{"id":2126,"date":"2019-05-23T10:48:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T14:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/newswatch\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2023-12-12T12:34:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T17:34:27","slug":"nyc-comptroller-releases-new-plan-to-improve-infant-and-toddler-child-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlychildhoodny.org\/blog\/nyc-comptroller-releases-new-plan-to-improve-infant-and-toddler-child-care\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Comptroller Releases New Plan to Improve Infant and Toddler Child Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer has released a new plan to improve services for children from birth to age three in NYC. The plan, NYC Under 3<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>examines the current state of child care in the city and puts forth a series of policy recommendations to address current issues related to affordability, availability, and quality of child care\/early childhood education for children age three and under.<\/p>\n

QUALITYstarsNY is mentioned in the plan as part of the discussion around assessing the quality of child care in New York City. As the report notes, QUALITYstarsNY served more than 200 center-based and family child care programs across New York City boroughs as of September 2018.<\/p>\n

If adopted, the six year NYC Under 3 <\/em>plan would be the largest city-level expansion of child care for children birth to age three in the United States\u2014making child care more affordable for NYC\u2019s low- and moderate-income families with young children.<\/p>\n

NYC Under 3<\/strong><\/em> Policy Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Comptroller\u2019s plan includes several proposed policies to help improve birth to three early learning opportunities in NYC, including:<\/p>\n