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Press Release  Healey-Driscoll 政府向当地“启智托儿”计划(Head Start Child Care Programs)颁发 1,500 万美元的拨款

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6/30/2023
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Media Contact   for Healey-Driscoll 政府向当地“启智托儿”计划(Head Start Child Care Programs)颁发 1,500 万美元的拨款

Alana Davidson, Director of Communications

秘书和专员在青少狮启蒙计划中与孩子们交谈

林恩Healey-Driscoll 政府今天宣布,它将于 2024 财政年度向全州 28 个提供早期启智教育和启智教育的组织颁发 1,500 万美元的州启智教育补充拨款,以强化该州的早期教育和保育队伍。教育部长Patrick Tutwiler和早期教育和保育专员Amy Kershaw今天考察了LynnLeo Inc.启智计划,直接与教育工作者和家庭会面并听取他们的意见,看到了该计划的影响,该计划每年为11,000多名儿童提供支持,并聘用了约4,000名早教专业人员。

州长 Maura Healey 这项启智计划拨款有助于解决我在州内出行时经常听到的两个挑战:儿童保育的高成本和影响年轻人的心理健康危机。”“1,500万美元的州政府资金投资于像启智计划这样的项目,将有助于提高我们州支出的可负担性和公平性,支持雇用合格的教育工作者为更多的儿童服务,并通过满足家庭需求,建设更健康的小区。

政府承诺加强当地的早教和保育基础设施。这些拨款支持我们当地的启智计划投资于年轻学习者,这样无论他们身处何地,经济背景如何,都能获得他们在学校和生活中取得成功所需的优质教育,"副州长 Kim Driscoll 启智计划支持家庭保持经济稳定,促进孩子的健康发展和福祉。

这些拨款的重点是资助劳动力发展,提高所有启智计划和早期启智计划的质量。资金可用于支付工作人员的工资、报酬和福利,以解决早期启智教育和启智教育工作人员的招聘和留任问题,以及为早期启智计划和启智计划提供直接支持,从而提供高质量的综合服务,其中可能包括教练、心理健康顾问和额外的教学人员,以降低教职工与儿童的比例。

“Healey-Driscoll 政府致力于在我们的一切工作中以公平为中心。启智教育是这项工作的一个关键部分 ——通过满足儿童情感、社会、健康、营养和心理需求的综合教育计划,帮助打破多代贫困的循环,教育部长 Patrick Tutwiler "这笔州政府资金不仅能支持我们的孩子,而且将支持整个家庭的需求。它也是对我们儿童早期教育工作者和当地小区的投资,推动向所有年轻学习者提供优质教育。"

"启智教育是我们儿童保育系统的一个关键部分,它为我们成千上万的小学生进入学校获得成功做好全面准备,同时帮助低收入家庭获得工作并推动我们的经济发展,"早期教育和保育部专员 Amy Kershaw 新冠疫情加剧了早期教育和保育系统中长期存在的脆弱性,这些项目长期以来一直在努力平衡家庭的负担能力,为员工提供足够的工资,并投资于关键的质量支持工作。我们很高兴为当地的启智计划拨款,帮助解决这些挑战,建立一个更普及、负担得起且公平的系统。

"启智计划是麻萨诸塞州超过11,000名弱势幼儿及其家庭的重要生命线,提供儿童及其家庭发展所需的优质早期教育和综合服务。麻萨诸塞州启智计划协会(MHSA)执行主任 Michelle Haimowitz 说:“MHSA感谢立法机构、Healey-Driscoll 政府以及早期教育和保育部通过补充拨款支持启智计划。

早期启智计划和启智计划为有出生至5岁儿童的低收入家庭提供免费的学习和发展服务。一些早期启智计划还为孕妇提供产前服务。领取 TAFDC 现金福利、SNAP 食品福利和/ SSI 残疾福利的家庭,被寄养的儿童和无家可归的儿童自动获得参加启智计划的资格。拨打 1-866-763-6481或访问 https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/how-apply,了解更多关于启智教育的信息并寻找当地项目。

对这 28 个组织的拨款将直接投入麻萨诸塞州的168个城镇。

2024 财政年度启智计划州补充拨款获得者:

获得者

所服务的城/

Action For Boston Community Development, Inc.

BostonEverettMaldenMedford

Associates for Human Services, Inc.

AttleboroBrocktonBridgewaterEast BridgewaterMiddleboroNew BedfordNortonTauntonWhitmanWest Bridgewater

Berkshire County Head Start Child Development Program, Inc

AdamsAlfordBecketCheshireClarksburgDaltonEgremontFloridaGreat BarringtonHancockHinsdaleLanesboroLeeLenoxNew MarlboroughNew AshfordMount WashingtonMontereyNorth AdamsOtisPeruPittsfieldRichmondSandisfieldSavoySheffieldStockbridgeTyringhamWashingtonWest StockbridgeWindsorWilliamstown

Cape Cod YMCA

BarnstableBourneBrewsterChathamDennisEasthamFalmouthHarwichMashpeeOrleansProvincetownSandwichTruroWellfleetYarmouth

Citizens for Citizens, Inc.

BerkleyDightonFall RiverFreetownLakevilleRehobothSeekonkSomersetSwanseaWestport

Communities United, Inc.

ArlingtonBelmontBrooklineBurlingtonLexingtonNeedhamNewtonWalthamWatertownWellesleyWoburn

Community Action Agency of Somerville

CambridgeSomerville

Community Action Pioneer Valley, Inc.

AgawamAmherstBelchertownBernardstonBlandfordBucklandCharlemontChesterChestfieldColrainConwayCummingtonDeerfieldEasthamptonErvingGillGoshenGranbyGranvilleGreenfieldHadleyHatfieldHawleyHeathHuntingtonLeverettLeydenMiddlefieldMontroeMontagueMontgomeryNew SalemNorthamptonNorthfieldOrangePelhamPlainfieldRoweRussellShutesburySouth HadleySouthamptonSouthwickSunderlandTollandWareWarwickWendellWest SpringfieldWestfieldWesthamptonWhatelyWilliamsburgWorthington

Community Action Program-Inter City, Incorporated

ChelseaRevereWinthrop

Community Action, Inc.

AmesburyGeorgetownGrovelandHaverhillMerrimacNewburyNewburyportSalisburyWest Newbury

Community Day Care Center of Lawrence, Inc.

LawrenceMethuen

Community Teamwork, Inc.

BedfordBillericaBurlingtonChelmsfordDracutDunstableLowellTewksburyTyngsboroWestfordWilmington

Dimock Community Services Corporation

波士顿

Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc.

AndoverLawrenceMethuenNorth Andover

Holyoke Chicopee Springfield Head Start, Inc

ChicopeeHolyokeLudlowSpringfield

LEO INC.

LynnLynnfieldMarbleheadNahantSaugusSwampscott

Making Opportunity Count, Inc.

AshburnhamAshbyAyerBarreBoylstonClintonFitchburgGardnerHubbardstonLeominsterLunenburgPhillipstonRoyalstonRutlandTempletonWestminsterWinchendon

Martha's Vineyard Community Services Incorporated

AquinnahChilmarkEdgartownOak BluffsTisburyWest Tisbury

Pathways for Children, Inc.

BeverlyDanversEssexGloucesterIpswichMiddletonPeabodyRockportSalemTopsfieldWenham

People Acting In Community Endeavors, Inc.

AcushnetDartmouthFairhavenMattapoisettNew Bedford

Quincy Community Action Program, Inc.

BraintreeHullMiltonQuincyWeymouth

Riverside Community Care, Inc.

CambridgeMedfordSomerville

Self-Help Incorporated

AbingtonAttleboroAvonBridgewaterBrocktonCantonDedhamEast BridgewaterEastonFoxboroFranklinHanoverHansonHolbrookKingstonMansfieldMiddleboroNorfolkNorth AttleboroNortonNorwoodPlainvilleRandolphRocklandStoughtonWalpoleWest BridgewaterWestwoodWhitmanWrentham

South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc.

ActonAshlandBellinghamBlackstoneBoxboroConcordDoverFraminghamGraftonHollistonHopedaleHopkintonHudsonLincolnLittletonMarboroughMaynardMedfieldMedwayMendonMilfordMillisMillvilleNatickNorthboroughNorthbridgeSherbornShewsburySouthboroughStowSudburyUptonUxbridgeWaylandWestboroughWeston

South Shore Community Action Council, Inc.

BourneCarverCohassettDuxburyHalifaxHanoverHinghamKingstonMarshfieldNorwellPembrokePlymouthPlymptonScituateWareham

Triumph, Inc

RaynhamTaunton

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.

AuburnDudleyEast BrookfieldHoldenLeicesterMillburyOxfordSouthbridgeSpencerSturbridgeWebsterWest Brookfield

Worcester Child Development (Worcester)

Worcester

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Media Contact   for Healey-Driscoll 政府向当地“启智托儿”计划(Head Start Child Care Programs)颁发 1,500 万美元的拨款

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