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EEC spotlights CFCE network: 80 grantees, 25,000 playgroups and a statewide rebrand planned
Summary
Department leaders presented Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) program data showing more than 25,000 playgroups and roughly $11.5 million in grantee funding in FY25, described partnerships (Parent Child Plus, Children's Trust, Boston Children's Museum, Reach Out and Read) and outlined a vendor-led rebrand to improve public recognition and referrals.
Department officials used the board's December meeting in Lynn to describe the scope and aims of the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement network (CFCE), the state'funded family and community supports that serve as many families'first contact with early childhood services.
Hajai Shearer, associate commissioner for family and community supports, told the board that CFCE includes 80 grantees serving all 351 Massachusetts municipalities and that grants range from about $37,000 to nearly $937,000. She said the department's FY25 reporting showed "almost 25,000" unique playgroups statewide and approximately 380,000 touchpoints (counting each instance a family accessed services). Hajai said CFCEs provided roughly 72,000 referrals and about…
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