Section 188 Operational Grants 4

Not later than February 28, 2025, the department of early education and care shall file a report on the impact and utilization of operational grant funding program established under section 189 of this act and section 20 of chapter 15D of the General Laws by multi-site, for-profit center-based child care providers who receive operational grants. The report shall be filed with the clerks of senate and the house of representatives, the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on education. The report shall include information about:

(i) the number of such entities that operate multi-site center-based programs in the commonwealth and the number of sites operated;

(ii) the number and percent of children served in such programs;

(iii) an analysis of the amount of grant funding distributed to each early education and care provider, including data on grant spending delineated by category of spending;

(iv) an analysis of the operations of such providers in other states, including an analysis of the impact, if any, on capacity and tuition costs for such providers when states exhausted COVID-19-related supplemental Child Care Development Fund funding; and

(iv) Any other information deemed necessary by the department to inform future formula adjustments to operational grants.