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12/24/2025

Victory Women of Vision (VWV) Knitting Sisters brings together new american older women from differing backgrounds to knit items for people in need. The group was recently featured in a NH Chronicle piece where participants reflected in the impact the program has on social isolation and genuine connection. Watch the coverage here:

With every stitch, a group of women who meet in Manchester each week knit together a community while helping others.

12/24/2025

Congratulations to all the inspiring women who have been selected into our next cohort of YW Boston's Academy of Women Achievers. Among the honorees is Shavel'le Olivier of Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition. Meet the awardees here:

Celebrate the accomplishments of inspiring women at YW Boston’s Academy of Women Achievers event, uplifting women leaders across Boston.

12/23/2025

The Executive Office of Aging & Independence recently launched the refreshed MassOptions website, your connection for age and disabilities services. The updated site features clearer navigation, more intuitive resource pages, improved accessibility and information on community-based programs across the Commonwealth. Visit the site here:

A service of the Executive Office of Aging & Independence, a state agency under the Executive Office of Health & Human Services

12/22/2025

The Massachusetts Rental Voucher program (MRVP) serves more than 10,700 households across the commonwealth. With funding from the Foundation, The MassINC Polling Group, The Boston Foundation, Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, Inc. CHAPA and other organizations, surveyed nearly 1,000 MRVP tenants and 175 landlords, and held focus groups and interviews with tenants and landlords to get their views on the program. Their research found that the program has garnered positive reviews from tenants and landlords and identified areas for improvement. Read the full report here:

A survey conducted by MassINC Polling Group with the Boston Foundation and other partners finds that the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program gets high marks from tenants and landlords alike -- but that lingering challenges are reducing the program's effectiveness.

12/17/2025

Recently, the Age & Dementia Friendly Regional Showcase hosted by LifePath brought together voices from across Franklin County and the North Quabbin region in Mass. to highlight how collaboration across sectors is creating real, measurable change for people of all ages and abilities. Explore the recent accomplishments and ongoing work across the region here:

What are Age & Dementia Friendly communities? This region-wide effort makes our communities welcoming, accessible, and inclusive for people of all ages—especially older adults and those living with dementia. Using frameworks developed by the World Health Organization and AARP, our approach is tail...

12/17/2025

How can funders build deeper connections and show they care? Supporting organizations beyond the check is a core component of trust based philanthropy, but how to offer support is rarely uniform. Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)'s recent article helps propose specific ways foundations can bring other resources forward. Read more here: http://ms.spr.ly/6183tX8h5

As the political and organizational context for civil society grows more challenging, philanthropy must consider support beyond-the-grant.

12/16/2025

Our thoughts are with Brown University and the entire Providence, R.I. community. In support of our health plan members and the communities impacted by this tragic event, we are making donations to Family Service of RI and the Nonviolence Institute.

12/16/2025

Community Servings' FY25 Annual Report highlights how the organization is meeting the growing need with urgency, innovation, and leadership. Learn how the organization has grown and made an impact here:

12/15/2025

A new report from AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving reveals how place can affect the caregiving experience. Caring Across State Lines found that 26% of the adults in Massachusetts provide care to a family member of friend with complex medical conditions. Explore more of the findings here:

12/10/2025

Urban Farming Institute of Boston distributed 650 turkey baskets last month to help families in Mattapan, Roxbury, and Dorchester experiencinng food insecurity get prepared for the holiday. Read the Dorchester Reporter coverage here:

The Urban Farming Institute in Mattapan distributed 650 turkey baskets on Thursday (Nov. 20) as the non-profit helped neighbors get prepared for next week’s Thanksgiving holiday.

12/09/2025

Last month, Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative, Maine Council on Aging and NH Alliance for Healthy Aging leaders presented with Dr. Beth Dugan of UMass Boston at Gerontological Society of America’s annual conference. Leaders shared how healthy aging data reports have been an important tool to build age-friendly momentum and investments in their states. Learn more here:

12/08/2025

MeHAF's application process for the 2026 Health Equity Capacity-Building (HECB) Grants program is now open. Funding supports organizations that are led by and serving people with lived experience in the health equity space. Deadline to submit a letter of inquiry is December 10. Learn more and apply here:

MANAGE YOUR GRANT Find Funding E-News Sign-up Health Equity Capacity Building Grants Program Program Description In this grant round, MeHAF will award seven new organizations an unrestricted operating support award of $30,000 per year for four years, along with a $5,000 annual budget for capacity-bu...