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Rural CFCE coordinator urges EEC to boost funding for family and community engagement programs
Summary
A long-time CFCE coordinator told the EEC board that five small western Massachusetts communities lack access and staff capacity, and asked the department to plan funding increases after a decade without budget growth for CFCE programs.
Gillian Boudin, a Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) coordinator, told the Department of Early Education and Care board that CFCE programs serving five small western Massachusetts towns are strained and need more sustained funding.
Boudin, who said she has worked with the CFCE grant program for 27 years, described program realities in Irving, Leverett, New Salem, Wendell and…
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