Document Type
Research Report
Publication Date
12-2024
Abstract
The goal of this brief is to explain the cliff effects that currently exist in Massachusetts Senate Bill 2707 and a method for mitigating the abrupt cliffs. Senate Bill 2707 is a slightly amended version of Senate Bill 301 filed in early 2023 and expanding access to childcare financial assistance is a core aim of the legislation. The key eligibility and financial assistance parameters remain the same. It is referred to here and accompanying tables and figures by its original number—Senate Bill 301—for easy tracking. The effects analyzed in this brief are based on the Early Education Cost and Usage Simulator Project (CUSP), a simulator developed by a multi-disciplinary UMass Boston team of researchers to better understand some of the impacts of expanding financial assistance to families for early education and child care.
Recommended Citation
Albelda, Randy; Clayton-Matthews, Alan; Douglass, Anne; Kelleher, Christa M.; Zeng, Songtian; and Nsiah-Jefferson, Laurie, "Addressing the Cliff-Effect Problem in Massachusetts Legislation to Expand Affordable Quality Child Care and Early Education: Policy Brief #1" (2024). Publications from the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. 70.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cwppp_pubs/70