As reported by Brian Benson, Daily News Staff, and Gerry Tuoti, Wicked Local Newsbank Editor: Despite threats that funding would be eliminated in President Donald Trump’s preliminary budget, the state’s home heating program will continue to keep low-income families...
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Sixty-one organizations join the 2018 Your Money, Your Goals cohort (including MASSCAP)
As reported by By Patty Avery and Yuliya Rzad, CFPB: We’re working to expand the reach of Your Money, Your Goals to more people across the country with the help of our new 2018 Your Money, Your Goals cohort organizations. In September, we invited organizations to...
You could qualify for heating assistance in MetroWest, Milford area
As reported by Jonathan Dame, Daily News: FRAMINGHAM – An improved economy may mean fewer households are tapping into the financial help for winter heating bills, but questions about eligibility might be playing a role. “There are probably hundreds, maybe thousands,...
Launch of Statewide Fuel Assistance Campaign
Click here for Press Release On October 27, 2017, the Massachusetts Association of Community Action (MASSCAP), along with several community action agencies, launched a statewide awareness campaign on fuel assistance in advance of the cold weather. The awareness...
Help for Hurricane Victims in Puerto Rico
Community Action Agencies stand ready to help families who have come here from Puerto Rico. Visit our Agencies page to find your local agency. Community Action Partnership, the national nonprofit that strengthens, promotes, represents and serves the network of member...
Springfield Partners for Community Action Builds Community
As reported by AFAMPOV: The staff at Springfield Partners has found a delicious way to celebrate the success of Paul Boyd, one of our Individual Development Account graduates. Looking for assistance in expanding his small business, Chef Boyd enrolled in our Individual...
Celebrating Patricia Daly and her Impact in Community Action
Download article After 23 years at the helm of South Shore Community Action Council (SSCAC), Patricia Daly is retiring in June. In that time – and even before as SSCAC’s Head Start director – she has dedicated her life to Community Action. She will be missed on many...
ABCD opens new childcare center for South End and Chinatown families
As reported by Sara Brown, Sampan: Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) celebrated the opening of its new Head Start center serving Boston’s Chinatown and South End on May 1. The state-of-the-art early learning center at 595 Harrison Avenue, Boston, will...
Head Start gets state grant
NEW BEDFORD — People Acting in Community Endeavors Inc. will receive a Head Start State Supplemental Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) for Fiscal Year 2018, Rep. Antonio Cabral announced. Cabral said in a news release that PACE...
A small grant makes big changes at Community Action, Inc.
As written in Press Release, Essex County Community Foundation: Gail Souther is the first person you’ll meet when you walk through the doors at Community Action, Inc., located at 3 Washington Square, a multilevel brick building in downtown Haverhill that could be...