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A
A
Bcnc
has
been
serving
the
asian
and
immigrant
communities
for
the
last
50
years.
Our
mission
is
to
empower
immigrants
to
build
healthy
families,
to
achieve
greater
economic
success
and
to
contribute
to
thriving
communities,
all
of
which
I
know
the
city
and
the
office
of
early
childhood
are
committed
to.
We
do
this
work
through
our
center-base
and
home-based
child
care,
our
after-school
and
summer
programs,
our
adult
education,
family
services
and
arts
and
cultural
programs.
A
B
B
It
was
life-changing
up.
Until
that
moment
it
had
been
a
chaotic
impossible,
juggle
trying
to
navigate
systems
of
enrollment,
then
multiple
pickups
and
drop-offs
and
all
different
lotteries
and
and
what
to
do,
if
you
didn't
get
in
it,
often
feels
like
families
are
at
the
mercy
of
random
numbers.
In
our
city,
when
we
have
the
resources
and
a
legacy
here
of
doing
all
that,
we
can
to
innovate
and
pave
the
way
for
our
youngest
learners.
B
Boston
is
home
to
the
first
public
schools
in
america,
and
that
includes
the
very
first
public
elementary
school.
The
mather
school
in
dorchester
is
nearly
400
years
old
and
it
represents
our
extraordinary
commitment
as
a
city
centuries
ago
to
recognizing
that
we
all
benefit
when
our
young
people
have
every
resource
that
they
need.
B
Nearly
400
years
ago,
boston
gathered
together
and
the
first
six
elementary
school
students
at
the
mather
school
were
able
to
access
a
free
education,
because
the
town
of
dorchester
collected
a
fee
on
cattle
grazing.
That
would
then
go
to
fund
their
new
jewel
of
a
school
one
that
we
continue
to
celebrate
today,
but
in
nearly
four
400
years
we
are
not
there
yet
as
a
society
in
recognizing
that,
in
some
ways
the
most
important
investments
are
from
birth
to
age.
Five
before
children
can
enter
our
public
school
system.
B
B
What
we
know
is
that
this
challenge
has
gotten
even
more
intense
through
the
pandemic.
The
number
of
early
education
centers
serving
children
under
the
age
of
five
in
boston
has
fallen
as
the
challenges
of
running
our
child
care.
Centers
have
become
more
intense
and
and
disrupted
by
the
the
many
stressors
from
this
pandemic.
B
This
investment
will
expand
our
upk
program
to
include
nearly
a
thousand
seats
for
three
and
four-year-olds.
Additionally,
it
will
introduce
a
new,
more
effective
financial
model
for
grant
funding
and
incorporate
family
child
care
providers
into
this
network
for
the
first
time
as
a
mom
and
as
a
daughter
of
immigrants.
I
am
especially
excited
about
that
last
point.
We
came
to
this
with
a
design
group
made
up
of
community
members,
families,
educators,
child
care
providers,
other
stakeholders
and
we'll
be
exploring
how
best
to
bring
family
child
care
providers
directly
into
the
upk
universal
pre-k
network
oftentimes.
B
B
So
applications
are
now
open
for
boston's
upk
program
for
community
providers
to
join
the
upk
network
and
for
family
care
providers
to
join
our
design.
Group
programs
across
the
city,
including
right
here
at
the
acorn
center
at
the
boston
chinatown
neighborhood
center,
will
be
opening
up
new
classrooms
as
early
as
this
fall.
C
C
C
C
D
Good
morning,
thank
you,
marawu
and
thank
you
to
all
of
you
who
came
out
to
join
us
for
today's
announcement.
I
see
a
lot
of
our
child
care
providers
in
the
audience
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
they've
been
doing
really
tremendous
work
over
the
last
two
years
to
make
sure
that
our
young
people
are
safe
and
cared
for,
as
are
the
staff
with
whom
they
work.
D
So
today
my
job
is
to
move
us
through
the
wonderful
group
of
women
behind
me
who
are
actually
doing
this
work
on
the
ground
every
day
across
the
city
of
boston
and
the
first
person
that
I
want
to
introduce
is
tiara
diaz.
Who
is
the
director
of
our
universal
pre-k
program
for
the
city
of
boston
she's,
been
here
since
2019,
really
leading
the
implementation.
E
E
Not
only
are
we
creating
more
seats
for
both
three
and
four-year-olds
across
the
city,
but
this
is
a
model
for
the
early
education
sector.
The
commitment
that
boston
is
making
to
include
a
funding
formula
that
provides
additional
stability
for
our
community-based
partners
and,
as
we
continue
to
develop
a
true,
high-quality
mix
delivery
system.
E
It
allows
us
to
leverage
resources,
so
we
can
continue
to
expand
our
coaching
and
our
professional
development
and,
finally,
and
importantly,
I
am
so
overjoyed
about
the
deeper
connection
that
we
are
going
to
have
in
our
investment
in
our
family.
Child
care,
educators,
family
child
care
has
long
been
a
vital
part
of
providing
flexibility
and
support
to
our
boston
families,
and
we
want
our
family
child
care
educators
to
know
that
we
see
you.
E
We
hear
you
and
we're
excited
about
this
partnership
with
family
child
care
providers,
we're
going
to
continue
to
expand
how
upk
can
be
implemented
in
various
settings
while
maintaining
high
quality
and
with
our
fccs
as
whole
sites.
This
mix
delivery
model
that
we're
building
will
ensure
that
we
will
maintain
our
family's
choice
and
that
there's
no
wrong
door
to
a
high
quality
preschool
experience.
It
demonstrates
our
mayor's
commitment
to
early
education
and
care.
So
again,
I
want
to
thank
you,
mayor
wu.
I
want
to
thank
ben
and
the
bcnc
team
for
hosting.
D
Thank
you,
tiara.
One
of
the
really
important
things
to
know
about
bcnc
is
they've
been
on
this
upk
journey
with
us
since
the
very
beginning
and
bernadette
davidson,
who's
behind
me
helped
start
up
the
first
pilot
program
in
2019
before
we
even
launched
upk
and
she's
joined
by
her
colleague,
kathy
chang
who's
been
working
for
bcnc
for
the
past
30
years
or
maybe
a
little
bit
longer.
F
Maya
wu
city,
councilors,
upk,
director,
tierra
upk
advisors
and
partners,
bcsc
team
and
families,
community
leaders
and
honorable
guests
good
morning
and
welcome
after
decades
of
providing
dual
language
early
education
to
working
immigrant
families
in
2019,
in
partnership
with
the
boston
public
school
upk
program,
bcnc
began
providing
high
quality
education
and
care
through
two
upk
three-year-old
and
four-year-old
classrooms.
We
have
served
50
children
using
the
focus
and
building
block
hub
curriculums
with
dual
language
instructions
in
english
and
chinese.
F
We
are
excited
to
add
on
another
classroom
in
the
fall
to
serve
an
additional
20
three-year-old
children.
With
this
funding,
the
upk
program
at
bcnc
provides
children
from
asian
and
immigrant
families
with
six
and
a
half
hours
of
learning
and
care
for
180
days,
with
an
option
for
before
and
after
school
care.
Many
families
express
gratitude
that
they
save
over
thirteen
thousand
dollars
a
year
by
expanding
to
provide,
before
and
after
school
care
as
well.
Families
do
not
need
to
stress
and
worry
about
child
care
while
trying
to
keep
up
with
their
work
schedules.
F
Many
parents
told
me
that
one
of
the
main
reasons
they
choose
the
bcnc
universal
pre-k
program
is
because
we
have
bilingual
and
bicultural
staffing.
Maintaining
the
home
language
of
chinese
while
acquiring
english
is
very
important
to
asian
american
families.
Immigrant
families,
parents
who
are
new
immigrants,
found
comfort
in
knowing
that
they
could
communicate
with
our
staff
in
their
native
language,
so
they
could
be
engaged
in
their
children's
education
and
care
to
have
a
great
school.
We
must
have
great,
highly
trained
skilled,
creative,
professional
and
passionate
teachers.
F
We
are
facing
difficult
workforce
challenges
like
the
rest
of
the
nation.
With
this
funding
and
the
consistent
support
from
the
upk
team
and
our
coach
marie,
we
are
able
to
retain
teachers
with
competitive
salaries,
building
a
strong
professional
development
track
and
provide
rich
learning
classroom
materials.
F
We
have
teachers
who
show
strong
interest
in
becoming
upk
teachers,
and
they
are
motivated
to
finish
their
degree
in
early
education.
This
brings
stability
and
quality
to
our
classrooms
and
the
center.
The
upk
special
education
team
has
also
made
a
tremendous
impact
on
to
our
program
with
on-site
resources,
to
provide
additional
support
for
children
in
needs.
The
professional
specialists
are
available
for
consultation,
classroom
observations
and
meeting
with
families.
We
appreciate
these
valuable
services
to
make
a
services
more
accessible
for
children
and
families
within
a
short
term.
F
D
Thank
you
kathy.
Our
next
speaker
represents
one
of
our
family,
child
care
programs
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
our
family
child
care
programs
have
already
been
providing
really
strong
assets
for
our
community
over
the
last
10
15
20
years,
jenny
facente
runs
a
family
child
care
program
in
the
south
end.
D
She
provides
care
starting
at
6
a.m
in
the
morning
for
our
families,
who
are
providing
essential
services
in
our
hospitals
for
those
who
are
building
the
buildings
that
we
live
in
every
day
and
they
spend
all
day
together,
providing
that
care
in
spanish.
Jenny
is
going
to
offer
her
comments
today
in
spanish,
and
she.
H
H
B
So
it's
it's
part
of
the
investments
in
this
year's
budget.
It's
got.
There
are
two
funding
sources,
one
is
from
the
upk
trust
fund
on
the
city
side
and
then
another
is
the
funding
from
the
boston
public
schools
that
has,
over
the
last
few
years
been
used
to
match
this,
and
so
it
can
be
deployed
right
away
and
we're
looking
forward
to.
E
Down
330.
we're
doubling
to
three
wait:
300,
sorry,
I'd
rather
get
this
right.
So
last
year
we
had
153
year
old
seats,
and
this
year
we're
going
over
a
little
bit.
I
think
it's
like
333
year
old
seats.
Last
year
we
had
600
four-year-old
seats.
We
actually
didn't
fill
all
of
them.
The
goal
is
to
fill.
So
if
you
know
a
four-year-old
who
is
looking
for
a
upkc,
please
send
them
our
way,
but
we
also
expanded
our
seats
to.
E
B
D
Through
the
boston,
public
schools
that
are
already
creating
seats,
and
some
of
it
will
be
grants
for
providers
right,
so
the
bps
just
ran
a
competition
for
community-based
centers
to
add
upk
seats
we'll
be.
We
have
an
open
competition
right
now
for
additional
centers
to
apply
to
access
additional
seats
as
well.
So
we
have
both
and
then
for
the
family
child
care
we're
going
to
spend
a
year
doing
a
design
process
with
our
stakeholders,
so
with
family
child
care
providers
to
come
up
with.
What
does
quality
look
like?
How
are
we
going
to
define.
B
Okay,
so
just
taking
one
kind
of
big
step
back
in
terms
of
an
overview
of
the
entire
system,
which
is
probably
where
I
should
have
started.
Boston
has
many
different
types
of
care
provided
from
different
organizations
and
institutions.
So,
as
you've
heard
through
the
boston
public
schools,
there
are
some
seats
starting
from
as
young
as
age,
three
and
age.
Four.
Some
of
those
are
based
at
school
at
actual
schools.
For
so,
for
example,
at
my
child's
school,
my
younger
son
was
able
to
start
in
k1
at
four
years
old.
B
Some
of
those
seats
are
community-based
seats
at
centers
like
boston,
chinatown,
neighborhood
center,
where
the
city
helps
provide
the
funding
so
that
they
can
have
a
standard
and
consistent
and
matching
curriculum
length
of
time
and
salaries
for
the
providers
as
well,
just
so
that
they
are
getting
that
same
quality
experience
with
the
same
standards
at
a
private
or
community-based
center,
as
they
would
in
the
boston,
public
schools
and
it's
kind
of
one
ecosystem
so
far
that
sys.
That
ecosystem
has
not
included
any
direct
public
support
or
inclusion
of
home-based
centers.
B
B
That's
right
so
my
dream
one
day
and
I'm
just
going
to
say
it
because
one
day
it
will
manifest
is
that
we
would
have
a
one
stop
shop
for
enrollment.
We
are
not
there
yet
and
there
are
a
couple
complicating
factors.
One
is
that
many
of
the
seats
that
are
available
for
low-income
families
require
a
separate
and
sometimes
intense
process
to
apply
for
subsidies
directly
from
the
state
or
for
other
sources,
and
so
you
can't
just
enroll
on
the
spot.
B
At
that
age,
do
they
have
a
spot
open,
starting
which
month
and
so
creating
that
one
stop
shop
will
be
a
huge.
It
will
be
life
changing
for
many
families.
This
will
get
us
closer
by
first
increasing
the
number
of
seats
and
building
that
ecosystem
and
then,
once
that
ecosystem
is
in
place,
coordinating
everyone
on
how
we
get
the
information
on
availability.
B
Eventually,
yes,
and-
and
we
didn't
mention
it
very
very
much
today-
but
there
are
a
few
key
areas
that
we
need
to
remove
barriers.
One
is
costs
for
families,
as
you
heard
massachusetts,
the
second
most
expensive
in
the
country,
a
tremendous
barrier,
one
is
the
hours
which
may
not
match
every
family's
needs,
especially
for
essential
workers
or
those
who
are
working.
B
You
know
in
in
more
quote
unquote
non-traditional
hours
and
then
another
is
on
the
provider
side
that
these
are
the
most
hard
working
and
passionate
workers
in
in
our
entire
city,
disproportionately
low-income
and
vast
vast
majority,
women
and
women
of
color,
and
so
to
really
make
that
investment
in
our
young
people.
We
need
to
invest
in
those
who
are
caring
for
our
young
people
as
well
and
so
part
of
the
the
inclusion
into.
B
B
B
So
that
is
both
numbers
kind
of
count
of
the
availability.
But
it's
also
the
supports
around
quality
and
professional
development
and
supporting
the
providers
to
have
the
financial
means
to
provide
these
seats.
Boston
has
a
mixed
delivery
model.
We
know
that,
for
example,
if
tomorrow
we
were
going
to
somehow
be
able
to
create
five
thousand
three-year-old
seats
solely
through
the
boston,
public
schools
and
absorb
every
three-year-old
in
the
city
through
bps.
That
would
be
incredibly
destabilizing
for
child
care
providers.
B
Given
the
staffing
ratios,
it
is
much
more
expensive
to
provide
care
for
infants
and
younger
babies
than
it
is
for
older
ones.
Given
the
ratios
of
staffing
and
part
of
what
you
heard
was
that
we're
adopting
a
new
funding
model
for
the
grants
so
that,
rather
than
having
funding,
follow
each
child
individually,
it
will
follow
classrooms
because
you
can't
have
fractions
of
a
child
care
provider.
B
If
you
only
have
three
quarters
of
a
classroom
and
those
slots
filled,
you
still
have
an
entire
set
of
costs
to
open
that
class
and
provide
that
high
quality
experience
and
so
we're
starting
to
build
some
of
that
in
in
terms
of
the
numbers.
You
know
what
kristin
and
tiara
always
say
is
that
we
don't
have
a
quantity
problem.
We
have
a
quality
challenge,
am,
and
part
of
that
is
adding
our
all
the
seats
that
do
exist.
C
H
J
J
B
Absolutely
so,
the
question
is
on
whether
there
will
be
whether
there
are
any
plans
for
mandarin
bilingual
education
in
the
boston,
public
schools
and
I'll
kind
of
comment
on
multilingual
education
in
general.
It
is
very,
very
important
for
us
to
offer
native
language
instruction
for
our
young
people
and
their
families.
You
heard
the
impact
of
what
that
means,
starting
at
the
pre-k
and
early
education
level,
for
families
in
this
community,
connected
to
the
boston,
chinatown
neighborhood
center
and
the
care
that
they
offer
bilingually
in
mandarin
and
in
cantonese.
B
The
quincy
school
in
chinatown
does
offer
mandarin
language
instruction,
although
it's
not
sort
of
full
native
language
content
native
language
teaching
of
the
content,
as
we
continue
to
build
out
the
facilities,
map
and
green
new
deal
for
schools
and
some
of
the
shifts
that
move
around
with
our
new
superintendent
in
place.
We're
very
excited
to
continue
exploring
what
this
means
and
where
programs
could
reside
and
what
partnerships
could
help
us
expand
that.
But
I
think
we
are
here
today
at
this
program,
because.
A
B
B
Yeah,
so
the
success
link
program
is
boston's
youth
summer
jobs
program.
We
traditionally
have
filled
around
3
500
spots
per
year
in
in
previous
years.
There
was
some
virtual
programming
during
the
pandemic
and
so
we're
getting
back
to
full
in-person
programming.
Now
we
this
year
for
the
first
time
ever
funded
6
000
spots,
so
the
goal
was
for
full
youth
summer,
employment
in
boston
and
any
young
person
who
wanted
a
job
would
be
able
to
come
to
the
city
and
apply
for
one.
B
We
have
already
hit
the
same
numbers
as
we
have
in
previous
years,
and
so
now
we're
really
pushing
to
get
above
and
beyond
that.
Many
of
our
programs
that
offer
summer
jobs
at,
for
example,
community,
centers
or
youth
centers
and
city
agencies
have
dramatically
expanded
how
many
teens
and
young
people
they
are
hosting
this
summer.
B
We
still
have
about
last,
I
heard
which
was
about
a
week
and
a
half
ago
we
still
had
about
2
500
seats,
left
we're
working
to
simplify
the
process
and
make
sure
that
our
young
people
can
get
through
the
the
paperwork,
that's
needed
and
documentation.
But
most
of
all,
we
need
the
word
to
spread
that
we
still
have
room
available
and
we're
pushing
to
get
beyond
what
we
have
ever
done
before
in
the
city.