On August 19th, the Community Compact Best Practices Program was opened for cities and towns. The program is a voluntary, mutual agreement entered into between the Healey-Driscoll Administration and individual cities and towns of the Commonwealth where a community will agree to implement at least one best practice that they select from across a variety of areas.

One of the available options communities may choose is “Age and Dementia Friendly Best Practices.”

The community’s chosen best practice(s) will be reviewed between the Commonwealth and the municipality to ensure that the best practice(s) chosen are unique to the municipality and reflect needed areas of improvement.

Funding is available through the program and municipal leaders must be the lead applicant. Eligible communities are those municipalities who did not apply in FY24.

More information on the Community Compact Best Practices Program is available here.