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Sep 07, 2022
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Sep 07, 2022
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Over the last two years, the child care industry has been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Child care closures, labor shortages, and changing workforce patterns have upended a system that was already in crisis due to high costs and limited access. To help address these challenges,…
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Jul 06, 2022
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Jul 06, 2022
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The average cost of child care is more than $20,000 a year in Massachusetts, the most expensive state in the nation, only behind Washington, D.C., and well above the national average of $15,888, according to a recent report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation.
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May 06, 2022
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May 06, 2022
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A new study by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation demonstrates how urgent the situation is. Before accounting for people who left the workforce during the pandemic, working families lose $1.7 billion in wages annually when they miss work or have to reduce hours because they don’t have enough…
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May 03, 2022
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May 03, 2022
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The lack of child care options in Massachusetts is costing families, businesses and the state government more than $2.7 billion a year.
That’s according to a report from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, which reports that working families are losing an estimated $1.7 million a year in lost…
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Apr 28, 2022
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Apr 28, 2022
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Over the past few years the issue of child care has gained momentum in national and state policy discussions. This has been especially true throughout the pandemic, as the public health emergency and economic fallout turned a dire child care situation into a crisis. Due to the increased focus on…
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Apr 28, 2022
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Apr 28, 2022
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The Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation is set to release a report on Thursday that outlines the detrimental impacts the childcare shortage is having on the state’s economy. Among the eye-popping stats: Inadequate childcare cost businesses in Massachusetts an estimated $97 million a month last…
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Apr 28, 2022
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Apr 28, 2022
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The business-backed foundation projected that employers lose nearly $812 million every year due to lost productivity, turnover and replacement costs when workers need to step away to care for their children, in addition to the estimated $1.66 billion in lost wages that families face.
And because…
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Apr 19, 2022
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Apr 19, 2022
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The Briefing Covers:
MTF Preview: Economic Impact of Insufficient Child Care
Child Care Funding 101
Early Education and Care Economic Review Commission
Budget Updates
What’s Next for MA Child Care Policy?
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Mar 24, 2022
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Mar 24, 2022
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Please join us for our March policy call. The topic will be an update on early education. For more information about this event, please contact Debbie Carroll at dcarroll@masstaxpayers.org.
MTF members, click HERE to register.
Upcoming Calls
MTF's Monthly Policy Calls are members-only webinars…
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Dec 15, 2021
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Dec 15, 2021
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In addition to other federal relief money, Massachusetts received $314 million in child care stabilization funds through the American Rescue Plan Act, according to a brief from the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. States are required to spend 90 percent of the stabilization funds directly on…
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