Citing inequity in child care, state officials endorse new subsidy rate for providers

The state’s board, which meets Wednesday, will “marinate” on the multi-pronged proposal, Kershaw said, and then vote on the proposed changes in early January. The changes will begin to address “some long standing inequity” for the roughly 56 percent of child care providers in the state who accept children that receive state subsidies, state Early Education and Care Commissioner Amy Kershaw told the Globe. State officials are proposing to revamp how they divvy up money to reimburse child care centers that provide child care to poor children in Massachusetts, resulting...