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DCYF outlines 10‑year access and living‑wage plan, targets 7% family cost goal
Summary
DCYF presented an implementation plan for the Early Care and Education Access and Living Wage proviso, detailing four goals — family access, workforce living wages, data/system alignment and facilities — and said cost modeling will follow public feedback.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families on the Provider Supports Subcommittee call presented an implementation plan to expand access to early care and education and to fund living wages and benefits for the workforce.
Diana Stokes, Early Care and Education Access Project Manager at DCYF, told providers the plan builds on prior legislation and sets four organizing goals: expand access to high‑quality, affordable care; support a thriving early‑care workforce through living wages and benefits; align data and administrative systems; and secure adequate facilities for system expansion.
"We are working towards how do we increase access to high quality and affordable, affordable meaning a sustainable amount for child care where families…
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