Already-strained child-care field struggles to cope with COVID challenges (Letters) – Boston Globe
Thanks to Naomi Martin and Tiana Woodard for their article about struggling child-care providers (“Child-care crisis ripples through communities,” Page A1, Jan. 4). The child-care system in Massachusetts teeters on the brink of collapse, but it was not caused by COVID-19. Rather, the pandemic revealed the historic fragmentation and underinvestment in child care in the Commonwealth.
In short, we are facing a full-scale collapse of our child-care system. The Legislature must address this critical issue, taking advantage of federal recovery funds and a state budget surplus to build a more equitable system for young families and for providers, as laid out in the Common Start bill. We can’t miss this one-time chance to build a system that really works.