In their first joint community investment, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation are giving $1 million to support vaccine education, awareness and outreach in communities of color. Just one month after Harvard Pilgrim Health Care...
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EOHHS to Host Stakeholder Call on Massachusetts’ Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform
Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) Secretary Marylou Sudders will hold a stakeholder call on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 9:45-10:30 AM to discuss Massachusetts’ Roadmap for Behavioral Health Reform: Ensuring the right treatment...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Mass Broadband Institute, Citizens Institute for Rural Design, MassDOT, Mass Councils on Aging
The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages our network of communities and stakeholders to consider and promote the following funding opportunities. Mass Broadband Institute: Community Hotspot - rolling deadline Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (“MassTech...
AARP Creates ‘Training Video’ Tutorials for Age-Friendly Community Efforts
The AARP Livable Communities team has created video tutorials with guidance for communities seeking to become age-friendly. The six-video series is meant to help stakeholders understand the basics of "age-friendly," but to also help cities, towns and regions through...
RRF Issue Brief on Economic Security of Older Adults Features UMass-Boston Projects
The RRF Foundation for Aging, which supports the Elder Economic Security Index from UMass-Boston, among other related projects, released an issue brief with data highlighting the importance of addressing economic security for older adults. Half of older people who...
Older Adults Age 75+ Eligible on Feb. 1 for COVID-19 Vaccine
People ages 75 and older are eligible for the vaccine beginning on February 1st. Individuals age 75 or older can begin making appointments for dates Monday, February 1 or later as early as Wednesday, January 27. Please note, it may take several weeks to get an...
AARP Adds New Resources on ADU Policies and Inclusive Zoning
The AARP Livable Communities team, which builds resources to support age-friendly community efforts, has released a pair of resources to promote local policy improvements that can help older adults age in community and make public spaces more inclusive. Enabling...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: Dementia Friendly Mass./MCOA, Mass Cultural Council
The Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative encourages our network of communities and stakeholders to consider and promote the following funding opportunities. Mass. Councils on Aging FY21 SIG Grants: Outreach Grants: Dementia Friendly Massachusetts – Outreach to the...
8-80 Cities Releases ‘Winter Cities Toolkit’ to Create Inclusive Public Spaces
With the Shared Winter Streets and Spaces grant opportunity from MassDOT still in play, another resource has emerged to help communities create inclusive public spaces during the winter months. 8-80 Cities, an organization dedicated to creating equitable communities...
Libraries Across Massachusetts Address Digital Divide Issues with Wi-Fi Map
In an effort to address issues around internet access and the digital divide, the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) released a map of local libraries offering internet access via wi-fi signals outside of their buildings. While some libraries require...