The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) developed the “Climate Resilience Playbook” (“the Playbook”) to to serve as a starting point for municipalities at various stages of preparing for climate impacts. Communities across Massachusetts are experiencing rapidly...
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Age-Friendly Funding Alerts: MassDOT Community Transit, Microtransit and Last Mile Grant Programs
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following funding opportunities that support inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Microtransit and Last Mile Transit Grants, MassDOT (applications open Sept. 5 and are due Nov. 7)...
Reminders for Upcoming Events: Dementia Friends Training, Good Neighbor Day of Action, MHAC Statewide Network, National Summit to Increase Social Connections
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following events from our Statewide Network of partners: Dementia Friends Massachusetts Champion Training, Sept. 12 from 9:00 Am to 12:00 PM Dementia Friends is a global public awareness program...
Submit a Nomination by 9/10 for the Massachusetts Caregiver Coalition Champion Awards
The inaugural Caregiver Champion Awards recognizes employers, labor leaders, policymakers, workers, and advocates who demonstrate exceptional commitment to supporting family caregivers in the workplace. The coalition is coordinated by the Massachusetts Executive...
AARP Report: Policies That Allow More Homebuilding Can Help Older Adults
According to surveys by AARP and The Pew Charitable Trusts, more than 70 percent of older adults would prefer to remain in community as they age while large majorities of those 50 and older favor a roster of zoning and land-use policies that would allow more homes to...
Massachusetts Launches $10 Million Initiative to Transform Commercial Spaces into Homes
The Commercial Conversion Tax Credit Initiative (CCTCI) is a new funding opportunity from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (HLC), thanks to a provision in the Affordable Homes Act, to help convert underused commercial buildings into residential...
Upcoming Events in Healthy Aging: Dementia Friends Training, Good Neighbor Day of Action, MHAC Statewide Network, National Summit to Increase Social Connections
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following events from our Statewide Network of partners: Dementia Friends Massachusetts Champion Training, Sept. 12 from 9:00 Am to 12:00 PM Dementia Friends is a global public awareness program...
Healey-Driscoll Administration Announces Funding to Increase Healthy Incentives Program
The Healey-Driscoll Administration recently announced that the Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) will restore its tiered benefit structure effective September 1, 2025, providing more support for larger households to access nutritious food while strengthening...
MassDOT Releases People and Transportation Project Report
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced the release of the People and Transportation Project Report, a groundbreaking community-based participatory study that offers new insights into the lived experiences of residents using the...
JCHS at Harvard: One in Three Older Households is Cost Burdened
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard recently released findings from the State of the Nation’s Housing 2025 report that highlights trends in housing affordability for older households (those led by someone age 65 or over). According to the report, in 2023,...