Earned Income Tax Awareness Day · Celebrating 50 years of VITA Today the Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP) along with the Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC) and the Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) were joined by Senator...
A Focus on Fuel Assistance and Weatherization MASSCAP, along with LEO Inc., the network of Community Action Agencies in Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Energy Directors Association (MEDA), will launch its annual statewide awareness campaign to ensure that...
Effective programs that help families to make ends meet, like the Earned Income Tax Credit, SNAP, fuel assistance, school lunches, Head Start, and Social Security cut the number of people in Massachusetts living in poverty by almost half and reduce the number of...
MASSCAP Calls for Its Reversal Is it possible to succeed as a legal immigrant if you are faced with a regulation designed to cause you to fail? Can you imagine being forced to choose between feeding and caring for your family, or continuing to pursue citizenship and a...
One Holyoke family is now finally able to make the down payment on their first home. This family with 2 young children and 2 working parents who have been saving for some time left the Valley Opportunity Council (VOC) Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site...
We very much appreciate and are grateful to our elected officials – our legislators and the governor - for being so responsive and sensitive to the needs of our vulnerable friends and neighbors living with low-incomes and struggling with high energy burdens which are...
As Reported by Crystal Haynes, Boston 25 News: BOSTON - Families living on tight budgets are facing another tough week with brutal wind chills and snow in the forecast. But some households across the state can't pay for home heating oil as their fuel assistance...
As Reported by Kaitlyn Budoin and Michael P. Norton/ State House News Service: Community action groups often associated with getting heating assistance to people who need it want the Legislature to give them a broader mission that reflects their efforts in areas like...
Thousands of Households Have Run Out of Home Heating Oil Advocates have urged the Governor to provide $30M in supplemental Fuel Assistance Resources to meet the immediate need of vulnerable households across the Commonwealth to stay safe and warm this winter. The...
Thousands of Households Have Run Out of Home Heating Oil With bitter temperatures gripping the nation including New England, there is serious concern for the health and well-bring of low-income households – especially those that heat with oil. “Thousands of home...