by James Fuccione | Oct 28, 2020 | News and Updates
A design competition called ‘Winter Places’ has led to a design guide encouraging residents and visitors to visit and spend time on our main streets during colder winter weather while also encouraging shopping and dining at area small businesses. As...
by James Fuccione | Oct 21, 2020 | News and Updates
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to be part of two upcoming virtual events – one with the John A. Hartford Foundation and Milbank Memorial Fund and the other co-hosted with the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) and Babson College....
by James Fuccione | Oct 21, 2020 | News and Updates
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts launched the Eviction Diversion Initiative (EDI) – a comprehensive set of resources to support tenants and landlords during the financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Key components of EDI includes: $100 million...
by James Fuccione | Oct 14, 2020 | Data and Reports, News and Updates
The work conducted by the Task Force to End Loneliness and Build Community, UMass-Boston researchers and AARP Massachusetts led to a virtual summit early in October and a newly released resource with examples that communities can implement to address isolation and...
by James Fuccione | Oct 14, 2020 | Data and Reports
The COVID-19 pandemic sharply illuminated weaknesses in the nation’s public health system and ways in which structural racism put communities of color at disproportionate risk of negative health outcomes, according to a new report, The Promise of Good Health for All:...
