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Did you know? Common Start-related provisions in the state's new budget will establish an EEC data advisory commission to collect data on the child care sector! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Did you know? Common Start-related provisions in the state's new budget will provide a pathway for future expansion of eligibility for child care subsidies up to 125% of state median income! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Did you know? Common Start-related provisions in the state's new budget will create a career ladder for early educators with salary and benefit guidelines! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Did you know? Common Start-related provisions in the state's new budget will place a 7% cap on parent fees for families receiving child care financial assistance! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Did you know? Common Start-related provisions in the state's new budget will expand eligibility for child care subsidies up to 85% of state median income ($123,667 for a family of 4)! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Did you know? Common Start-related provisions in the state's new budget will create new early educator loan forgiveness & scholarship programs! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Did you know? Common Start-related provisions in the state's new budget will make the state's C3 operational grants for child care providers permanent! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

It’s official! The FY25 Budget has been signed with major provisions Common Start advocated for. Thank you to @MassGovernor for your leadership on this historic budget. Another thanks to the Legislature and all of Common Start’s members for their hard work! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

TY to our legislative leads @RepKenGordon @AdrianMadaro @SenJasonLewis @SenSusanMoran for your persistence, commitment, and partnership. Big shout out to @CommonStartMA for the incredible organizing and leadership #mapoli #MArunsonchildcare #CommonStartMA

Much gratitude to the house and the senate conferees & @CommonStartMA for this monumental step forward. We’re so excited to see so much of the #CommonStartMA vision reflected in the conference budget. We’re proud to be part of it #mapoli

WE DID IT! Important provisions that Common Start championed made it into the FY25 Budget! Thanks to members of our coalition for their continued advocacy and special thanks to our Senate and House partners for prioritizing affordable child care! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

It's now July 8. There's still no FY 2025 budget. Keep emailing your legislators about the #CommonStartMA agenda, #NoCostCalls funding, and more. #mapoli actionnetwork.org/letters/ma-bud…

.@amightyroary of @reproequity_now: “Child care costs should never be dictating our decisions when and whether to start or grow a family.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

This month, we want to recognize Andrea Pessolano! Andrea has participated in a wide variety of Common Start activities, such as providing a public health perspective to our coalition through lobbying & testimony. Thank you for all your work, Andrea! #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Thank you to all our elected champions for passing comprehensive early education and care legislation through the MA Senate - unanimously! wgbh.org/news/politics/… #mapoli #childcarecrisis #CommonStartMA

Have you heard? Last week, the MA Senate passed the Early Ed Act, which helps to foster the Common Start vision of more affordable and accessible high-quality early education and care. Read more about it here: bostonherald.com/2024/03/15/mas… #mapoli #childcarecrisis #CommonStartMA

Join us TODAY on the steps of the State House with Senate President Spilka, Senator Lewis, and members of the Common Start Coalition for a rally for early education and care. See you soon! #mapoli #childcarecrisis #CommonStartMA

Will you be joining us on the steps of the State House this Thursday, March 14 at 10:30am? We’ll be rallying in support of high-quality, affordable, accessible early education and childcare! #mapoli #childcarecrisis #CommonStartMA

Have you sent an email to your Senator? You can use the link below to let your Senator know that you support the Early Ed Act. Contact them now, before Thursday’s vote! #maplli #childcarecrisis #CommonStartMA actionnetwork.org/letters/vote-y…

Please join Senate President Spilka, Senator Lewis, and members of the Common Start Coalition for a rally for early education and care this Thursday, March 14, at 10:30am, on the State House steps. #mapoli #childcarecrisis #CommonStartMA

We were proud to join our @CommonStartMA partners at the State House this week to rally in support of affordable, accessible, high-quality early education and care. #MApoli #CommonStartMA

Massachusetts is in a childcare crisis. Quality early education can be hard to find. Spaces are limited, costs are high, and staffing can be short. @CommonStartMA is working to bring about change for families in the Commonwealth. #coalitionforsocialjustice #commonstartma

Shamlian Lloyd (sp?): “It cost more for me to go to work than to stay at home.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Laurel Schwab: “Even on days my child is in day care, I have to leave work early.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Tomás Gonzalez of Amplify Latinx: The #CommonStartMA bills are essential to the prosperity and wellbeing of the state. #mapoli

ICYMI - Adam Jones, @MassBudget policy analyst, testified last month in support of H489/S301 to create more affordable & accessible high-quality #childcare in #Massachusetts. #CommonStartMA #CommonStart #mapoli Watch or read his testimony here: buff.ly/3TaZOAl

Noelle Pina of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce stresses that affordable and accessible child care is good for business. #mapoli #CommonStartMA

.@amightyroary of @reproequity_now: “Achieving reproductive equity in Massachusetts is not possible when we have the second highest child care costs in the country.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Pamela Thompson of Neighborhood Villages: “The reality is that teachers can still make more money working at McDonald’s.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Aidn White, also an early childhood teacher in Northampton, talks about how he could not afford child care on his salary. #mapoli #CommonStartMA

.@SarahElizNev: “The child care crisis isn’t just about affordability. It’s about quality….Child care cannot be separated from education.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Latoya Gayle: “Things don’t end up in college and doing well by accident. This bill is not just for the economy; it’s for our children.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Kate Dineen: “Reproductive freedom must include freedom to parent when you choose…This cannot be achieved without access to affordable and reliable child care.” #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Mary Jo Meisner explains why investing in early childhood and early education is critical to the ability of women to advance at the workplace. #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Greg Millien of the Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children talks about how great teachers are leaving because they can’t survive on the low pay. #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Mark your calendar! Looking for an opportunity to share your voice, join @CommonStartMA at the State House on July 13th for a family-friendly rally in support of accessible child care. Face painting, poster making, a short march & more! #commonstartma #civicengagement #csjedfund

Kathleen Raymond of the Montessori Beginning School in Cape Cod: "We can and must stabilize our centers, transform our workforce, and heal our broken system." #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Linda McElaney, a mental health counselor, explains how early education is essential to school readiness and emphasizes that early educators should not have to work multiple jobs to get by. #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Rosimara Sneed: “Picture a day in which the day care I already paid for had closed.” She talks about having to bring her son to the restaurant where she works and the distress it caused him. #mapoli #CommonStartMA

Ilona Yukhayev talks about how when she grew up in Azerbaijan, she had higher quality early education than what she is able to send her kid to here in MA, underscores the need to pay teachers better. #mapoli #CommonStartMA