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View Comments This story is being provided for free as part of a series on childcare during the COVID-19 pandemic, powered by the Solutions Journalism Network and dedicated to delivering solution-oriented stories about problems our community is facing. FRAMINGHAM — With a young daughter in the MetroWest YMCA day program, Framingham mom Katie Brennan just secured a promotion at her job. “I definitely do not think it would have been something I could do if I was working remotely at home with my kids,” said Brennan, whose other child is a seventh-grader. “Without that day care, it wouldn...

Massachusetts State Senator Susan Moran joined Marcus Ferro to discuss the details of the Common Start legislation and why it's so important for families.

New bill promises ‘universal’ affordable child care, would cap costs for most families Erin Tiernan © Provided by Boston Herald WOBURN, MA - February 16, 2021: A young child reads a book and plays in Woburn, Massachusetts. A new bill aims to help families with child care as the workforce rebounds after the pandemic cools. (Staff photo by Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald) Lawmakers looking to “even the playing field” in a state that carries some of the highest costs for child care in the nation have filed a bill advocates say would create a universal ...

 filed Tuesday would create a system of universal child and after-school care in the state, creating more predictable funding for providers and subsidizing costs for all families. The bill would infuse the child and after-school system with an estimated $600 million over five years, according to one of the bill's sponsors. Upon full implementation, families earning less than half the state's median income would qualify for free child care. Families earning more than that would pay on a sliding scale, with none spending more than 7% of their household income on child care. (Sen. Elizabeth...