News Archive

  • Early education funds to expand facilities, increa...
    MassLive / Nov 16, 2020

    In 2018, the reauthorization of the Early Education and Out-of-School Time Capital Fund (EEOST) in the state’s housing bond bill was important news. There was a need for sustained targeted improvements in Massachusetts...

  • Baker Announces Funds for Early Education Programs
    CapeCod.com / Nov 14, 2020

    HYANNIS – Governor Charlie Baker and the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation recently announced $6.5 million in Early Education and Out-of-School Time grant funding. The funding has been aw...

  • Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield gets $...
    MassLive / Nov 12, 2020

    In 2018, the reauthorization of the Early Education and Out-of-School Time Capital Fund (EEOST) in the state’s housing bond bill was important news. There was a need for sustained targeted improvements in Massachusetts...

  • Guild of St. Agnes child care center, to be built ...
    Telegram & Gazette / Nov 12, 2020

    WORCESTER - A day care center for low-income children to be built in the former Boys & Girls Club on Ionic Avenue and run by the Guild of St. Agnes received a $1 million state grant Thursday. "This is terrific," sa...

  • Westfield Boys and Girls Club receives $1M early e...
    Western Mass News / Nov 12, 2020

    WESTFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- The Westfield Boys and Girls Club will expand its out-of-school time program. This comes after Governor Charlie Baker announced a $6.5 million grant in early education and out-of-schoo...

  • Baker-Polito Administration Awards $6.5 Million fo...
    Framingham SOURCE / Nov 12, 2020

    BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration and the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) today announced $6.5 million in Early Education and Out-of-School Time (EEOST) grant funding awarded to se...

  • Belchertown Day School Opens Its Doors
    Belchertown, Granby & Amherst Sentinel / Sep 17, 2020

    After a three-year wait, the Belchertown Day School has opened its doors to children and their families, with some restrictions due to COVID-19. Belchertown Day School Executive Director Pat Bruni and School Age Directo...

  • A $5 million investment in kids at Greater Lowell ...
    Lowell Sun / Mar 06, 2020

    A $5 million “investment in the future of our kids” should be ready by September as the Greater Lowell YMCA embarked Friday on a renovation and expansion project to its Thorndi...

  • Belchertown Day School buys land at former State S...
    MassLive / Feb 05, 2020

    Belchertown Day School has purchased two acres the former site of the Belchertown State School, where it plans to build a 8,600-square-foot early-childhood education center and afterschool f...

  • Making room for growth, GLCAC makes final push to ...
    The Eagle-Tribune / Jan 16, 2020

    Sharing the parking lot with a Dunkin', the building looks a lot like a strip mall. That's because at one time, it was. From the outside, the Child Care Center at 581 Andover St. is ...

  • Cape Ann Y gets $1M for early ed center
    Gloucester Daily Times / Jan 14, 2020

    With help from a state grant, the new Cape Ann YMCA will be able to provide more space for in-house educational opportunities for young children. The new YMCA, which is slated to open i...

  • Women-led YWCA construction project breaks ground ...
    Telegram / Jan 09, 2020

    Poised to “meet the challenge of the new downtown,” as YWCA Central Massachusetts President Roberta Brien announced, the all women-led construction team for the YWCA’s $24 million re...