachs,
early
education
and
executive
director
of
the
office
of
early
childhood
at
boston,
public
schools,
tiara
diaz
who's,
the
director
of
universal
pre-k
at
boston,
public
schools.
Of
course,
madam
chair,
jerry,
robinson,
chair
of
the
boston
school
committee,
sheri
kraft,
founder
and
ceo
of
smart
from
the
start,
lauren
kennedy
and
sarah
muncie,
who
are
both
here
with
us
from
neighborhood
villages,
really
innovating
in
what's
possible
across
the
city.
A
And,
of
course,
my
colleagues
in
government
senator
councillor,
lydia,
edwards
and
state
rep,
adrian
mataro.
All
of
the
programs
represented
here
are
dedicated
to
closing
the
gap
for
early
education
and
care
in
boston.
We
know
this
is
an
urgent
issue
for
anyone
who
has
had
to
go
through
the
pandemic,
with
kids
for
anyone
who
has
had
to
try
to
find
a
seat
in
boston
and
navigate
the
many
many
complicated
systems
and
registrations
and
applications.
A
A
In
massachusetts,
we
have
the
second
highest
cost
of
child
care
anywhere
around
the
country,
and
we
continue
to
see
the
impacts
of
that
ripple
throughout
our
communities,
throughout
our
economy
and
throughout
our
city,
and
so
today
we
are
here
to
announce
two
pieces
around
early
education
and
care.
The
first
is
the
results
of
the
early
education
and
care
census
that
was
led
by
alex's
office
last
year.
A
We,
this
is
an
annual
census
that
is
conducted
just
to
understand
the
needs
and
realities
of
our
early
education
and
care
ecosystem
from
families
from
educators,
and
we
currently
have
opened
the
period
for
families
to
respond
in
2022,
but
we're
here
to
report
back
that.
Unsurprisingly,
the
vast
majority
of
families
who
participated
in
this
census
reported
that
they
are
looking
for
formalized
care,
but
having
trouble
finding
it.
A
C
Thank
you
mayor
wu,
good
morning,
everyone.
It
is
wonderful
to
be
together
on
this
beautiful
day,
glad
that
we
were
able
to
have
this
event
in
east
boston
before
the
storm
comes
this
weekend,
but
it's
also
quite
fitting
that
we're
here
at
the
east,
boston,
ymca,
headed
up
by
our
good
friend,
joey
gaida.
C
This
is
a
cornerstone
institution
to
provide
early
education
and
care
for
families
and
children
in
east
boston.
I'm
also
a
proud
former
board
member
here
at
the
east,
boston
ymca,
so
very
excited
to
have
this
announcement
at
this
location.
I
want
to
thank
mayor
wu
for
her
commitment
to
these
issues.
C
I
think
it's
extremely
exciting
that
we're
here
learning
about
the
announcement
of
the
office
of
early
early
childhood,
to
streamline
all
of
these
things
in
what
were
before
kind
of
stuck
in
silos
in
municipal
government
to
get
them
all
under
one
roof
can
only
benefit
youth
and
families
in
our
city
and
I'm
also
incredibly
grateful
for
her
partnership
on
the
common
start
legislation.
C
This
is
a
piece
of
legislation.
I
am
one
of
the
lead
filers
of
it
calls
for
universal
child
care
for
residents
in
massachusetts.
This
is
such
an
important
issue
that
certainly
was
needed
before
the
pandemic,
but
the
pandemic
has
only
exacerbated
the
need
for
universal
child
care.
I
have
fielded
calls
from
constituents,
particularly
single
moms
in
east
boston,
who
have
their
jobs
waiting
for
them,
and
the
only
reason
why
they
can't
return
to
the
workforce
is
because
they
either
cannot
afford
child
care
or
access
child
care.
C
This
is
something
I
now
understand
much
more
intimately,
because
I
am,
I
have
a
nine-month-old
son.
This
is
the
first
child
for
my
wife
and
I
and
we
are
on
a
number
of
wait
lists
for
child
care,
and
the
only
reason
why
we've
been
able
to
return
to
the
workforce
is
because
my
mom
is
right
now
the
primary
provider
of
daycare
for
our
nine-month-old
son
matteo.
So
this
is
an
issue
that
is
impacting
so
many
families
in
our
city
and
certainly
across
the
commonwealth.
C
I'm
grateful
to
see
municipal
leaders
like
mayor
michelle
wu
step
up
and
do
what
they
can
at
the
city
level,
but
we
certainly
need
action
at
the
state
level
and
that
solution
is
the
common
start
legislation.
So
I'm
really
grateful
for
mayor
wu's
partnership
on
that,
and
I
remain
optimistic
that
we'll
be
able
to
continue
this
partnership
continue
the
collaboration
and
the
work
that
we're
doing
on
this
legislation
and
hopefully
get
it
over
the
goal
line.
So
thousands
of
families
and
youth
can
benefit.
Thank
you.
So
much.
A
Next
up
is
state
senator
lydia
edwards,
who
has
been
a
champion
on
issues
related
to
protecting
working
families,
not
only
from
the
legislation
she's
filed
and
passed
and
shepherded
through
on
the
city
council
related
to
paid
leave
and
who
qualifies
and
what
they
access
needs
to
be
expanded
across
the
city,
but
also
in
fighting
for
a
workforce
that
is
too
often
invisible
and
not
valued
according
to
the
the
incredible
services
and
and
foundation
that
they're
helping
invest
in
our
in
our
youngest
learners.
So
passing
it
on
now
to
state
senator
lydia
edwards.
D
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
wu
and
again
I
want
to
echo
the
thanks
and
congratulations
to
not
only
the
mayor,
but
also
to
the
ymca
for
your
incredible
leadership
over
the
many
years
in
many
neighborhoods
throughout
the
city
of
boston,
if
not
the
state
they
have
stepped
in
in
so
many
so
many
ways
and
stepped
up
during
this
pandemic,
and
I
have
to
say,
I
should
say
actually
across
the
country,
I'm
a
ymca
kid,
but
over
in
michigan,
I
used
to
go
to
the
ymca
and
used
to
have
access
to
child
care
and
after
school
programs.
D
So
the
ymca's
dedication
for
well
over
a
century
to
our
families
of
all
colors
of
all
backgrounds
of
all
income
levels,
is
something
that
we
should
always
celebrate
and
see
as
a
model
and
that's
why
I'm
so
happy
to
be
here
today
at
the
ymca
to
to
be
part
of
this
announcement
to
dedicate
an
institutional
seat
for
early
childhood
education
for
early
childhood.
You
know
the
fact
is
investing
in
that
is
investing
in
environmental
justice
and
racial
justice
and
economic
justice.
D
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
I
cut
my
teeth
in
organizing
for
domestic
workers
care
workers,
who
are
the
prime
people
who
are
providing
care
and
early
education
right
now
for
many
of
our
children.
If
you
can
afford
one
and
still
many
of
those
who
are
working
were
exploited,
so
they're
part
of
that
conversation.
I
do
want
to
thank
alexa
and
the
office
of
women's
advancement
for
being
here
today,
because
it's
so
necessary
that
we
see
the
two
connected.
D
We
need
to
see
black
maternal
health
as
part
of
this
conversation
as
well,
when
we're
talking
about
early
education,
and
we
need
to
also
make
sure
that
we're
talking
about
workers
rights,
not
just
for
domestic
workers
but
for
care
workers
who
have
care
within
their
homes
and
finally,
what
the
why
in
many
early
education
centers
represent,
is
not
just
a
place
for
children
to
be,
but
for
a
place
for
children
and
families
to
thrive.
What
you'll
find
is
their
partnership
with
massport
has
them
have
hepa
filters
and
ways
to
have
cleaner
air
in
their
institutions.
D
What
you'll
find
is
their
partnership
with
many
of
our
food
banks
allows
for
good
quality,
food
and
free
meals
for
a
lot
of
our
stu,
a
lot
of
our
children
in
east
boston
and
throughout
the
country.
So
what
you're
seeing
is
an
investment
in
actually
feeding
our
children,
keeping
them
healthy
in
many
cases,
they're
the
first
responders
and
the
first
people
who
will
notice
if
there's
something
wrong
with
the
teeth
with
their
with
their
skin,
with
any
other
medical
issues
and
they'll
be
able
to
help
parents
see
where
these
things
are.
D
D
It
is
because
it's
a
financial
decision
a
very
hard
one
to
make
honestly
and
I
would
love
to
be
a
mother
one
day,
I'm
putting
it
out
there
to
the
universe,
but
but
I
also
need
my
my
bank
account
to
be
able
to
match
that,
and
that's
something
also.
I
want
people
to
understand
and
this
office
will
help
create
the
institution,
the
foundation
and
your
legislation,
representative
moderato,
will
make
sure
it's
easier
for
all
of
us
to
be
family
and
one
day,
mothers
and
fathers
in
this
commonwealth.
So
thank
you.
E
But
but
thank
you
mayor
wolf,
we
on
behalf
of
james
boyd
and
our
president
and
ceo
can
be
here
today.
We
are
really
humble
and
grateful
that
you
all
decided
on
the.
Why
today,
as
the
your
destination,
to
make
this
very
important
announcement,
we
as
an
organization
are
very
eager
to
deepen
in
our
partnership
with
the
city
and
bps.
E
Together
we
have
sorted
a
shared
vision.
The
ymca
as
an
organization,
is
the
largest
provider
of
child
care
in
the
commonwealth
outside
of
the
public
school
system.
We
shepherd
more
than
20
000
kids
and
we
do
our
pipeline
or
service
from
the
day
that
they're
born
into
the
day.
We
send
them
off
to
careers
and
hopefully
to
have
enough
pocket
in
their
money
in
their
pocket,
so
they
can
have
children
right.
E
E
We
acknowledge
that
we
can't
do
that
ambitious
goal
alone,
that
it
takes
a
village
and
that's
why
we
have
great
gratitude
for
bps
in
the
city.
Together
for
more
than
20
years,
we
have
worked
to
provide
high
quality
care
for
families.
Together,
we
have
six
upa
upk
classes
around
the
city,
including
one
here
at
this
site
in
east
boston,
and
the
program
is
simply
just
fantastic.
E
Bps
provides
us
with
the
curriculum,
the
training,
the
coaching
and
the
mentoring
of
our
staff.
While
the
y
provides
certified
teachers
in
space
and
we
provide
those
critical
wrap-around
services
for
our
children
and
families,
we
feed
children
because
we
know
hungry
children
can't
learn.
We
provide
rent
a
sentence
to
families
because
we
know
stable
homes
matter.
We
we
provide
esl
classes
to
the
adults
in
our
of
the
the
families,
so
that
kids
families
could
have
a
good,
strong,
meaningful
careers.
E
E
It
just
makes
sense
that
the
city
is
a
great
in
this
office
solely
dedicated
to
providing
us
the
first
responders
with
the
resources
we
need
to
do
our
job,
to
keep
every
child
on
a
pathway
to
success.
I'll
again
like
to
thank
mayor
will,
and
our
team-
and
I
like
to
thank
alexandria
valdez
jerry,
robinson,
tiara,
davis,
sheree,
craft
pratima,
patel
and
jason
sack.
I
hope
all
of
you
have
the
opportunity
to
join
us
to
see
the
fantastic
work
we're
doing
inside
our
child
care.
I'm
not
joey
gator,
but
I
am
the
original
jarrett
royster.
A
Thank
you
jared.
Sorry,
I'm
going
off
script
out
of
order
next
I'll
bring
up
alexandra
valdez
who
runs
our
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement.
This
is
again
not
only
the
office
that
has
led
the
child
care
census
to
understand
the
latest
across
the
city,
but
also
runs
our
child
care
entrepreneurship
fund
and
a
couple
days
ago
I
was
honored
to
be
part
of
the
newest
orientation
of
about
a
dozen
of
our
community-based
providers.
A
F
Thank
you
so
much
mayor,
wu
and
good
morning.
Everyone,
buenos
dias,
it's
so
great
to
be
here.
I
just
want
it
off.
By
start
by
saying,
some
residents
have
already
received
the
amazing
child
care
census
survey
and
it
has
received
to
the
doorstep,
and
we
we
look
forward
to
reading
and
calculating
the
results
for
this
year,
and
on
top
of
that,
focusing
on
the
importance
of
creating
this
new
office
that
we're
doing
here
today
today
is
such
an
exciting
day.
F
F
Up
to
this
point,
the
mayor's
office
of
women's
advancement
has
worked
to
close
the
child
care
gaps
with
community
voices
and
center
we've
been
able
to
create
funding
initiatives
like
the
child
care
entrepreneur
fund,
which
has
helped
over
200
women
in
the
city
of
boston
and
have
been
trained
and
more
to
come,
and
in
this
fiscal
year
we
are
super
excited
to
be
able
to
not
only
offer
in
spanish,
but
also
when
the
program
started.
We
offer
in
vietnamese
cantonese
and
also
as
languages
come
in.
We
offer
different
translations
as
needed.
F
We
just
released
the
2022
child
care
survey
and
has
been
mailed
out.
Please
make
sure
that
you
fill
it
out.
Please
make
sure
that
you
look
out
for
it.
We
also
have
it
online
in
seven
different
languages
available
and
if
the
language
that
you
need
is
not
available
online,
we'll
be
more
than
happy
to
provide
in
the
language
that
you
need
and
I'll
do
a
little
translation.
I
go
back.
F
Thank
you
so
much,
and
I
really
look
forward
to
all
the
great
work
that
we
are
to
do
in
the
office
of
women's
advancement
and
the
new
office
creation.
We
look
forward
to
working
together
and
most
of
all,
to
continue
partnership
to
make
sure
that
child
care
and
early
childhood
education
continues
and
maintains
a
priority.
Thank
you.
A
G
G
H
Hello,
I'm
jason
sax.
I
work
at
the
boston,
public
schools
and
universal
preschool
has
not
only
transformed
community-based
programs
in
that
we
have
given
staff
compensation
for
the
first
time
they
get
the
same
salaries
as
boston,
public
schools,
starting
salaries
and
we've
improved
partnerships.
H
Now
it
has
also
changed
the
way
we
do
kindergarten
and,
first
and
second
grade
through
changes
in
curriculum.
So
early
childhood
principles
are
beginning
to
permeate
into
the
public
schools,
families,
first,
social,
emotional
relationships,
strong
early
childhood
instruction,
that's
appropriate,
developmentally
appropriate
play
joy
in
classrooms
and
so
early
childhood
is
something
that
we
all
need
to
embrace,
and
so
I
think
marawu
for
prioritizing
early
childhood
and
all
of
us.
We
will
commit
to
partnering
with
you,
and
I
will
give
you
my
colleague,
tiara
diaz,
who
runs
the
early
childhood
upkeep.
I
Greetings:
everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here.
I
just
want
to
shout
out
our
early
educators,
our
teachers
who
are
currently
in
the
classroom
shout
out
to
them,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
ymca
team
for
having
us
the
entire
team.
Thank
you
so
much
for
hosting
mayor
wu.
Thank
you,
of
course,
for
leading
this
work
and,
as
jason
has
indicated,
the
early
work
of
universal
pre-k.
I
It
really
strengthened
the
partnerships
between
our
families,
our
community
partners
and
boston,
public
schools
and
now,
with
mayor
wu's
commitment
in
the
office
of
early
childhood,
we're
really
going
to
be
able
to
solidify
that
partnership
and
fill
those
gaps:
zero
to
three
career
development
for
early
educators,
family
child
care.
I
am
so
excited
about
the
work
that
we're
going
to
do
together
together,
we're
going
to
build
this
system
and
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
each
child
and
family
thrives
as
you've
indicated
in
boston,
mayor
wu.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
commitment.
I
I'm
just
excited
to
do
this
work,
so
thank
you
so
much
for
all
of
us
joining
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
it.
Thank
you.
Take
care.
A
J
Good
morning,
just
like
all
of
my
colleagues
that
that
are
here
today,
this
is
an
extremely
exciting
day.
For
me.
I
want
to
take
a
minute
to
shout
out
all
of
the
families
that
smart
from
the
start
represents
across
the
city
of
boston
and
to
say
thank
you
on
their
behalf
to
mayor
wu,
for
seeing
them
for
seeing
them
and
for
making
their
needs
a
priority.
J
It
has
been
15
years
for
smart
from
the
start
that
was
born
in
the
city
with
the
help
of
mayor
menino,
who
had
a
vision
of
a
citywide,
coordinated
effort
to
support
children
and
families,
so
that
our
children
would
have
every
opportunity
to
achieve
their
greatest
potential
today.
After
all
of
these
years,
mayor
wu
is
finally
bringing
that
vision
into
fruition,
and
it
is
an
emotional
day
for
me.
I
was
born
in
the
city.
J
I'm
the
single
mother
of
five
children
raised
in
this
city
as
well,
and
I
know
firsthand
from
those
experiences
that
you
know
I've
walked
in
the
mile
a
mile
in
the
shoes,
the
tiny
little
shoes
of
the
kids
that
we're
talking
about
today.
J
So
with
that,
I
just
want
to
thank
mayor
wu
for
providing
our
children
with
an
opportunity,
no
matter
what
they
look
like
or
where
they're
from
or
who
their
parents
are
to.
Have.
You
know
every
resource
made
available
to
them
so
that
they
can
achieve
school
and
subsequent
life
success
and
for
our
families
to
have
access
to
the
tools,
resources
and
supports
they
need
in
order
to
thrive.
J
A
A
A
But
right
now
it's
easier
to
find
access
to
the
seats
that
exist
in
boston,
public
schools
through
the
lottery
process
and
through
the
assignment
process,
as
with
any
other
school
seats
or
some
of
the
seats
at
our
community-based
center-based
child
care
that
are
now
partnering
with
boston,
public
schools
and,
as
you
heard,
have
similar
the
same
curriculum
same
pay
structure,
and
there
are
certain
classes
set
aside
for
that
upk
program.
Expanding
outside
of
boston,
public
schools
as
well.
A
The
vision
for
this
office
is
to
create
a
one-stop
shop
so
that
not
only
school-based
seats,
center-based
seats
but
also
home-based
seats.
The
the
family-based
child
care
programs
that
exist
throughout
our
neighborhoods
that
are
often
providing
culturally
competent
and
responsive
care
that
are
responsive
to
the
hours
that
families
need
that
are
that
have
that
flexibility
that
we
will
surround
the
entire
ecosystem
and
help
make
those
connections,
because
often
our
child
care
providers.
A
Our
early
educators,
are
doing
everything
perfectly
in
terms
of
educating
our
young
people,
but
they're
not
set
up
to
be
the
publicists
and
marketers
to
to
make
those
services
known
throughout
the
city
and
they're
not
set
up
to
operate
all
of
the
accounting
and
and
this
that
that
a
small
business
could
use
support.
For.
A
A
We
want
to
create
a
system
where
every
every
single
one
of
our
little
treasures
is
cared
for
and
done
so
affordably
near
where
you
near,
where
it's
convenient
to
whether
that's
near
work
or
whether
that's
near
home
and
so
there's
a
whole
range
of
changes
that
we're
looking
to
implement.
There's
some
zoning
changes
that
we're
hoping
to
formalize.
A
There
exists
an
inclusion
of
daycare
facilities,
provision
in
the
zoning
code
that
allows
for
or
that
requires
a
commitment
to
on-site
child
care
at
some
of
our
largest
commercial
office
buildings.
So
we
look
to
strengthen
that
to
provide
funding
through
that
mechanism
as
well.
We
look
to
eventually
have
a
one-stop
shop
enrollment
system
and
it's
complicated,
because
different
slots
that
have
subsidies
available
require
different
conversations
with
state
and
applications
separately,
but
for
now,
even
to
get
to
the
point
where
we
have
one
system
where
you
can
see
all
the
seats.
A
K
A
Well,
I
mean
you
can't
do
anything
without
a
website
these
days
really,
but
the
idea
is
that
we
will
centralize
all
the
services
within
city
hall
provide
a
one-stop
shop
across
the
entire
ecosystem.
That
will
include
a
website,
but
it
also
will
include
connecting
all
the
offices
where
people
go
to
get
services
one
by
one
by
one
right
now,
just
within
the
city
of
boston.
A
A
We
need
partnership
from
the
state
level
and
I'm
so
grateful
to
our
state
rep
here
for
leading
the
charge
on
making
sure
that
there
will
be
a
legislative
push
for
costs
being
capped
at
a
percentage
of
a
family's
income.
We
know
just
from
our
child
care
census.
So,
okay,
let
me
take
a
step
back.
The
suggested
proportion
of
your
income
for
child
care
to
be
affordable
to
a
family
is
10
right.
You
hear
that
rent
is
supposed
to
be
about
30
of
your
annual
income,
child
care
being
affordable
is
10
or
less
than
that.
A
The
vast
majority
of
families
are
having
trouble
finding
that
in
boston,
and
we
we
see
nearly
half
of
families
in
boston
at
well
over
that
level
of
of
being
unsustainable
in
terms
of
child
care
costs,
and
so
adrian's
bill
here
would
cap
that
is
it
at
seven
percent
phasing
it
in
at
seven
percent
of
a
family's
income
on
a
sliding
scale,
and
so
that
would
be
a
huge,
huge
step
forward
for
families
in
boston
and
across
the
commonwealth.
A
A
We
are
hiring
for
a
director
for
this
office
and
so
we'll
be
staffing
up
the
leadership
of
this
office
and
we'll
also
be
again
strengthening
the
coordination.
We've
had
some
conversations
internally,
also
and
starting
to
build
those
city
of
boston,
communication
channels
and
we'll
be
making
further
announcements
about
some
of
the
policy
measures
I
had
mentioned
before
around
zoning
and
and
other
provisions
that
this
office
will
help
oversee.
A
They're
scheduling
a
meeting
dr
basola
ojukutu
and
the
board
of
health
will
be
in
consultation
to
really
not
just
think
about
this
current
step
in
the
in
the
pandemic
and
where
we
are
in
terms
of
boston's
readiness
to
move
towards
lifting
certain
protections,
but
really
to
set
a
parameter
set
some
a
framework
for
how
we
live
with
this
pandemic
going
forward.
A
We,
I
know
the
toll
that
it's
taken
on
our
systems
across
the
city
and
on
our
families
and
workforce
to
feel
like
we're,
constantly
lurching
from
surge
to
surge,
and
when
is
this
happening.
When
is
that
happening?
A
I
Hi
I
just
want
to
highlight-
I
think,
mayor
wu
kind
of
indicated
this-
that
we
we
don't
have
an
access
problem.
We
have
an
equality,
quality
equity
problem,
so
there
are
tons
of
providers
across
boston
that
are
prepared
to
provide
seats.
What
we
need
to
do
is
make
sure
that
they
have
equitable
access
to
funding,
so
they
can
market
and
fill
those
seats.
I
Universal
pre-k
will
expand
this
year,
we'll
have
930
seats
and
with
our
community
providers,
which
will
be
available
in
april,
and
we
want
to
encourage
families
to
fill
those
seats
as
much
as
possible.
Last
year
we
were
90
full
that's
for
this
year,
and
so
as
much
as
we
can
promote
and
fill
those
seats,
we
will.
I
just
want
to
emphasize
it's
really
about
quality
and
making
sure
that
our
providers
have
the
funding,
so
they
can
meet
the
quality
that
we're
indicating.
I
There'll
be
330
seats,
so
that's
an
in.
We
went
from
150
to
330
for
this
year.
I
Well
that
part,
I
think
we
would
probably
get
from
the
census
data.
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
we
want
to
make
sure
we
focus
on
quality
and
not
just
creating
seats.
We
want
to
make
sure
staff
absolutely
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
grow
in
a
way.
That's
focused
on
quality
right,
paying
staff
state
requirements,
curriculum
that
works
right,
professional
development,
career.
We
want
staff
to
stay,
and
those
are
all
of
the
things
that
we're
going
to
help
build
together.
A
This
is
this
is
coming
from
our
city
budget,
we're
looking
to
coordinate
and
consolidate
some
of
the
services
that
are
being
offered,
and
there
are
many
roles
across
the
city
that
have
been
turning
over
and
haven't
been
filled,
so
we're
looking
to
reorganize
some
of
the
the
roles
that
are
available
and
I'll
just
state
rep.
Moderate
just
mentioned
to
me
just
in
terms
of
the
last
question
and
what
tiara
was
saying
towards
the
end
about
the
workforce.
G
A
Already
continuing
to
work
with
bps
to
expand
in
all
the
places
that
we
currently
are
serving
families
and
serving
children
and
and
infants.
This
office
will
be
a
reorganization
and
looking
to
streamline
and
provide
some
of
that
one-stop
shop
in
terms
of
the
website
and
other
features.
So
no
timeline
on
that.
Yet,
but
as
soon
as
we
hire
a
director
for
that
role,
that
person
will
be
charged
with
really
hitting
the
ground
running
and
making
sure
we're
seeing
immediate
progress.
K
Boston,
they
lifted
some
of
their
or
loosened
some
of
their
restrictions
on
masking.
I'm
just
curious
how
that
works
with
them
being
within
the
you
know,
public
institution
within
the
city
of
boston,
and
I'm
also
wondering
if
you
guys
have
a
date
in
mind
where
you're,
where
you
would
lower
that.
A
Mass,
so
this
is
a
great
question
because
it
can
be
quite
confusing
what
rules
apply
to
what
areas
across
the
city.
There
are,
it's
probably
easiest
to
think
of
it
in
terms
of
a
couple
different
categories
where
we're
talking
about
masks
in
boston,
one
is
the
cities
or
sorry.
Let
me
back
up
and
start
with
the
state.
One
is
the
state's
rule
around
masking
in
schools,
and
the
governor
has
announced
that
that
will
be
lifted
as
of
february
28th,
and
so
any
school
district
at
that
point
on
will
be
free
to
decide
on
their
own.
A
For
example,
large
office
building
is
still
free
to
decide
or
any
individual
store
is
still
free
to
say
that
they
are
requiring
masks
in
their
spaces
separate
from
the
city's
rules,
so
the
city
and
then
the
cities
conversation
is
around
indoor
public
spaces,
as
well
as
the
boston
public
schools.
Both
of
those
will
be
mentioned
and
discussed
as
part
of
the
board
of
health's
meeting,
which
is
to
be
scheduled
shortly.
L
B
A
We
saw
a
tiny
dip
during
the
pandemic
in
terms
of
housing
costs,
but
we
are
right
back
up
to
how
unaffordable
it
was
pre-covered
and
housing
prices
continue
to
go
up,
so
housing
has
to
be
the
foundation
of
our
recovery
from
the
pandemic.
We
are
using
federal
funds
to
lay
out
a
plan
to
increase
and
build
more
affordable
housing
to
stabilize
and
renovate
existing,
affordable
housing
and
to
move
through
our
zoning
code
and
other
rules
so
that
we
can
speed
up
the
processes
and
get
people
in
homes
more
quickly.
A
Housing
is
intimately
connected
to
so
many
other
issues
that
we're
discussing
today.
Here
too,
though,
so
transportation
access
is
fundamental
to
opening
up
housing
that
is
affordable.
Child
care
supports
are
fundamental
to
keeping
people
in
their
homes
and
in
communities
that
they
can
afford,
and
so
we're
working
on
all
these
fronts
all
at
the
same
time,
but
housing
is
certainly
one
big
priority
and
remains
so
great.
Thank
you.
Everyone.