Early Head Start is looking to move some children out of a housing complex in Danbury and into a facility that already has other classrooms operating. A committee of the City Council will look into the proposal from the Connecticut Institute for Communities.
The organization leases the Old Jail on Main Street and is looking to move out of Laurel Gardens. The Old Jail was constructed in 1872 is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but needs some interior alterations. The Women’s Infants and Children Nutrition program could be relocated to other space to make way for new classrooms.
Laurel Gardens is a federally-funded housing community next to the police department. The Danbury Housing Authority is reportedly interested in revamping some of that community house.
The Early Head Start program launched in the early 1990s. CIFC runs 4 classes between the two facilities, in addition to four other Early Head Start classes at its Foster Street complex.
