Allyx Schiavone, Executive Director of the Friends Center for Children in New Haven, CT, discusses a three-year approach the Center administration took to address implicit bias among staff.
YALE DAILY NEWS — Members of the Teacher Housing Initiative, a program that is run through the Friends Center for Children, have expanded their free housing facilities for early childhood educators and are prepared to welcome two single mothers into their newest housing complex.
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NEW HAVEN INDEPENDENT — “No light bulb,” a volunteer called out on a recent afternoon at a two-story, one-family home in Fair Haven Heights. The lamp that needed a bulb was among the community donations at the first-ever Furnishing Day, which saw a revolving group of 60 friends, neighbors, and board members assembling furniture, hanging pictures, and stocking the pantry in the newly-built structure.
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NEW HAVEN REGISTER — Kristen Calderon, a single mom, has worked as a teacher at the Friends Center for Children’s early childhood education center for nearly six years, but before that she had to live in a homeless shelter at one point. It’s tough to survive and raise a kid on a teacher’s salary — and getting tougher.
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