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Early Education & Care

funding levels adjusted for inflation (CPI)

  • Funding History
Adjusted for inflation (CPI) NOT adjusted
FY24 Gov$1,309,364,095$1,309,364,095
FY23 Current$1,255,858,814$1,183,701,283
FY22$1,057,818,732$955,694,506
FY21$1,070,940,386$902,871,093
FY20$863,099,598$711,364,957
FY19$768,068,797$623,191,366
FY18$701,524,297$557,638,186
FY17$730,002,738$567,552,842
FY16$746,474,680$569,759,356
FY15$712,415,497$540,174,055
FY14$685,131,781$515,796,112
FY13$673,271,630$499,101,504
FY12$695,245,247$506,848,267
FY11$734,562,832$520,233,228
FY10$742,800,446$515,834,423
FY09$828,125,829$569,483,058
FY08$812,806,957$551,228,753
FY07$780,364,336$510,296,241
FY06$745,062,516$474,870,244
FY05$733,437,768$450,445,031
FY04$750,423,765$447,433,749
FY03$798,177,162$465,635,266
FY02$887,553,511$506,614,365
FY01$934,234,211$523,981,230

comparisons adjusted for inflation (CPI)

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Funding for Early Education & Care
54.5%

comparisons adjusted for inflation (CPI)

Adjusted for inflation (CPI) NOT adjusted
FY24 Gov$1,309,364,095$1,309,364,095
FY23 Current$1,255,858,814$1,183,701,283
FY23 GAA$1,255,858,814$1,183,701,283
FY23 Leg$1,255,858,814$1,183,701,283
FY23 Sen$1,198,027,806$1,129,193,055
FY23 SWM$1,197,486,717$1,128,683,055
FY23 Hou$967,787,160$912,181,282
FY23 HWM$967,681,064$912,081,282
FY23 Gov$870,283,308$820,279,682
FY22 GAA$906,609,138$819,083,030

funding levels adjusted for inflation (CPI)

  • Active Line Items
  • All Line Items
FY21FY22FY23 CurrentFY24 Gov
Dept. of Early Ed. and Care Administration$7,384,758$8,535,898$12,945,333$11,591,537
Quality Improvement$52,271,391$50,025,715$47,266,921$46,706,191
Early Education Workforce Stabilization$0$145,065,009$0$0
Center-Based Child Care Rate Increase$23,722,996$22,137,173$63,657,554$0
Early Education and Care Parent Fee Reserve$47,445,993$9,906,385$0$0
Early Education COVID-19 Workforce and Support Reserve$29,653,746$0$265,239,810$375,000,000
EEC Infrastructure & Policy Reforms$0$0$26,523,981$0
Access Management (Child Care Resource and Referral Centers)$13,166,263$13,282,304$15,914,389$20,000,000
Childrens Trust Fund$2,057,644$1,920,095$2,346,013$1,873,770
Supportive and TANF Childcare$443,298,469$397,283,559$345,386,180$355,658,167
Child Care Access$367,116,800$330,621,880$390,548,587$417,992,201
Grants to Head Start Programs$17,792,247$16,602,880$17,505,827$15,000,000
Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative$11,861,498$11,068,587$15,914,389$15,000,000
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation$2,965,375$3,320,576$3,713,357$5,000,000
Healthy Families Home Visiting Program$19,498,111$18,194,711$18,587,606$17,523,039
EEC Contingency Contract Retained Revenue$632,564$646,818$339,507$320,000
Family Support and Engagement$13,687,208$12,772,252$12,412,364$11,699,190
Parent-Child Plus program$3,558,449$3,652,634$4,243,837$4,000,000
Neighborhood Villages Pilot Program $1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$1,000,000
EEC Provider Higher Education Opportunities$11,861,498$5,534,293$10,609,592$10,000,000
Reach Out and Read Program$1,186,150$1,713,670$1,642,607$1,000,000
Northstar Learning Center$0$4,427,435$0$0
Early Education Public-Private Trust$593,075$0$0$0
FY21FY22FY23 CurrentFY24 Gov
Early Education and Care Provider Rate Increase$0$0$0$0
Child Care Rate Reserve$0$0$0$0
Early Education and Care Assessment$0$0$0$0
Family Child Care Providers Reserve$0$0$0$0
Early Education Salary Reserve$0$0$0$0
Dept. of Early Ed. and Care Administration$7,384,758$8,535,898$12,945,333$11,591,537
Early Education and Care Office of Compliance Management$0$0$0$0
Quality Improvement$52,271,391$50,025,715$47,266,921$46,706,191
Early Education Workforce Stabilization$0$145,065,009$0$0
Center-Based Child Care Rate Increase$23,722,996$22,137,173$63,657,554$0
Sliding Fee Scale Reserve$0$0$0$0
Early Education and Care Parent Fee Reserve$47,445,993$9,906,385$0$0
Early Education COVID-19 Workforce and Support Reserve$29,653,746$0$265,239,810$375,000,000
EEC Infrastructure & Policy Reforms$0$0$26,523,981$0
Early Education and Care Assessment$0$0$0$0
Access Management (Child Care Resource and Referral Centers)$13,166,263$13,282,304$15,914,389$20,000,000
Grants to Community Partnership Councils$0$0$0$0
Childrens Trust Fund$2,057,644$1,920,095$2,346,013$1,873,770
Pre-K Curriculum Grant$0$0$0$0
Supportive Child Care$0$0$0$0
Supportive and TANF Childcare$443,298,469$397,283,559$345,386,180$355,658,167
Community Partnerships for Children$0$0$0$0
Preschool Programs$0$0$0$0
Income Eligible Wait List$0$0$0$0
Child Care Program for Low-Income Families$0$0$0$0
TANF-Related Child Care$0$0$0$0
Child Care Access$367,116,800$330,621,880$390,548,587$417,992,201
Early Education Provider Quality Investments$0$0$0$0
Early Education Commission Consultant$0$0$0$0
Income Eligible Wait List$0$0$0$0
Infant and Toddler Initiative$0$0$0$0
Quality Efforts$0$0$0$0
Kindergarten Entry Assessment System$0$0$0$0
Grants to Head Start Programs$17,792,247$16,602,880$17,505,827$15,000,000
K1 Classroom Grant Program$0$0$0$0
Universal Pre-Kindergarten$0$0$0$0
Commonwealth Preschool Expansion Grants$0$0$0$0
Quality Program Supports$0$0$0$0
Commonwealth Preschool Partnership Initiative$11,861,498$11,068,587$15,914,389$15,000,000
Professional Development$0$0$0$0
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation$2,965,375$3,320,576$3,713,357$5,000,000
Healthy Families Home Visiting Program$19,498,111$18,194,711$18,587,606$17,523,039
Multi-Generational Anti-Poverty Pilot$0$0$0$0
EEC Contingency Contract Retained Revenue$632,564$646,818$339,507$320,000
Mass. Family Networks$0$0$0$0
Family Support and Engagement$13,687,208$12,772,252$12,412,364$11,699,190
Reading Proficiency by Grade 3$0$0$0$0
Parent-Child Plus program$3,558,449$3,652,634$4,243,837$4,000,000
Neighborhood Villages Pilot Program $1,186,150$1,106,859$1,060,959$1,000,000
Parent-Child Home Program$0$0$0$0
EEC Provider Higher Education Opportunities$11,861,498$5,534,293$10,609,592$10,000,000
Reach Out and Read Program$1,186,150$1,713,670$1,642,607$1,000,000
Comprehensive Support Services$0$0$0$0
Office of Child Care Services Administration$0$0$0$0
Childrens Trust Fund Administration$0$0$0$0
Field Operations and Licensing$0$0$0$0
Healthy Families Home Visiting Program$0$0$0$0
Child Care Quality Improvements$0$0$0$0
Child Care Program for Low-Income Families$0$0$0$0
Regional Administration of Child Care Programs$0$0$0$0
Access to Jobs Initiative$0$0$0$0
Post-Transitional Child Care$0$0$0$0
Income Eligible Child Care Services$0$0$0$0
Teen Parent Child Care At Teen Living$0$0$0$0
Trial Court Day Care Services$0$0$0$0
Supportive Child Care$0$0$0$0
Informal Child Care Program$0$0$0$0
Northstar Learning Center$0$4,427,435$0$0
Quality Rating and Improvement System$0$0$0$0
Office of Early Education$0$0$0$0
Parent-Child Home Program$0$0$0$0
Head Start Program Grants$0$0$0$0
Board of Early Education and Care$0$0$0$0
Early Education Public-Private Trust$593,075$0$0$0

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