Thanks to your continued advocacy and perseverance, last year’s FY25 state budget took major strides towards our vision of high-quality early education and care that is affordable and accessible for all families in Massachusetts. But much more still needs to be done to address our state’s child care challenges.

As we head into the FY26 budget process, Massachusetts has a critical opportunity to build on our historic victories and ensure the implementation of these transformative policies.

Please join Common Start in urging our State Representatives to pass an FY26 budget that makes significant progress towards the implementation of last year’s comprehensive child care legislation, by:

• Increasing the number of families receiving child care financial assistance,

• Increasing funding for the C3 operational grant program to support child care providers, and

• Moving Massachusetts further toward child care reimbursement rates that cover the true cost of delivering high-quality care.

Take two minutes to fill out the form to your right and send an email to your State Representative! Continued investments in early ed and care are essential to growing our state’s labor force, strengthening our economy, and making Massachusetts more affordable, competitive, and equitable.

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