Massachusetts Child Care Serious Injury and Child Fatality Report

Number of Child Deaths*
Program Type 2023 TOTAL 2024 TOTAL 2025 TOTAL April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 January 2025 February 2025 March 2025
Family Child Care 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group and School Age 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Funded Program 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unlicensed 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Number of Serious Injuries Reported**
Program Type 2023 TOTAL 2024 TOTAL 2025 TOTAL April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 January 2025 February 2025 March 2025
Family Child Care 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Group and School Age 172 225 38 18 30 19 16 13 20 27 17 12 7 9 22
Funded Program 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unlicensed 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Instances of substantiated child abuse that occurred in the child care setting
Program Type 2023 TOTAL 2024 TOTAL 2025 TOTAL April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 January 2025 February 2025 March 2025
Family Child Care 21 23 9 2 2 3 1 3 4 0 1 2 4 1 3
Group and School Age 55 79 13 0 13 7 8 10 6 4 6 7 6 3 4
Funded Program 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Unlicensed 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
* Death: The death of any child which occurs while such child is in care, or resulting from an injury or event that occurred while the child was in care.
** Serious Injury: Any injury to any child which occurs during the hours while such child is in care and which requires hospitalization or emergency medical treatment.
* Funded Program Definition: Funded programs are child care programs that can legally operate without an EEC license and receives CCDF funding to serve one or more children.

  • There are approximately 46221 licensed child care slots across 5864 Family Child Care programs in MA.The ages of the children in care from birth through 13 years (or 16 years, if the children have special needs).
  • There are approximately 200337 licensed child care slots across 2965 Group and School Age programs in MA.The ages of the children in care from birth through 13 years (or 16 years, if the children have special needs).
  • There are approximately 11549 funded program child care slots across 603 Funded Programs in MA.