News Archive

  • For 40 Years, CEDAC Has Catalyzed Positive Change
    Banker & Tradesman / Mar 11, 2019

    For 40 Years, CEDAC Has Catalyzed Positive Change Early-Stage Assistance Has Helped Build Housing, Transform Communities By Roger Herzog Special to Banker & Tradesman In 1978, then- state representative ...

  • Designing Home & Hope: Pairing Housing and Ea...
    Enterprise Community Partners / Feb 26, 2019

    Theresa Jordan, Director of Children's Facilities Finance of CEDAC's affiliate Children's Investment Fund, was pleased to be a panelist for the Enterprise Community Partners webinar in February entitled “Designing Home...

  • EduCare Springfield prepares to open state-of-the-...
    MassLive / Feb 12, 2019

    The biggest development in education in Western Massachusetts this year is aimed at the tiniest learners - children from birth to 5 years old. Educare Springfield - a $14 million, nationally recognized early childhood...

  • BPC Releases Policy Framework on Early Childhood F...
    Bipartisan Policy Center / Nov 19, 2018

    The Bipartisan Policy Center today released the Early Learning Facilities Policy Framework, which calls attention to the need for increased investment in early childhood facilities. The policy framework recognizes that ...

  • Commonwealth Committed to Early Childhood Educatio...
    Banker & Tradesman / Nov 05, 2018

    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...

  • Early Childhood Initiative Early Learning Faciliti...
    Bipartisan Policy Center / Nov 01, 2018

  • Horizons for Homeless Children and WaterMark Devel...
    Horizons for Homeless Children / Sep 21, 2018

    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...

  • Educare Springfield: Early education takes a giant...
    Eye on Early Education / Sep 19, 2018

    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...

  • Space matters: Massachusetts invests in improving ...
    Eye on Early Education / Sep 18, 2018

    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 broken for low-income childcare program in ...
    WWLP / Sep 18, 2018

    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...

  • Construction Underway On $14 Million Educare Presc...
    WAMC / Sep 17, 2018

    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 ...

  • Springfield breaks ground on $14 million Educare e...
    MassLive / Sep 17, 2018

    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. ...