Strategies for Children
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Strategies for Children leads the way toward meaningful change in early childhood systems across Massachusetts by connecting people to people, people to policy, and people to power | Learn more www.strategiesforchildren.org
Strategies for Children is closed for winter break starting *today* Monday, December 22 - we'll be back in action on Monday, January 5, 2026! We're looking forward to connecting with you in the new year. Learn more strategiesforchildren.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Strategies for Children is closed for winter break starting *today* Monday, December 22 - we'll be back in action on Monday, January 5, 2026! We're looking forward to connecting with you in the new year. Learn more strategiesforchildren.org
Today's blog:
Happy holidays. The blog is going on vacation.
We'll be back in January.
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Happy holidays. The blog is going on vacation.
We'll be back in January.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today's blog:
Happy holidays. The blog is going on vacation.
We'll be back in January.
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Happy holidays. The blog is going on vacation.
We'll be back in January.
buff.ly/EwlvdQq
Today's blog:
Get to know our fellows!
The Early Childhood Policy Pathways Fellowship provides recent higher education graduates with valuable, real-world experience that puts them on pathways to leadership.
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Get to know our fellows!
The Early Childhood Policy Pathways Fellowship provides recent higher education graduates with valuable, real-world experience that puts them on pathways to leadership.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Today's blog:
Get to know our fellows!
The Early Childhood Policy Pathways Fellowship provides recent higher education graduates with valuable, real-world experience that puts them on pathways to leadership.
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Get to know our fellows!
The Early Childhood Policy Pathways Fellowship provides recent higher education graduates with valuable, real-world experience that puts them on pathways to leadership.
buff.ly/BT150XW
Tomorrow on #The930Call - WEDNESDAY, December 17
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
How to join these calls? Visit buff.ly/F2JJwa9, click the orange registration button, and complete the form. You will receive an email with the Zoom link. We use the same Zoom link for all 9:30 calls.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
How to join these calls? Visit buff.ly/F2JJwa9, click the orange registration button, and complete the form. You will receive an email with the Zoom link. We use the same Zoom link for all 9:30 calls.
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Tomorrow on #The930Call - WEDNESDAY, December 17
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
How to join these calls? Visit buff.ly/F2JJwa9, click the orange registration button, and complete the form. You will receive an email with the Zoom link. We use the same Zoom link for all 9:30 calls.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell
How to join these calls? Visit buff.ly/F2JJwa9, click the orange registration button, and complete the form. You will receive an email with the Zoom link. We use the same Zoom link for all 9:30 calls.
TOMORROW! Budget Breakdown: Get Ready for Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Season - Join SFC and NV on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom to learn about the MA state budget process and how you can advocate for a stronger early education and care system in FY 2027. Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
TOMORROW! Budget Breakdown: Get Ready for Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Season - Join SFC and NV on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom to learn about the MA state budget process and how you can advocate for a stronger early education and care system in FY 2027. Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
Join us today! MONDAY, December 15 - Commissioner Kershaw, MA Department of Early Education and Care, will join to provide agency updates, a brief overview of the December Board meeting, and take questions. Live interpretation (English to Spanish, Portuguese) will be provided by Excel Linguistics.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Join us today! MONDAY, December 15 - Commissioner Kershaw, MA Department of Early Education and Care, will join to provide agency updates, a brief overview of the December Board meeting, and take questions. Live interpretation (English to Spanish, Portuguese) will be provided by Excel Linguistics.
Join us today and all week on #The930 Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Join us today and all week on #The930 Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
Friday quote:
“Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher ‘and cook, nurse and entertainment,’ she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early childhood education program that cares for a dozen children.
“ ‘Often we’re called providers, or babysitters, but we’re educators too,’ she says.
“Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher ‘and cook, nurse and entertainment,’ she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early childhood education program that cares for a dozen children.
“ ‘Often we’re called providers, or babysitters, but we’re educators too,’ she says.
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Friday quote:
“Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher ‘and cook, nurse and entertainment,’ she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early childhood education program that cares for a dozen children.
“ ‘Often we’re called providers, or babysitters, but we’re educators too,’ she says.
“Jennifer Nicholls is the owner, lead teacher ‘and cook, nurse and entertainment,’ she joked, at Journey Preschool, a home-based early childhood education program that cares for a dozen children.
“ ‘Often we’re called providers, or babysitters, but we’re educators too,’ she says.
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEXT WEEK! Budget Breakdown: Get Ready for Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Season - Join SFC and NV on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom to learn about the MA state budget process and how you can advocate for a stronger early education and care system in FY 2027. Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
NEXT WEEK! Budget Breakdown: Get Ready for Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Season - Join SFC and NV on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom to learn about the MA state budget process and how you can advocate for a stronger early education and care system in FY 2027. Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Join us today and all week on #The930Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Join us today and all week on #The930Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
Friday quote:
” ‘We know that literacy is about knowledge building and knowledge building is about experience, vocabulary, and language. That’s true for everyone.
” ‘We know that literacy is about knowledge building and knowledge building is about experience, vocabulary, and language. That’s true for everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Friday quote:
” ‘We know that literacy is about knowledge building and knowledge building is about experience, vocabulary, and language. That’s true for everyone.
” ‘We know that literacy is about knowledge building and knowledge building is about experience, vocabulary, and language. That’s true for everyone.
Today's blog:
"The Boston Globe" highlights Sunrise Erectors, a company that offers free child care to employees.
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"The Boston Globe" highlights Sunrise Erectors, a company that offers free child care to employees.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Today's blog:
"The Boston Globe" highlights Sunrise Erectors, a company that offers free child care to employees.
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"The Boston Globe" highlights Sunrise Erectors, a company that offers free child care to employees.
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This fall, Strategies for Children welcomed the 5th Cohort of the Advocacy Network for Early Childhood - get to know our advocates and learn more about our work: strategiesforchildren.org/advocacy-net...
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This fall, Strategies for Children welcomed the 5th Cohort of the Advocacy Network for Early Childhood - get to know our advocates and learn more about our work: strategiesforchildren.org/advocacy-net...
MAÑANA: Únete a nosotros en The 9:30 Call en español - Miércoles, 3 de Diciembre a las 6:30pm - El Poder de la Historia: Conectando Corazones, Impulsando el Crecimiento Empresarial: Luisa Muñoz, Directora de Marketing de Contenido en United Way of Massachusetts Bay
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
MAÑANA: Únete a nosotros en The 9:30 Call en español - Miércoles, 3 de Diciembre a las 6:30pm - El Poder de la Historia: Conectando Corazones, Impulsando el Crecimiento Empresarial: Luisa Muñoz, Directora de Marketing de Contenido en United Way of Massachusetts Bay
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
Today's blog:
Join us on Zoom for the first in a series of conversations about the state budget.
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Join us on Zoom for the first in a series of conversations about the state budget.
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December 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Today's blog:
Join us on Zoom for the first in a series of conversations about the state budget.
buff.ly/qXgHcJS
Join us on Zoom for the first in a series of conversations about the state budget.
buff.ly/qXgHcJS
Join us today and all week on #The930Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Join us today and all week on #The930Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Join us on #The930Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Join us on #The930Call - learn more about our daily check-in for the early childhood community and sign up to receive weekly email updates with Zoom access strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
Únete a nosotros en The 9:30 Call en español - Miércoles, 3 de Diciembre a las 6:30pm
El Poder de la Historia: Conectando Corazones, Impulsando el Crecimiento Empresarial: Luisa Muñoz, Directora de Marketing de Contenido en United Way of Massachusetts Bay
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
El Poder de la Historia: Conectando Corazones, Impulsando el Crecimiento Empresarial: Luisa Muñoz, Directora de Marketing de Contenido en United Way of Massachusetts Bay
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Únete a nosotros en The 9:30 Call en español - Miércoles, 3 de Diciembre a las 6:30pm
El Poder de la Historia: Conectando Corazones, Impulsando el Crecimiento Empresarial: Luisa Muñoz, Directora de Marketing de Contenido en United Way of Massachusetts Bay
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
El Poder de la Historia: Conectando Corazones, Impulsando el Crecimiento Empresarial: Luisa Muñoz, Directora de Marketing de Contenido en United Way of Massachusetts Bay
strategiesforchildren.org/930call/
Friday quote:
“The average cost of child care for a 4-year-old in the state has skyrocketed to nearly $18,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
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“The average cost of child care for a 4-year-old in the state has skyrocketed to nearly $18,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Friday quote:
“The average cost of child care for a 4-year-old in the state has skyrocketed to nearly $18,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
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“The average cost of child care for a 4-year-old in the state has skyrocketed to nearly $18,000, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
buff.ly/xqSFp5f
Today's blog:
Here's what providers need to know about updating their C3 Grants.
Here's what providers need to know about updating their C3 Grants.
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today's blog:
Here's what providers need to know about updating their C3 Grants.
Here's what providers need to know about updating their C3 Grants.
Budget Breakdown: Get Ready for Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Season - Join SFC and NV on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom to learn about the MA state budget process and how you can advocate for a stronger early education and care system in FY 2027.
Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Budget Breakdown: Get Ready for Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Season - Join SFC and NV on Tuesday, Dec. 16 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm on Zoom to learn about the MA state budget process and how you can advocate for a stronger early education and care system in FY 2027.
Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
Register: buff.ly/ZbFLvuN
Acompáñenos en The 9:30 Call en español *HOY* miercoles 19 de noviembre a las 6:30 p. m. por Zoom. Jalexa Molina, asesora fiscal de CLEO Tax Advisors en Worcester, presentará el tema: “Organización, Tiempo y Espacio: Cómo Prepararte para Maximizar tus Deducciones como Family Child Care”.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Acompáñenos en The 9:30 Call en español *HOY* miercoles 19 de noviembre a las 6:30 p. m. por Zoom. Jalexa Molina, asesora fiscal de CLEO Tax Advisors en Worcester, presentará el tema: “Organización, Tiempo y Espacio: Cómo Prepararte para Maximizar tus Deducciones como Family Child Care”.