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Child Trends Presents Options to Simplify EEC Fee Table; Advisory Panel Flags Equity and Communication Concerns
Summary
Researchers presented options to simplify Massachusetts' 28-level child care fee table and cap family co-payments at 7% of income; advisory members praised simplicity but warned of cliff effects, language barriers and communication challenges for families.
Child Trends and Lynch Research Associates presented early findings and alternatives for simplifying the Massachusetts Child Care Financial Assistance (CCFA) family fee table, seeking advisory input on tradeoffs between flat-fee and income-based approaches.
Patty Banghart of Child Trends said the project’s goals include developing a simplified fee table that would cap family co-payments at 7% of income, ensuring the approach is equitable and estimating costs to the agency and families. Banghart said the team conducted a landscape scan of 28 states, interviews with New Jersey and Virginia, administrative CCFA data analysis and focus groups with voucher counselors and caregivers.
Research findings: The team noted…
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