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...
As reported by Neal Simpson, Patriot Ledger: Times are good on the South Shore: The economy is booming, growing companies are scrambling to find enough workers and the unemployment rate is hovering somewhere under 3 percent. And yet one in 10 people in Quincy continue...
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” Effective programs that...
An opinion piece in the Worcester Telegram, written by Jill C. Dagilis, WCAC: How does a community pave a road to economic opportunity and self-sufficiency for area residents? Early last month, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. joined our Community Action...
As reported by Keith Eddings, The Eagle-Tribune: Leaders of several of the region's anti-poverty programs on Tuesday predicted a dire future for the poor as President Trump and Congress begin cutting funding for the programs to pay for the tax cut they recently...
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...
As reported by Jordan Frias, Spare Change News: A report outlining the effects of social programs and removing barriers for low-income individuals and families was discussed at a recent panel discussion hosted by Action for Boston Community Development in Dorchester....