70 percent of Mass. infants live in child care deserts, according to state data  - CommonWealth Beacon

70% of Mass. infants live in child care deserts, according to state data

A family child care center run by Martha Conlon of Dedham, Mass. (Courtesy Neighbor Schools)The vast majority of infants and a plurality of toddlers in Massachusetts live in child care deserts, new state data show. Despite the recent increases in early education system capacity, sizeable gaps remain between available seats and the overall number of children, and program capacity falls short for tens of thousands of young children in each early e…

70 percent of Mass. infants live in child care deserts, according to state data  - CommonWealth Beacon

THE VAST MAJORITY of infants and a plurality of toddlers in Massachusetts live in child care deserts, new state data show. Despite the recent increases in early education system capacity, sizeable gaps remain between available seats and the overall number of children, and program capacity falls short for tens of thousands of young children in each early education age group across the state.  Around 59,000 (70 percent) of infants, around 43,000 (…