Child Care; Child Care Settings & Activities; Parent & Family Involvement; Parent Education
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Office of Child Care Services
Description:
The Massachusetts Office of Child Care Services (OCCS) purchases a limited number of child care slots for the children of teen parents. This program emphasizes child care for infants and toddlers.
Because teen parents often receive services from numerous community agencies, OCCS designed its teen parent program to require contractors to fully assess a teen's needs prior to delivering services. Accordingly, contractors can only provide and bill for those services that are not being provided to the teen by other community programs. This flexible contracting method helps to maximize resources and minimize duplication of services to teens and their children.