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Local Connecticut Early Childhood Ed, Family Resource Centers, Get Boost

Norwalk Citizen (CT)

As a result of new school readiness and family resource funding in Norwalk, Monisha Gibson, director of the Naramake Family Resource Center, said she is able to increase the number of children served, hire more staff, including a bilingual staffer and positive youth development coordinator, and offer a 5-percent discount to returning families.

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