In Massachusetts, at the end of 2013, 3,363 children under the age of three were enrolled in Early Head Start. Additionally, 4 percent of 3-year-olds and 14 percent of 4-year-olds are enrolled in state-funded pre-K. The average annual cost of center-based infant care in the state is amongst the highest in the country at $16,430. This year, the state started its Universal Pre-K initiative to try and serve children as young as two years and nine months all the way through kindergarten. The issue of expanding preschool access and enrollment is also emerging as a key campaign issue in the state’s 2014 gubernatorial race. During a speech before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts State Treasurer Steve Grossman, a Democratic candidate for governor, called for “the creation of a public-private partnership that would provide the resources to place some 30,000 children into pre-K programs who are now on state waiting lists.”