Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, Child Care Providers Join Children Investment Fund’s Effort to Improve Child Care Facilities
SouthCoast Forum to Discuss the Children’s Investment Fund Assessment of Early Childhood Education and Out-of-School Time Facilities in Massachusetts
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What: The Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts will join the United Way of Greater Fall River and child care providers from New Bedford, Brockton, and Fall River to become a part of a Children’s Investment Fund initiative to improve child care facilities in Massachusetts.
The Children’s Investment Fund is hosting a Southeastern Massachusetts regional forum to discuss its study of the inadequacies of child care space, “Building an Infrastructure for Quality,” at the Boys and Girls Club of Fall River on Tuesday, November 15. The study is the first-ever inventory of early childhood education (ECE) and out-of-school time (OST) facilities in Massachusetts or anywhere in the country. The report focuses on facilities serving children from low- and moderate-income families and will address the conditions of facilities related to building code compliance, health and safety, the learning environment, and adult work space. Of the 130 ECE and OST facilities surveyed for the study statewide, nearly 14 percent were located in the SouthCoast region.
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The Fund has held a series of regional forums to inform residents of the importance of high quality early childhood education and out of school time facilities for educational achievement of children living low income communities and to build support for improving facility quality. The Fund is launching an effort to promote the establishment of long-term, loan interest loans that will allow providers access to capital that will improve the quality of facilities of their programs, and will have a positive impact on the achievement gap, school readiness, healthy brain development, and physical health, including childhood obesity.
Who: Panel Participants:
Mav Pardee, program director, Children’s Investment Fund
Sponsors:
Krissy Cannizzo, Westfield Child Center
Craig Dutra, Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts
Beth Gaffney, CACCI/Child Care Network
Bob Horne, United Way of Greater Fall River
Peter McCarthy, Boys and Girls Club of Fall River
Patty McGrath, Get on B.A.S.E./Building After School Excellence
Jay Miller, Boys and Girls Club of Brockton
Mary Reed, Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative For Children
When: Tuesday, November 15
10:00am – 12:00pm
Where: Community Room
Boys and Girls Club of Fall River
803 Bedford St., Fall River
For Directions visit: http://fallriverbgc.org/directions.htm
About Children’s Investment Fund (CIF)
Founded in 1991, CIF is a non-profit organization that strives to improve the supply and quality of early education, school age and youth services in Massachusetts. Its mission is to ensure that all children spend their days in physical environments that support healthy development and learning. CIF provides loan and grant financing, technical assistance, training and support to non-profit early care and education (ECE) and out-of-school time (OST) agencies planning facilities projects. CIF has assisted organizations such as Children First, For Kids Only, Youth in Motion, and the Crispus Attucks Children’s Center by helping develop better facilities as well as additional spaces for programs and the local community. The Fund is affiliated with the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC).
