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May Dedicated Offering
The Care Center

The Care Center, in Holyoke, helps young mothers and low-income women, who have dropped out of high school, go to college. The Center incorporates small class sizes, lively academics, athletics, and a commitment to success. Students prepare to take the High School Equivalency exam and along the way, fall back in love with learning. While the young mothers read Plato, create artwork, write poetry, and row on the Connecticut River – supports such as transportation, daycare, counseling, meals, and a nurse practitioner allow them to focus on their studies. It works! 75% of the graduates continue to college each year. It only takes one generation to break the cycle of financial insecurity. For these young mothers, college is shifting the paradigm.