Date: | 10/11/2018 |
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Organization: | Department of Early Education and Care |
Regulatory Authority: |
MGL c. 30A MGL c. 15D §3 MGL c. 15D §6 MGL c. 15D §7 MGL c. 15D §8 MGL c. 15D §10 45 CFR 98 |
Official Version: | The public hearing notice will be published in the Massachusetts Register on November 2, 2018. |
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
In accordance with M.G.L. c. 30A, the Board of Early Education and Care has revised regulations found at 606 CMR 10.00 pursuant to its authority under c. 15D §§3, 6, 7, 8 and 10. The proposed regulations are being revised to reflect new Federal Requirements under the reauthorization of the Child Care Development Block Grant and mandated by 42 USC, §9858 et seq. and 45 CFR 98 et seq. The revised regulations implement new Financial Assistance requirements and procedures including the following:
- delivery of more stable and continuous child care financial assistance to families by extending children's eligibility for child care to 12 months;
- strengthening of eligibility requirements, including changes to eligible service needs to comply with mandates under CCDBG;
- increased expectations for children to attend while creating an exemption system for children with chronic illnesses so those children are not excluded from care;
- increased flexibility for EEC to better serve priority populations due to more expansive definition of homelessness under McKinney-Vento required by CCDBG; and
- the development of a more formalized system to maintain program integrity to limit improper payments and other fraudulent activities.
To view the proposed regulations, you may download copies further below on this web page. You may also obtain a hard copy of the proposed regulations at EEC main office at 51 Sleeper Street, Fourth Floor, Boston, MA 02210, or by emailing jenna.buonopane@mass.gov.
Ways to Provide Comment:
Email to: |
jenna.buonopane@mass.gov |
Mail or hand delivery to: |
Department of Early Education and Care |
In person at hearing: |
November 14, 2018, 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (Boston) November 15, 2018, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (Springfield) November 16, 2018, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Worcester) |
The deadline for submitting written comment is November 19, 2018 at 5:00PM.
Please note that in the "Downloads" section below, the version labeled "clean" incorporates the proposed amendments into the current regulations and the version labeled "redlined" shows the line-by-line proposed amendments to the current regulations.)