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Academy Programs and the work of getting home
On one road in Fairmont, West Virginia, three residential programs and a school sit close together. The harder task is connecting what happens there to life beyond the campus.
The Brooklyn Nonprofit Building a One-Stop Village Around Every Child
Yeled V'Yalda began with 78 children. Four decades later, its answer to fragmented family services is a network where preschool, therapy, nutrition and parent support can meet under one institutional roof.
Cadence Education Is Building a 350-School Network Without Erasing the Names on the Doors
The private preschool operator has grown from 225 schools in 2020 to 350 in 2026. Its playbook is scale behind the scenes, local identity out front - and a curriculum designed to make care feel like preparation, not parking.
Foss Swim School
Foss turned swim lessons into a school system: fixed quarters, tiny peer groups, warm purpose-built pools and a curriculum designed backward from a confident stroke. Thirty-three years later, the model has reached 36 locations without becoming a franchise.