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...
Please Sign Up to Volunteer Here Please sign up to volunteer at sites in Lawrence, Andover and North Andover to help people in need. Greater Lawrence Community Action Council (GLCAC) is working with state and local officials, the Essex County Community Foundation,...
As Reported Live by Chris Lovett on BNN: Interview with Joe Diamond, MASSCAP https://youtu.be/z_jfTAqrSUA
After 40 years in Community Action and 32 years as Executive Director, Bruce Morell is retiring from People Acting in Community Endeavors (PACE). Bruce has dedicated nearly his entire career to Community Action and to serving the people and communities in the Greater...
As Reported by Jill Terreri Ramos, Boston Globe Correspondent: Poverty is not very visible among Quincy’s newly built apartments and condominiums and increasingly expensive single-family homes. Yet slightly over 10 percent of the city’s residents live at or below the...