Licensed and Funded Early Education and Care Programs

This dataset includes monthly historic snapshots of programs licensed or funded by the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC). The data is pulled from EEC's Licensing Education Analytic Database (LEAD). For a list of current early education and care programs please visit the <a href="https://educationtocareer.data.mass.gov/Early-Education-and-Care-/Current-Licensed-and-Funded-Early-Education-and-Ca/iyks-y3g6/about_data">Current Licensed and Funded Early Education and Care Programs</a> dataset. Data are updated monthly at the beginning of each month.<p><strong>Licensed</strong> programs are programs that are subject to licensing regulations by EEC, which include meeting health and safety standards, training and professional development requirements, criminal and background checks, and maintaining appropriate ratios of educators to children. Licensed programs can include any of the following: family child care and group and school age programs. <a href="https://www.mass.gov/guides/find-a-licensed-family-group-or-school-age-child-care-program"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">For more information on licensed programs click here.</a><p><strong>Funded</strong> programs are programs that are not subject to licensure by EEC but have the approval from EEC to provide subsidized child care for low-income or at-risk families. Funded programs can include any of the following: public schools; private schools; religious schools; and government, tribal, and military child care programs. <a href="https://www.mass.gov/guides/eec-funded-programs"target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">For more information on funded providers click here.</a> <p>The types of programs in this dataset include: <p><ul> <li><strong>Licensed Family Child Care</strong> is child care provided in someone's home where the caretaker is not related to the children.</li><p><li><strong>Licensed Center-Based Care</strong>, sometimes called group and school age programs, provide early education and care for young children in a non-residential setting such as a school or community center. These programs include several types of early education and care such as: Center-based care for infants, toddlers, preschool, or kindergarten age children; Early Head Start and Head Start programs; and Out-of- school time programs that operate before/after school or during the summer.</li><p><li><strong>Funded Public Schools</strong> that participate in CCFA are included here and public schools that do not participate in CCFA are not included here. For data on all public schools with pre-K enrollment, please see the<a href="https://educationtocareer.data.mass.gov/Students-and-Teachers/Pre-Kindergarten-and-Kindergarten-Enrollment/rg9w-dkpg/about_data"> Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten Enrollment dataset.</a></li><p><li><strong>Funded Private Schools</strong> that participate in CCFA are included here and private schools that do not participate in CCFA are not included here. For data on all private schools with pre-K enrollment, please see the <a href="https://educationtocareer.data.mass.gov/Students-and-Teachers/Non-Public-School-Enrollment/cbbr-jpy4/about_data">Non-Public School Enrollment dataset.</a></li></ul>