November 12, 2025
Horizons’ New Gross Motor Room: Supporting Growth, Movement, and Emotional Regulation
Discover Horizons’ new Gross Motor Room, an intentional space supporting movement, sensory play, and emotional regulation for young children.
News & Blog
Stories, updates, and announcements from Horizons for Homeless Children.
August 20, 2025
Gratitude for a year of growth and progress
Horizons has a waitlist of over 200 children, and that number has been climbing. To meet the rising demand for high-quality early education for children experiencing homelessness, we are expanding this fall. We will be opening two additional classrooms and a new gross motor space which will allow us
August 7, 2025
Horizons Expands: Meeting the Growing Needs of Children Experiencing Homelessness in Boston
Horizons has a waitlist of over 200 children, and that number has been climbing. To meet the rising demand for high-quality early education for children experiencing homelessness, we are expanding this fall. We will be opening two additional classrooms and a new gross motor space which will allow us
July 14, 2025
Helping Families Recognize Early Signs of Autism
Horizons for Homeless Children is committed to bridging opportunity gaps for children experiencing homelessness. Part of this work includes acknowledging that trauma and instability have significant impacts on early child development. As noted in our blog Building Systems of Support for Early Inclus
July 1, 2025
Wareham Week – Playtime! Kids experiencing homelessness get a new place to play
Wareham – “Our job is mitigating the impact of trauma on a child so they’re able to become healthy in all aspects of life,” Shared Tara Spalding, Chief of Advancement and Playspace with Wareham Weekly, in reference to the local playspace currently seeking volunteers. “There’s a lot of research that
June 25, 2025
Horizons Partners with Boston Public Library to Bring Literacy Expertise to our Youngest Readers
The Frederick W. Worcester Children’s Library at Horizons, funded by the Franklin Square House Foundation, is where literacy, learning, imagination, and inclusion come together. Our library is a space where children build a foundation for academic success, but it’s more than just letters and words.
June 25, 2025
Hear the Voices of Horizons Educators
Kiara calls Horizons her “village.” Your generosity helps create that village—for her, for Marleni and Armani, and for so many others. Please make a gift before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can plan to help more families find support, stability, and opportunity.
June 17, 2025
WCVB – Good Morning Eyeopener with Horizons for Homeless Children
BOSTON – Horizons for Homeless Children was featured on WCVB’s Good Morning Eyeopener Wake Up Call Monday 6/16 to share the good news about International Day of Play at our early education center in Roxbury. Watch the clip on WCVB News Channel 5.
June 16, 2025
Provide a safe start for children in need
Kiara calls Horizons her “village.” Your generosity helps create that village—for her, for Marleni and Armani, and for so many others. Please make a gift before the end of our fiscal year on June 30th so we can plan to help more families find support, stability, and opportunity.
June 10, 2025
Mother and Son Give Back Together as Playspace Volunteers
Like many high school students, Danny needs to reach a certain number of community service hours to graduate. In his search for a meaningful opportunity to fulfill this requirement, he found that Horizons had a Playspace right around the corner from his school. It seemed like a perfect place to volu
June 9, 2025
Playspace responds as the state moves families from temporary to permanent shelter
Over the course of the last two years, Horizons and its volunteers have played a critical role bringing play to children living in hotel-based shelters in Massachusetts. We are deeply thankful for the incredible commitment, warmth, and friendship our shelter-based volunteers have shown. Their presen
April 30, 2025
Empowering Families Through Financial Literacy: A New Pilot Program from Horizons for Homeless Children and EDEN
At Horizons for Homeless Children, our mission has always centered on the well-being of children ages zero to five. But we recognize that a child’s well-being is deeply connected to their parent’s well-being. That’s why our Family Partnership Program continues to expand—meeting parents where they ar