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The YWCA cut the ribbon for its “Under One Roof” project on Friday, showing off the extension of its building, containing residential housing and after school programming. ...

The chasm between supply and potential demand for child care is so wide across much of Boston that in some neighborhoods, there aren’t enough seats for roughly half the children, according to a new ...

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today joined the community development agency Urban Edge, elected officials, community leaders and neighbors to celebrate the opening of the Walker Park Apartments and Delphine's...

On Tuesday, early educators from across the state attended a meet-and-greet with the new commissioner of the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC), Samantha Aigner-Treworgy – althoug...

Increasingly, discoveries in neuroscience show that a child’s earliest years are crucial to their social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development, and that the settings in which they learn, play, and grow have...

On March 14th 2019, the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) honored Mel King at its 40th anniversary celebration at the MIT Samberg Conference Center. King -- a community organizer, former State...

The Children’s Investment Fund, an affiliate of the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), presented Judy Cody, executive director of Beverly Children’s Learning Center (BCLC), with the Mav Pa...

OPINION — Millions of American parents dropped their children off at a child care facility this morning. Chances are many of those facilities don’t meet basic health and safety standards. Though we know the quality o...

For 40 Years, CEDAC Has Catalyzed Positive Change Early-Stage Assistance Has Helped Build Housing, Transform Communities By Roger Herzog Special to Banker & Tradesman In 1978, then- state representative ...

Theresa Jordan, Director of Children's Facilities Finance of CEDAC's affiliate Children's Investment Fund, was pleased to be a panelist for the Enterprise Community Partners webinar in February entitled “Designing Home...

The biggest development in education in Western Massachusetts this year is aimed at the tiniest learners - children from birth to 5 years old. Educare Springfield - a $14 million, nationally recognized early childhood...

The Bipartisan Policy Center today released the Early Learning Facilities Policy Framework, which calls attention to the need for increased investment in early childhood facilities. The policy framework recognizes that ...