Association Requests $30 Million in the FY 19 Supplemental Budget to Head Off Public Health, Safety Crisis The Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP) is urging Governor Charlie Baker and members of the Massachusetts legislature to include $30 million...
As Reported by Scott Stafford, The Berkshire Eagle: With the winter season bearing down on the Berkshires, the federal allotment that provides heating aid for lower income families has been cut by more than $11 million from last year's allocation. The cuts in the...
As Reported by Deb Allard, The Herald News, Fall River: With winter on the way, Citizens for Citizens Inc. is accepting applications for its Fuel Assistance and Energy Efficiency program that starts Thursday, Nov. 1. The Massachusetts Association for Community Action,...
A Focus on Fuel Assistance and Weatherization MASSCAP, along with Citizens for Citizens and the network of Community Action Agencies in Massachusetts, will launch its annual statewide awareness campaign on heating help including fuel assistance and energy efficiency...
As Reported by Taylor Knight, 22WLLP News: A new study recently released by MassBudget found that some of the poorest communities are located in the Pioneer Valley. Almost 20,000 children are living in poverty in Hampden County, compared to 10,000 in Suffolk County....
As Reported by Diane Lederman, MassLive/Springfield Republican: Thinking about health care beyond the doctor's office, offering smaller buses to reach rural residents and stepping out of silos to work collaboratively across the Pioneer Valley were some of the...
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...
As Reported by The Telegram: U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern said he was glad to be in Worcester Friday - where more than half of city children are near or below the federal poverty threshold - rather than continue to hear from legislators he said were out of touch with...
As Reported by Chandler Walsh, Charter TV 3: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d2719_DOq4g&time_continue=11
Public Programs Cut Child Poverty by More than Half, According to New Report on Poverty in Massachusetts Report Commissioned by MASSCAP and Written by MassBudget Looks at “Obstacles on the Road to Opportunity: Finding a Way Forward Together” Forum Looks at Impact of...