Recipient of federal assistance · BOSTON, MA

MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION & CARE

MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF EARLY EDUCATION & CARE received $216.4M in federal grants and other assistance in FY2026, on 21 actions, +15% vs FY2025. It has no federal contracts in the loaded years. Since FY2021: $1.8B. Its largest awarding agency was Administration for Children and Families ($216.4M).

Assistance · FY2026
$216.4M
New awards
4
Actions
21
Since FY2021
$1.8B
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Location
BOSTON, MA
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Federal grants & assistance received

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Assistance by fiscal year

  1. 830.4MFY2021
  2. 131.4MFY2022
  3. 227.7MFY2023
  4. 207.2MFY2024
  5. 187.6MFY2025
  6. 216.4MFY2026

By type

  1. Grants$216.4M100%

Top programs · Awarding agencies

Obligations in FY2026.

Top programs

  1. 93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant$119.5M55%
  2. 93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund$85M39%
  3. 93.434 · Every Student Succeeds Act/Preschool Development Grants$12M5.5%
  4. 93.600 · Head Start-$7,2710.0%

Awarding agencies

  1. Administration for Children and Families$216.4M100%
    Department of Health and Human Services

Largest awards

  1. CCDD-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISCRETIONARY$119.5M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Nov 20, 2025 – Jul 18, 2026· 2601MACCDD
  2. CCDD-2024$110.4M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 13, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026· 2401MACCDD
  3. CCDD-2023$101M
    93.575 · Child Care and Development Block Grant· Administration for Children and Families· Block grant· Oct 28, 2022 – Nov 24, 2025· 2301MACCDD
  4. CCDF-2023$84.9M
    93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Oct 17, 2022 – Nov 24, 2025· 2301MACCDF
  5. CCDF-2024$45M
    93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Sep 29, 2023 – Feb 27, 2026· 2401MACCDF
  6. CCDF-2026 - CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND (CCDF)$45M
    93.596 · Child Care Mandatory and Matching Funds of the Child Care and Development Fund· Administration for Children and Families· Formula grant· Oct 8, 2025 – Jul 2, 2026· 2601MACCDF

Subawards

Matched by Unique Entity ID: the first-tier subawards this organization reported as a prime recipient, and those primes reported paying it.

As a prime: who it pays · FY2026

  • Sub-grants: $97.9M (548 subawards)

82 sub-recipients

  1. CHILD DEVELOPMENT & EDUCATION INC$11M11%
    MEDFORD, MA · 47 subawards
  2. NURTURY, INC.$7.2M7.4%
    ROXBURY, MA · 17 subawards
  3. SOUTH SHORE STARS, INC.$6M6.1%
    WEYMOUTH, MA · 10 subawards
  4. GUILD OF ST AGNES DAY CARE INC$4.4M4.5%
    WORCESTER, MA · 5 subawards
  5. CATHOLIC CHARITABLE BUREAU OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF BOSTON INC$3.8M3.8%
    SOUTH BOSTON, MA · 18 subawards
  6. VALLEY OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL, INC.$3.6M3.7%
    HOLYOKE, MA · 8 subawards
  7. YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION$3.4M3.5%
    BOSTON, MA · 11 subawards
  8. OLD COLONY YMCA$3.3M3.4%
    BROCKTON, MA · 8 subawards
  9. BETHEL CHILD CARE SERVICES, INCORPORATED$3.1M3.2%
    METHUEN, MA · 14 subawards
  10. ENABLE, INC.$3M3.0%
    CANTON, MA · 17 subawards

As a sub-recipient: who pays it · FY2026

No subawards reported to it in FY2026.

By fiscal year

  • FY2021: $4.2M paid out · $13.2M received
  • FY2022: $245.2M paid out · $0 received
  • FY2023: $4.9B paid out · $4.5M received
  • FY2024: $0 paid out · $618.2K received
  • FY2025: $0 paid out · -$70.9K received
  • FY2026: $97.9M paid out · $0 received

Primes report first-tier subawards of $30,000 or more themselves, and many go unreported (GAO-24-106214). Reporting moved from FSRS to SAM.gov in March 2025 and fewer sub-contracts have been reported since. Amounts are what primes reported; they are never added to prime award totals.

Source: Subawards (first-tier sub-contracts and sub-grants reported under FFATA) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov (reports filed in SAM.gov, formerly FSRS)), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · Subawards loaded from FY2021.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.