Early care and education is in crisis.
Parents pay too much for child care.
Educators earn too little to survive.
Programs struggle to stay open.
Friends Center for Children’s rent free Teacher Housing Initiative offers an innovative solution to increase teacher compensation without burdening our students’ families with elevated tuition fees. By providing free housing as a salaried benefit, our Teacher Housing Initiative supports educators by removing their largest monthly expense and helping them reach their financial goals. The Initiative also reduces Friends Center’s overall operating costs, enabling us to raise the salaries of ALL our teachers well above Connecticut’s average pay for early educators. In 2024, our teachers received $18,000 more annually than the state average, and our projections show this number will increase each year.
