The Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) at MassTech announced the launch of the Residential Internet Retrofit Program, a $22 million statewide initiative to equip public and affordable housing units across the state with high-speed internet for current and future...
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FCC Issues Notice, Hosting Webinar on Winding Down of Affordable Connectivity Program
On March 4, 2024, the FCC issued a Public Notice confirming that absent additional funding from Congress, April 2024 is the last fully funded month for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). April will be the final month that households receiving the benefit will...
Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: Municipal ADA Grant, Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that help support inclusive age-and dementia friendly communities: Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds, deadline 3/29 Administered by the Massachusetts...
Grant Reviewers Needed for Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds
Health Resources in Action (HRiA), which oversees the Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds is seeking Massachusetts-based Review Committee members with diverse lived experience and/or subject matter expertise, for their 2024 grantmaking funding opportunity....
CDC Recommends Additional Dose of Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Older Adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formalized a recommendation that adults ages 65 years and older should receive an additional updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose. The recommendation from the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’...
US HHS Announces a Multi-Pronged Effort to Strengthen Direct Care Workforce
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Community Living (ACL), announced several new initiatives and resources from ACL’s Direct Care Workforce (DCW) Strategies Center to address the dire shortage of professionals who...
AARP Community Challenge Deadline is 3/6, and Other Age-Friendly Funding Opportunities
Less than one week remains until the deadline for the AARP Community Challenge, which provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. The AARP Community Challenge will be accepting applications...
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following events that offer awareness, resources and other opportunities for stakeholders in the age- and dementia friendly movement: Alzheimer’s Association New England Family Conference –...
Diverse Elders Coalition Reveal Policy Priorities and Promote Age-Friendly Communities
The Diverse Elders Coalition (DEC), in collaboration with their six national member organizations, shared its new Policy Priorities to focus the attention of policymakers on the urgent needs of the growing number of diverse older adults in the United States. The DEC...
Less Than Two Weeks Until Deadline for AARP Community Challenge Grant, and other Age-Friendly Funding Opportunities
Less than two weeks remain until the deadline for the AARP Community Challenge, which provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. In 2024, the AARP Community Challenge will be accepting...