Web-only Article The Department of Economics at Wellesley College released a study in November 2000, which examined changes in the availability, quality, and cost of child care in Massachusetts between 1997 and 1999, comparing programs and providers that accept subsidized child care vouchers with programs and providers that do not. Subsidized care vouchers were funded with state dollars and funds coming to Massachusetts from the federal Child Care and Development Fund. The researchers also looked at licensed child care capacity in Massachusetts, using information obtained from the Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services and five resource and referral agencies.
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