BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — A new program is giving early childhood educators in Battle Creek a rare financial lifeline: rent-free housing.
WATCH: Local daycare workers receive rent-free housing thanks to new program
The First Home, First Teacher program, created by Friends Center for Children in New Haven, Connecticut, launched locally through a partnership with Pulse at the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Neighborhoods Inc. of Battle Creek, Community Action, Battle Creek Community Foundation, and United Way of South Central Michigan…