The Tri-Community YMCA in Southbridge is one of 10 agencies across the state selected for grant awards to support early education program facilities development and improvements that provide higher quality environment and settings for young children.
The Tri-Community YMCA will receive $800,000.
On Monday, the state Department of Early Education & Care, and the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, announced $7.5 million in grant awards to support facilities development and improvements in large group and school-age early education and care programs. The award will allow the programs to offer higher quality settings for over 1,300 children, increased capacity to serve an additional 231 children, and the creation of 160 jobs during the grant period.
All of the programs selected to receive a grant award serve publicly subsidized families and have demonstrated financial need and have secured additional funding to pay for a portion of their project costs.