Rep. Rosa DeLauro Joins Early Education Community to Introduce Forthcoming Early Care and Education Center at Dixwell; Site Will Pilot Bold Model Integrating Early Childhood and Economic Development

Rep. Rosa DeLauro joined Friends Center for Children, ConnCORP, and community members for a preview of the forthcoming early childhood education center at First Haven in Dixwell, where Friends Center will open its fourth New Haven location in the coming months.

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Teacher Housing Initiative Honored with Sunspot Innovation Award

Friends Center for Children is honored to receive the Sunspot Innovation Award from the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce. This recognition highlights the impact of our Teacher Housing Initiative, which provides free, stable housing for early childhood educators and their families—a bold step toward strengthening the workforce that supports New Haven’s youngest learners. We’re grateful to be celebrated alongside so many nonprofits dedicated to building a more equitable and vibrant community, and we remain inspired every day by the educators whose dedication makes this work possible.

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Arts Council of Greater New Haven Features Flint Street Opening

ARTS COUNCIL GREATER NEW HAVEN – When Allyx Schiavone was in eighth grade, she stole a giant A from the marquee of the Ciné 4 on Middletown Avenue. Back then, it was one of many movie theaters thriving in New Haven, before the advent of streaming forced them out of business one by one. Three and a half decades later, she and colleagues have transformed the old theater into a bustling hub of community, culture, and creative learning, designed for New Haveners of all ages.

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