Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has created a promising new Office of Early Childhood, and this office has a new leader, Kristin McSwain.
The office will “advance the administration’s commitment to universal, affordable, high-quality early education and care for all children under five,” by:
• expanding access to early education and childcare programs
• investing in Boston’s early education and care workforce
• accelerating “the creation of a universal pre-K system that stretches across Boston Public Schools (BPS), community-based organizations, and family-based childcare programs”
• expanding high-quality, affordable options for infants and toddlers, and
• serving as “a central point-of-entry for residents looking for information on early education and childcare programming and wraparound services for young children and their families”
Mayor Wu, the mother of two young boys, sums up the vital importance of this work, saying, “Every bit of investment in our children and families to close gaps in early education and care is an investment in our collective future.”
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