by James Fuccione | Mar 1, 2023 | Conferences, News and Updates
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative is pleased to promote the following events to help advance inclusive age- and dementia friendly communities: Mass. Healthy Aging Collaborative Advisory Council & Statewide Network, March 16th Join MHAC for our first...
by James Fuccione | Feb 22, 2023 | News and Updates
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) announced recently that Massachusetts has been awarded $1,410,222 to expand the highly popular Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP). The award was granted by the United States Department of...
by James Fuccione | Jan 25, 2023 | News and Updates
Creating Community Gardens for People of All Ages — a 32-page publication by AARP Livable Communities with 8 80 Cities — can help elected officials, government staff, nonprofit organizations and neighbors in all sorts of places build and sustain community gardens as...
by James Fuccione | Nov 30, 2022 | Data and Reports
According to the “State of Grandfamilies 2022” report released by Generations United, the 2.5 million children in the United States growing up in “grandfamilies” face higher rates of hunger and food insecurity than their peers. Grandfamilies are families...
by James Fuccione | Nov 2, 2022 | News and Updates
The Baker Administration recently announced that Massachusetts residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits can now use their Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) SNAP benefits to buy groceries online from Shaw’s and Star Market, two...