LeadingAge Massachusetts, a not-for-profit statewide trade association exclusively representing not-for-profit providers of aging services in Massachusetts is seeking a Member Engagement Manager to join their small, but fun and passionate Newton- based team. The...
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Call for Letters of Interest to Serve as a Dementia Friendly MA Ambassador
Dementia Friendly Massachusetts (DFM) is currently seeking a person(s) knowledgeable about the field of dementia to serve as an ambassador(s) to augment DFM’s staff outreach to cultural and linguistic minority communities and leaders. A limited stipend will be...
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: ‘AdvancingCities’ Challenge
AdvancingCities is a $500 million, five-year initiative from JPMorgan Chase & Co. to invest in solutions that bolster the long-term vitality of the world’s cities and the communities within them that have not benefited from economic growth. The AdvancingCities...
MA Age-Friendly Efforts Highlighted at AARP Livable Communities Conference
With nearly 40 cities and towns designated as Age-Friendly, as well as one of three statewide designations in the country, Massachusetts joined communities and organizations to learn and share best practices at the AARP Livable Communities Conference in Charlotte,...
Wintermission Competition Accepting Applications to Help Improve Public Life in Winter
8-80 Cities is accepting proposals for Wintermission project partners in three U.S. cities. The organization will support these partners to become national leaders in winter city planning, design, and programming. These cities will become Winter City Vanguards, and...
Age-Friendly Funding Opportunity: MassDOT Support Opportunity for Regional Transit Authorities
MassDOT has announced it is now accepting applications from Regional Transit Authorities (RTA) for additional funding in Fiscal Year 2019, totaling $4 million, to implement best practices and innovative services to benefit customers. This selection process will...
Age-Friendly Funding Opportunity: MassDevelopment’s ‘Commonwealth Places’
MassDevelopment’s “Commonwealth Places” is a funding mechanism to advance community-driven placemaking in downtown and neighborhood commercial districts throughout Massachusetts. Placemaking is a process through which people in communities work together to improve...
Mirror/Mirror: AARP Survey of Women’s Reflections on Beauty, Age, and Media
A survey of 2,000 U.S. women ages 21 to 72 offered questions on their perceptions of the way women are depicted in the media. Officially called Mirror/Mirror: AARP Survey of Women’s Reflections on Beauty, Age, and Media TM, the survey also asked how these depictions...
EOEA Compiles Legal Resources for Low Income Elders
The Executive Office of Elder Affairs has collected information resources related to legal services for low-income elder consumers and established a helpful guide. The document, available only for the state of Massachusetts, contains a helpful glossary of terms, phone...
MassTrails Program Launched at MassDOT ‘Moving Together’ Conference
MassTrails seeks to expand and connect the Commonwealth’s networks of off-road, shared-use pathways and recreational trails for all users across Massachusetts by providing matching grants, technical assistance and resources to individuals, municipalities, non-profits,...