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Massachusetts: Restructuring State Governance to Bring Early Childhood Programs Together

Massachusetts: Restructuring State Governance to Bring Early Childhood Programs Together. OSEP Early Childhood Leadership Conference Arlington, VA Patricia Cameron, 619 Coordinator December 4, 2007. Chapter 15: Enabling Legislation creating the Department of Early Education and Care.

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Massachusetts: Restructuring State Governance to Bring Early Childhood Programs Together

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  1. Massachusetts: Restructuring State Governance to Bring Early Childhood Programs Together OSEP Early Childhood Leadership Conference Arlington, VA Patricia Cameron, 619 Coordinator December 4, 2007

  2. Chapter 15: Enabling Legislationcreating the Department of Early Education and Care DOE DPH Office of Child Care Services Early Learning Services Early Intervention Department of Early Education and Care

  3. Early Education and Care (EEC) The agency oversees: Child care licensing/regulations, income eligible financial assistance, contracts and vouchers • Infant, toddler, preschool, school-age • Resource and referral agencies Early childhood special education (619) • Early childhood indicators #6, 7, 12 • Grants to LEAs Family support (Mass Family Networks, PCHP) Universal Pre-K Workforce development Quality initiatives Head Start State Collaboration project Residential school licensing Adoption agency licensing

  4. Collaborationincluding, but not limited to, • DPH – Early Intervention, MECCS’ Commissioner’s Group, ICC, Expanding Opportunities (multi-agency) • DOE – special education and State Performance Plan and APR, data sharing, CPSD advisory • DMH – Rosie D (multi-agency) • DMR – autism waiver/roundtable • DTA – immediate access to child care for eligible families • DSS – immediate access to child care for families with an active 51A

  5. Benefits and Impacts of Restructuring - Building a System of Early Education and Care Benefits • Streamlined – one agency, own Board, one Commissioner overseeing early childhood – to build a system of early education and care • Extending ages from infants through school-age; continuity • Aligning programs and policies to be more consistent across programs and funding streams Impacts • Public awareness – who reports to us now? • Merging diverse work cultures; creating one new culture

  6. Lessons Learned • Legislation passed and agency started, no planning time… • Change happens, slowly... • Creating a system of early education and care enhances collaboration and a coming together of stakeholders

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