Friends Center for Children
Friends Center for Children's Free Teacher Housing Initiative
Our Free Teacher Housing Initiative provides free housing for early childhood educators: Raising effective pay, stabilizing the workforce, and expanding access to high-quality child care.
American communities face three intersecting crises: inadequate child care, unaffordable housing, and labor shortages. Since 2020, Friends Center has addressed all three, providing free housing as a salaried benefit for early childhood educators. This first-of-its-kind proven model stabilizes the workforce, expands childcare capacity, and enables more parents, especially women, to work. With WIN Challenge support, we will scale this solution locally by creating 20-25 free housing units for early childhood educators across the sector.
Primary Barrier
The Broken Rung
Location
Connecticut
Solution Region
New England
Community Type
Urban
