Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Advancing Health Equity Through Housing Funding Opportunity

by James Fuccione | Jul 25, 2018 | News and Updates

The Kresge Foundation is offering a funding opportunity that aims to support innovative, multi-sector solutions to housing instability, generated by community residents, that improve housing affordability and quality through policy and practice changes.  The...

Three MA Projects Awarded AARP Community Challenge Grants

by James Fuccione | Jul 19, 2018 | News and Updates, Systems and Best Practices

Three projects in Massachusetts  – Old Colony YMCA, Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell – were awarded grants from the national  AARP Community Challenge. In its second year, AARP received more than 1,600...

Federal ‘Grandparents Raising Grandchildren’ Bill Signed into Law

by James Fuccione | Jul 19, 2018 | News and Updates

U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Bob Casey (D-PA) applauded the signing of the Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act (S. 1091), legislation they authored that will create a one-stop-shop of resources to support...

Healthy Aging Job Alert: Tufts Health Plan Foundation, AARP, JF&CS

by James Fuccione | Jul 18, 2018 | Jobs

The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following jobs from our partners at the Tufts Health Plan Foundation, AARP Massachusetts and Jewish Family & Children’s Services. Program Associate – Tufts Health Plan Foundation  Under...

Massachusetts Tech, Innovation, and Aging Service Leaders Launch Global Competition to Improve Healthy Aging and Social Isolation

by James Fuccione | Jul 12, 2018 | News and Updates

A global innovation challenge for the improvement of well-being in aging populations was announced today by a group of industry, academic and government partners affiliated with Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker’s Council to Address Aging. The In Good Company: The...