Independently verified. Healey made child care a signature priority, recommended ~$475M for C3, and signed the FY2025 budget, which enacted major Common Start-aligned reforms: the most significant updates to Chapter 15D since 2005, making C3 operational grants permanent (~$475M), expanding subsidy eligibility from 50% to 85% of state median income, and capping cost-sharing at 7% of income for families receiving financial assistance. However, the promise's core goal that EVERY family pays what they can afford (universal affordability) was not achieved: the 7% cap and subsidies apply only to families receiving assistance (up to 85% SMI), not universally. FY2026 follow-through confirms substantial-but-incomplete status: C3 sustained at $475M and CCFA reimbursement increases continued, but universal reach is limited (e.g., universal pre-K only for 4-year-olds in Gateway Cities by end of 2026). All three cited sources were re-checked live and accurately quoted; note the WBUR and malegislature sources describe the Senate EARLY ED Act bill, while enactment came via the FY2025 budget Healey signed (confirmed by CommonWealth Beacon). PARTIAL is the fair label under a party-neutral standard: real enacted policy delivered a substantial slice of the promise, but not the universal goal. Confidence held at 0.8.