Child Development and Education

What Child Development and Education does

Child Development and Education, Inc. (CDE) is a privately held Massachusetts-based Family Child Care System that operates under contract with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC). Founded by William F. Restuccia and led by President/CFO Mary Jane Restuccia, the company serves as a coordinating intermediary between the state, approximately 900 licensed family child care educators (operating as independent contractors), and the families they serve — currently caring for over 4,000 children statewide. CDE's core operations consist of registering and enrolling children in subsidized child care slots, processing EEC reimbursement billing on behalf of educators, distributing the Extentions curriculum (co-developed with EEC and the WGBH Educational Foundation, and translated into English, Spanish, and Portuguese), running professional development and CPR/First Aid training, and administering the Path to Quality Reimbursement Program that pays educators above the state rate for higher credentials. The company is supported by six regional offices across Massachusetts, including its corporate headquarters in Medford and regional offices in Springfield and Pittsfield, with additional coverage spanning regions serving Lawrence, Lowell, Haverhill, Lynn, Brockton, Plymouth, Cape Cod, Fall River, New Bedford, and Chelsea.

CDE's revenue model is built primarily on pass-through government subsidies and associated administrative funding. The core stream is reimbursement for child care services delivered to qualifying families, routed through the Massachusetts EEC and funded via income-based eligibility or referrals from the Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA), the Department of Children and Families (DCF), and the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). A secondary, smaller revenue stream comes from professional services — specifically CPR, AED, and First Aid training priced at $50 per individual course or $80 for the combined Adult/Infant/Child CPR and First Aid course, plus $15 non-CEU and $30 CEU assistant training fees for non-enrolled participants. The go-to-market motion is community-led: CDE connects families to its educator network through regional offices, multilingual newsletters, and government caseworker referrals rather than through traditional sales or marketing channels. Customer segments are concentrated on low-income families, DCF-involved families, homeless or at-risk families, and teen parents — all served through the subsidized-care channel. No private-pay pricing is publicly disclosed, and there is no disclosed evidence of commercial B2B customers, federal contracting outside the MA EEC relationship, or geographic expansion beyond Massachusetts.

Name

Child Development and Education

Legal name

Child Development and Education, Inc.

Website

https://cdedu.us

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Child Development and Education (CDE) is a Massachusetts Family Child Care System, under contract with the state EEC, coordinating subsidized child care for over 4,000 children through a network of 900 licensed independent educators, government agency referrals, and the Extentions early-education curriculum.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Care Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441), Child Care Services (6244), Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Services (611)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDACAGAH

Early Head Start & Publicly Funded Infant/Toddler Programs

Education/Early Childhood Education/Infant & Toddler Care Programs

SECONDARYBPADAKAB

Early Childhood Development (ECD) & Pre-Primary Education

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Education & Skills Development Programs

SECONDARYEDACAIAB

In-Service Professional Development (Workshops/Institutes/Short Courses)

Education/Early Childhood Education/Early Childhood Teacher Training & Professional Development

SECONDARYEDACAKAH

Training & Credential Compliance Tracking (PD registry alignment)

Education/Early Childhood Education/ECE Licensing, Compliance & Quality Rating Services

SECONDARYEDACALAA

Parenting Skills & Child Development Education

Education/Early Childhood Education/Parent Education & Family Engagement Programs

Keywords

• Family child care
• Early childhood education
• Child care subsidies
• Educator professional development
• Early learning curriculum

Headquarters

HQ city

Medford

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Child Care Subsidies: CDE receives reimbursement for child care services through contracts with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC). Families receive subsidies through DTA, DCF, DHCD referrals or income-based EEC funding.
2. Training Services Revenue: CDE offers CPR, AED and First Aid courses to educators and others. Assistant training generates $15 for non-CEU training and $30 for CEU training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Child Development and Education, Inc. operates as a Family Child Care System under contract with the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC), coordinating a network of 900 licensed family child care educators who care for over 4,000 children statewide. The organization provides subsidized child care enrollment, the Extentions early learning curriculum (birth to age 5), professional development training including CPR/First Aid, and referral services connecting families with educators across Massachusetts.

Product overview

Child Development and Education, Inc. operates as a Family Child Care System under contract with Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC). The organization provides a coordinated portfolio of services centered around its core curriculum product, Extentions, a quality early education curriculum for children birth to 5 years. Supporting the curriculum are educator activities, professional development training (including CPR and EEC-required trainings), the Path to Quality Reimbursement Program for educator credentials, referral services connecting families to a network of 1,000+ family child care educators, and subsidized child care enrollment services. The organization supports 900 licensed family child care educators caring for over 4,000 children statewide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Subsidized Child Care Subsidized child care services for low-income families, families involved with DTA, DCF, DHCD, and teen parents throughout Massachusetts. Delivered through a network of 900 licensed family child care educators caring for over 4,000 children.
• Extentions Curriculum A quality early education curriculum for educators of children ages birth to 5 years, developed by Massachusetts EEC in partnership with WGBH Educational Foundation. Includes a nine-unit STEM and ELA curriculum for ages 3-5 and activities for ages birth to 33 months. Distributed free of charge.
• Professional Development Training Free trainings offered to educators throughout the year including CPR, AED, First Aid courses, EEC required trainings, and professional development days. CPR and First Aid combined training priced at $80.00, individual courses at $50.00.
• Referral Services Service connecting parents with access to a network of approximately 1,000 family child care educators with programs operating in neighborhoods throughout Massachusetts.
• Path to Quality Reimbursement Program A reimbursement program offering higher rates for educators achieving higher levels of education credentials such as Associate or Bachelor degrees, professional credentials like CDA or NAFCC Accreditation, or completing self-assessments on FCCERS and BAS tools.
• Enrollment Services Registration and enrollment support for families, including electronic registration assistance available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and annual update processes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 4,000 children cared for through the network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• WGBH Educational FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with WGBH Educational Foundation in developing the Extentions curriculum for children ages birth to 5 years. Curriculum is distributed free of charge to CDE educators and parents. This is a media-based STEM and ELA curriculum developed collaboratively with EEC.
• Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary government contracting partner. CDE operates as a Family Child Care System under contract with EEC to provide support and assistance to family child care educators. EEC provides licensing regulations, training requirements, and child care financial assistance programs.
• Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGovernment partner for subsidized child care referrals. Families receiving cash assistance from DTA may qualify for free or low-cost child care through referral from their DTA case worker.
• Department of Children and Families (DCF)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGovernment partner for child protective services referrals. Children receiving or at risk of receiving protective services are referred for subsidized child care by DCF case workers.
• Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGovernment partner for homeless family referrals. DHCD and/or DCF must issue referral for families seeking to enroll children in care through the Homeless Child Care Services contract.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• KinderCare Learning Companies: One of the largest U.S. early childhood education providers, operating center-based programs nationally. Overlaps with CDE in serving subsidized families through state child care assistance programs, though distribution model differs (centers vs. family child care network).
• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Large national provider of employer-sponsored child care and early education. Comparable to CDE in delivering subsidized and full-fee child care at scale, but operates primarily center-based rather than through a family child care network model.
• YMCA of Greater Boston: Regional YMCA operating licensed child care, after-school, and summer programming across Massachusetts. Comparable to CDE in delivering subsidized child care and out-of-school-time programming under EEC contracts, though primarily center-based rather than family child care.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America: National youth development organization operating after-school, out-of-school-time, and summer programs for school-age children. Comparable to CDE's after-school and out-of-school-time child care services for low-income families, though broader in age range and program scope.

Direct peers

• The Children's Place Association: Massachusetts-based early childhood and family support provider serving low-income and at-risk children. Directly comparable to CDE in serving subsidized, DCF/DCF-adjacent, and homeless families in the same state through community-based early education programming.
• Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston: Regional human services nonprofit operating family child care, refugee resettlement, and family stabilization programs across Massachusetts. Comparable to CDE in delivering subsidized family child care under state contracts with multilingual, multi-cultural community reach.
• Horizons for Homeless Children: Massachusetts nonprofit providing early education and family support to children experiencing homelessness. Directly comparable to CDE's DHCD-referred homeless child care services and shares the same state-level funding ecosystem and target population.
• Associated Early Care and Education: Massachusetts-based early childhood and family support organization operating early education and family child care programs. Comparable to CDE as a Massachusetts EEC-contracted early childhood provider serving similar low-income and subsidy-eligible populations.

Regional players

• Worcester Community Action Council: Massachusetts community action agency operating early childhood and family support programs including child care. Comparable to CDE in administering subsidized child care and family services under state contracts within Massachusetts, but focused on the Worcester region.

Others

• Boston Children's Museum: Massachusetts early childhood education and family engagement organization delivering curriculum, exhibits, and programming for young children. Comparable to CDE's Extentions curriculum and parent education efforts, though operating as a museum/learning destination rather than a child care delivery network.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cdedu

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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