News Archive

  • 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 (https://www.thereminder.com/localnews/west-springfield/west-springfield-boys-and-girls-club-awarded-25000/) / 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 ...

  • Rockport State boosts affordable housing project
    Gloucester Times / Jul 18, 2021

    Now with state and federal backing, Rockport's Granite Street Crossing affordable housing project will finally be able to get off the ground after nearly five years of planning. The project is one of 28 affordable h...

  • Baker-Polito Administration Announces $139 Million...
    Mass.gov / Jul 15, 2021

    Today, Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy and Housing and Community Development Undersecretary Jennifer Maddox joined local legislators and offic...

  • CEDAC Backs Mixed-Income Housing in Mattapan
    Boston Neighborhood Network / Jul 13, 2021

    Roger Herzog, Executive Director of the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC), and its Project Manager, Will Morgan, discuss the agency's predevelopment financing for transit-oriented mixed income...