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Child-care providers tell EEC board voucher delays are sidelining teachers and families
Summary
Multiple public commenters — center directors and community leaders — told the EEC board that slow voucher processing has left staff and families unable to access care, preventing teachers from working and blocking center openings; commenters urged prioritizing vouchers for early-education staff and faster processing.
Several providers spoke during public comment about the immediate effects of delayed childcare vouchers on staff, center operations and families.
Robin Myertz, director of Maimonides Early Childhood Center (Brookline), gave multiple examples of teachers and assistants who could not place their own children because voucher approvals were delayed. "She can't send her child to school because she's waiting and waiting and waiting for vouchers," Myertz said of one assistant; she later read a personal note from an assistant who…
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