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Hope For New Haven and CERCLE have partnered with the City of New Haven to make grant funds available to the early care and education (ECE) industry.  

Through a City initiative called the Early Childhood Recovery and Innovation Project, $1.6 million of ARPA funding have been made available over the next three years to strengthen the ECE workforce in New Haven.

List of Grantees Workforce Development
for Early Care and Education Grant
2023-2025

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  • ACES

  • Atlas Training Center

  • Creating Kids at the CT Children’s Museum

  • Creative ME

  • Find & Seek

  • First Step Child Care & Learning Center

  • Friends Center for Children

  • Havenly, Inc.

  • Inspired Communities Inc.

  • It Takes A Village Learning Center

  • Kidz Tyme Learning Center

  • M&M House of Love

  • Ms. Mia’s TLC Group Daycare

  • Nasir Youth Interest Group

  • New Haven YMCA Youth Center

  • Precious Gifts Childcare

  • Sankofa Learning Center

  • St. Aedan Preschool

  • The Learning Center

  • Upon This Rock Academy

  • West Haven Child Development Center, Inc.

  • Westville Community Nursery

Projects Supported Through Grant Funding

Grant funding supports targeted initiatives that strengthen the ECE workforce, advance professional qualifications and improve program quality.  Funded projects include:

  • Accreditation and quality-improvement initiatives, including progress toward NAFCC accreditation.

  • Structured support for educators to earn Child Development Associate (CDA) credentials, including instruction, peer learning and guided completion.

  • ECE training programs and continuing education aligned with professional standards and regulatory requirements.

  • Engagement of education, health and social work consultants to support program quality and staff well-being.

  • Leadership development and career pathway initiatives supporting progression to senior and head teacher roles.

  • Recruitment, training and development of new ECE professionals to expand and stabilize the workforce.

  • Pilot ECE-focused ESL programs providing sustained language support for emerging English speakers.

  • Advanced professional learning opportunities, including national conferences and cross-sector partnerships.

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