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Department of Early Education and Care
| DEPARTMENT | FY2012 Budgetary Recommendations |
FY2012 Federal, Trust, and ISF |
FY2012 Total Spending |
FY2012 Budgetary Non-Tax Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Early Education and Care | 510,149 | 4,404 | 514,553 | 198,785 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION AND CARE | 514,553,197 | |
| Budgetary Direct Appropriations | 510,148,907 | |
| 3000-1000 | Department of Early Education and Care Administration
For the operation of the department of early education and care including the costs of field operations and licensing provided through the department; provided, that notwithstanding chapter 66A of the General Laws, the department, the lead agencies of community partnership councils, the child care resource and referral agencies, the department of elementary and secondary education, the department of transitional assistance, the department of children and families and the department of public health may share with each other personal data regarding the parents and children who receive services provided under early education and care programs administered by the commonwealth for waitlist management, program implementation and evaluation, reporting and policy development purposes |
11,683,491 |
| 3000-2000 | Access Management
For regional administration and coordination for resource and referral services; provided, that funding for activities shall include, but not be limited to program coordination and support, voucher management, outreach to hard-to-reach populations, intake and eligibility services for families seeking financial assistance to enroll in early education and care programs, resource and referral for families with disabilities in child care programs, and walk-in services for homeless families |
5,933,862 |
| 3000-2050 | Children's Trust Fund Operations
For the administration of the Children's Trust Fund |
1,094,507 |
| 3000-4060 | Child Care Access
For financial assistance to families for child care access; provided, that funding shall be available for families referred by the department of children and families, families involved with or transitioning from transitional aid to families with dependant children (TAFDC) and income-eligible families; provided further, that funds shall be used to provide services during a transition period for families involved with the department of children and families upon closure of their case; and provided further, that funds shall be used for former recipients of TAFDC, teen parents, children of homeless families and children of military personnel |
446,137,347 |
| 3000-5000 | Grants to Head Start Programs
For funds to federally funded Head Start programs to support program quality and increase access to head start programs for eligible children; provided, that support of program quality may include the alignment of funding for Head Start programs with the development of a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) |
7,500,000 |
| 3000-5075 | Universal Pre-Kindergarten
For the Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program; provided, that funds from this item shall be expended on grants to improve the quality of and expand access to preschool programs and services to children from the age of 2 years and 9 months until they are kindergarten eligible, through a mixed system of service delivery including public, private, non-profit and for-profit preschools, child care centers, nursery schools, preschools operating within public and private schools and school districts, head start programs, independent and system-affiliated family child care homes; provided further, that funds shall be awarded directly to programs; provided further, that in awarding grant funds under this program, preference shall be given to establishing preschool classrooms in towns and cities with schools and districts at risk of or determined to be under-performing in accordance with sections 1J and 1K of chapter 69 of the General Laws, schools and districts which have been placed in the accountability status of identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under departmental regulations, or which have been designated commonwealth priority schools or commonwealth pilot schools under the regulations, schools or districts with a high percentage of students scoring in levels 1 and 2 on the MCAS exams, or programs which serve children not less than 50 per cent of whom are from families earning at or below 85 per cent of the state median income; provided further, that funds may also be used to leverage and enhance community-wide capacity building efforts within statewide parameters established by the department and may also be used to align the Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program with the development of a Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS); provided further, that all programs designated as Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program participants shall meet high program quality standards established by the department; provided further, that any newly-funded programs designated as Massachusetts Universal Pre-Kindergarten Program participants shall have been accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the National Association of Family Child Care or a Child Development Associate (CDA) credential or higher; and provided further, that programs receiving grant funds may use the funds to enhance teacher and staff quality and compensation, enhance program ability to interpret and use assessment data effectively, enhance developmentally-appropriate practice, incorporate ancillary services into the program, facilitate or provide access to wrap-around services for working families, or to increase capacity to expand access to age-eligible children on the centralized waitlist maintained by the department |
7,500,000 |
| 3000-6000 | Quality Program Supports
For the establishment of a statewide network of supports for early education and care programs to advance the quality of their services to children; provided, that supports funded through this item shall include, but not be limited to, curriculum development, child assessment systems, activities that encourage providers to obtain associate and bachelor degrees, payment of fees and direct assistance to programs seeking accreditation by agencies approved by the board, and professional development courses; provided further, that eligible recipients for these grants shall include, but not be limited to, community partnership councils, municipal school districts, regional school districts, educational collaboratives, head start programs, licensed child care providers, and child care resource and referral centers; provided further, that supports funded through this item shall be in alignment with the development of the quality rating and improvement system; provided further, that the department shall encourage and support early childhood education and care providers to obtain associate and bachelor degrees through professional development programs, including, but not limited to, the building careers program model; and provided further, that where possible, funds from this line item shall be coordinated with funding from item 3000-7050 |
14,011,633 |
| 3000-6075 | Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Services
For early childhood mental health consultation services in early education and care programs in the commonwealth; provided, that preference shall be given to those services designed to limit the number of expulsions and suspensions from these programs |
750,000 |
| 3000-7000 | Children's Trust Fund
For the operation of the Children's Trust Fund, including parental education and home visiting programs for at-risk newborns; provided, that if the appropriation is sufficient, services shall be made available to all parents under 21 years of age; and provided further, that priority for services shall be given to low-income parents |
10,538,067 |
| 3000-7050 | Services for Infants and Parents
For grants to provide coordinated family and community engagement services at the local level; provided, that services may include, but not be limited to, individual or community-wide early literacy activities, family education and engagement initiatives, coordination of services among community-based programs serving families, collaborative activities among and between public schools, community-based early education and care providers and families; provided further, that these services may include the home-based parenting, family literacy, and school readiness program known as the parent-child home program; provided further, that family and community engagement activities funded through this item, where possible, shall be available for families, and early education and care providers serving families, with children birth to school-age; and provided further, that the department shall, to the maximum extent feasible, coordinate services provided through this item with services provided through items 3000-6000 and 3000-7000 in order to ensure that parents receiving services through this item are aware of all opportunities available to them and their children through the department |
5,000,000 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Spending | 4,322,388 | |
| 3000-0708 | Fiscal Year 2007 Head Start
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Fiscal Year 2007 Head Start |
175,000 |
| 3000-2009 | ARRA - Child Care Discretionary Funds
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, ARRA - Child Care Discretionary Funds |
3,569,912 |
| 3000-9002 | Child Abuse Prevention
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Child Abuse Prevention |
577,476 |
| account | description | amount |
|---|---|---|
| Trust and Other Spending | 81,902 | |
| 4130-0009 | Children's Trust | 81,902 |
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