News Archive

  • Investing in child care infrastructure can be tran...
    CommonWealth Magazine / Dec 27, 2021

    CHILD CARE is vital to our economy. This has never been more apparent than over the past 18 months as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools and child care centers across the Commonwealth – and the country. Parents a...

  • McElwain School Apartments Groundbreaking
    South Shore Chamber of Commerce / Nov 09, 2021

    QUINCY, Mass., Tuesday, November 9, 2021] The nonprofit organization Father Bill’s & MainSpring (FBMS) is breaking ground on a new development, the Yawkey Housing Resource Center, which reimagines how a community r...

  • McElwain School Apartments Groundbreaking
    Oct 13, 2021

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE **************************************** Press Release Contact: Mathieu P. Zahler 617-645-3534 mzahler@mpzdevelopment.com MCELWAIN SCHOOL APARTMENTS GROUNDBREAKING BRIDGEWATER – Tuesd...

  • One Less Stressor for Caregiver Roberto Camacho
    Way Finders / Sep 29, 2021

    September 29, 2021 By late September 2017, Roberto Camacho breathed a sigh of relief. Earlier that month, he had successfully helped his elderly parents relocate from their hometown of Yauco, Puerto Rico, to the...

  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Stoneham & Wakefie...
    Patch Wakefield / Sep 07, 2021

    The Baker-Polito Administration, along with the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) and its affiliate Children's Investment Fund (CIF), recently announced $7.5 million in Early Education and...

  • ‘The only path forward’: Debating affo...
    Cape Cod Times / Aug 27, 2021

    Earlier this month, the Board of Selectmen balked at a property owners’ request to join them in what is known as a “friendly” Chapter 40B affordable housing application to the state, known as a Local Initiative...

  • Mass. Nonprofits Share $11.5M to Bolster Affordabl...
    Massnonprofit News / Aug 16, 2021

    August 16, 2021 — Nonprofits across Massachusetts, in collaboration with community development corporations and others, recently were awarded $11,578,537 to support affordable housing developments in cities and towns f...

  • West Springfield Boys and Girls Club awarded $250,...
    The Reminder / Aug 03, 2021

    The West Springfield Boys and Girls Club was recently awarded $250,000 from the Baker-Polito Administration and the Children’s Investment Fund (CIF), with its affiliate the Community Economic Development Assistance Cor...

  • The Neighborhood Developers Celebrate Completion o...
    Revere Journal / Jul 28, 2021

    Revere’s newest affordable housing complex held a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 22 The building, known as 571 Revere, the former site of the Cove Bar on Revere Street,  is the latest initiative by The Neighborhood D...

  • Lt. Governor Announces State Grants for Child Care...
    East Boston Times- Free Press / Jul 28, 2021

    Last Tuesday afternoon, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Early Education and Care Commissioner Samantha Aigner-Treworgy stopped by the East Boston Social Centers (EBSC) in Central Square for a tour, and to announce $7.5 million...

  • Early education programs get financial boost from ...
    WWLP.com / Jul 20, 2021

    The state has awarded $7.5 million in Early Education and Out of School Time Capital Fund (EEOST) capital improvement grants to thirty-six organizations across the state to renovate childcare facilities that serve primar...

  • Baker-Polito Administration Awards $7.5 Million to...
    Mass.gov / Jul 20, 2021

    The Baker-Polito Administration and the Children’s Investment Fund (CIF), with its affiliate the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), awarded $7.5 million in Early Education and Out of School ...