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FUNDING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Early Childhood Education an Important Component of Community Development Reprinted from November 5, 2018 High-quality child care facilities benefit children, their families and so...

State-of-the-Art building will provide critical social and early education services to homeless children and their families Roxbury, MA – September 21, 2018 – Horizons for Homeless Children, a nonprofit org...

On Monday, civic partners gathered in the city of Springfield and broke ground on what will be a $14 million Educare Center, a school that will open next year and provide “a full-day and full-year program for up to 141...

This summer, Massachusetts awarded $4 million in grants to help early education and after-school programs improve their physical spaces. The money comes from the Early Education and Care and Out of School Time (EEOST) C...

Ground was broken Monday for a new childcare program in Springfield that will serve low-income families. According to a news release sent to 22News, the Educare Springfield will serve 141 children with a full-day, ye...

An early childhood education center that will be part of an innovative national network of preschools is under construction in western Massachusetts. A $14 million state-of-the-art preschool is being developed by the ...

Local, city and state leaders joined early education advocates, and others Monday to officially break ground on Educare Springfield, a nationally recognized school model that is among just 24 of its kind in the country. ...

The little preschoolers in the Citizens for Citizens’ Head Start program probably won’t notice the new fire suppression system, windows or paint in the building, but their parents can feel good about those safety and...

The Baker-Polito Administration and the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) today announced $4 million in grant awards for facility improvements at early education and care programs that serve ...

The need for a sustained, targeted improvement of Massachusetts early education programs is captured by some disturbing numbers from 2011. According to research done by the Children's Investment Fund, 20 percent of fa...

BOSTON — Today, Governor Charlie Baker signed An Act Financing the Production and Preservation of Housing for Low and Moderate Income Residents (H.4536), to ensure long-term support for the Baker-Polito Administrat...