MassDevelopment is excited to announce the creative funding program, Commonwealth Places, in partnership with the crowdfunding platform Patronicity to help improve public spaces around the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Commonwealth Places, a collaborative initiative...
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BC Center for Retirement Research Offers Grant and Fellowship on Retirement and Disability Projects
The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program and the annual Dissertation Fellowship Program in the field of retirement or disability research. The programs are funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide...
MABVI and Innovate@BU Announce $10k Community Transportation Challenge
The Massachusetts Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired (MABVI) and Boston University Innovate@BU have announced a partnership to develop a challenge open to BU students and alumni to solve community transit problems that will benefit society at large–and...
DPH, Health Policy Commission Announce ‘Moving Massachusetts Upstream’ Program and RFP
The “Moving Massachusetts Upstream” (MassUP) initiative is a partnership across Massachusetts state agencies including the HPC, the Department of Public Health (DPH), the Office of the Attorney General, the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and the Executive Office...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Safe Routes to Schools ‘Signs and Lines’ Program
The Safe Routes to Schools "Signs and Lines Program" from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will provide design services and up to $6,000 in construction funding to a selected municipality for a low-cost infrastructure project around a public...
University of Massachusetts becomes first university system to join Age-Friendly University Global Network
The five-campus University of Massachusetts system endorsed the 10 principles of the Age-Friendly University, as defined by Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network at Dublin City University, joining an international effort intended to highlight the role of higher...
AARP Hosting Virtual Placemaking Workshop
The 2019 AARP Livable Communities Placemaking Workshop will showcase the many ways local leaders and community volunteers can help to create public spaces that are vibrant, welcoming, safe and accessible. Workshop attendees will: learn about the economic, social and...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Local Cultural Council Program
Mass Cultural Council's Local Cultural Council (LCC) Program is the largest grassroots cultural funding network in the nation supporting thousands of community-based projects in the arts, humanities, and sciences annually. Each year, LCCs award more than $4 million in...
Age-Friendly Grant Opportunity: Mass. Census Equity Fund 2020
The Massachusetts Census Equity Fund 2020 is a statewide funding initiative with the mission to increase participation in the 2020 census in communities that are at significant risk of being undercounted. Through this statewide grant program, the aim is to support...
City of Boston Announces Age Strong Public Awareness Campaign
The City of Boston is pleased to announce that they are launching the Age Strong public awareness campaign to dispel stereotypes about older adults and promote more positive messaging around aging. The city and the Age Strong Commission had many partners that played...