Programs
FINANCING
Housing Programs
For Kids Only Afterschool, Revere

TRAINING
Children's Investment Fund
Building Stronger Centers Training Institute, 2018

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Commonwealth Workforce Coalition
Catholic Charities, Lynn

Welcome

All children deserve the opportunity to learn and develop in well-designed learning spaces. We all understand that clean, safe and healthy environments are an important component of successful teaching and learning.

For over 25 years, Children’s Investment Fund has been providing technical expertise and financing to non-profit child care centers planning to improve or expand their facilities. Our primary goal is to increase the supply and quality of child care facilities in Massachusetts. We offer high quality training programs, access to professional consultants and funding to pay for predevelopment expenses, acquisition of property and permanent financing.

We are excited to share with you our website. If you are a non-profit organization, we look forward to helping you turn your vision of high quality space into a reality.

Theresa Jordan
Director of Children's Facilities Finance
Peg Sprague
Board President, Children's Investment Fund
“Our space has transformed from the purely functional to a beautiful, professional-level arts space in the heart of Area IV, Cambridge.”
Eryn JohnsonExecutive Director, Community Art Center
Announcements
  • CEDAC Summer 2019 Newsletter

    Summer has just ended but it’s been a fruitful one. As you’ll see in our newsletter, the highlight of the year for affordable housing production and preservation occurred on July 18th with the announcement of funding awards in the annual rental housing funding round to 28 affordable housing projects in Massachusetts. CEDAC has committed early stage financing to nine of the projects that received awards, and we were thrilled to participate in this event that demonstrated the Baker-Polito Administration’s commitment to providing high-quality affordable housing to communities throughout the Commonwealth. Read the Summer 2019 Newsletter

  • Children’s Investment Fund Offers Hands-on Training for Developing Natural Outdoor Play Spaces

    At INSITES this week, we recap the Children's Investment Fund's "Let's Take It Outside" (LTIO) training at Mass Audubon's Boston Nature Center. The one-day interactive training offered 14 early childhood education (ECE) and out-of-school time (OST) organizations across Massachusetts an overview on how to successfully undertake high-quality natural outdoor play space projects. Read INSITES

  • Looking Back While Thinking Ahead: Celebrating CEDAC’s History

    At INSITES this week, we close out the celebratory period of CEDAC's 40th anniversary by sharing a video that talks about our past and present, and also the direction that community development is heading in Massachusetts. We also hear from some of the people who have led us to where we are today, including Mel King, a legendary community organizer who crafted the state legislation that created CEDAC in 1978. Read INSITES

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CIF News
Walker Park Apartments and Delphine's Courtyard Opened
Mayor's Office / Sep 17, 2019
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...
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