With the upcoming election cycle, the ongoing tensions around what and how we teach in schools today, and the increasing anxieties of young people, we believe it's imperative to create a ...
As rural schools and their challenges continue to become a more prominent topic at the state level, two local champions of Franklin County’s schools have been tapped to serve as co-chairs of the ...
SPIFFY Youth Steering Committee member Z Vamosy received the Youth Activist Award from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth at their Annual Gay-la on March 30, 2024. This event brings ...
The SPIFFY Full Coalition Meeting on March 28 was a lively and interactive event, and we are grateful to all who attended! The SPIFFY Team is already looking forward to the ...
Along with numerous staff from other Western MA prevention coalitions, SPIFFY Coalition Coordinator Amy Cronin DiCaprio and SPIFFY Policy, Youth, and School Coordinator Lexi Polokoff attended ...
Implementing Community Programs
We help partners launch programs and projects that emerge as community priorities. Scroll down to see examples of the work we've done and continue to do.
Learning ...
Building Community Coalitions
We help launch and sustain community coalitions to work on priorities identified through community planning processes. Scroll down to see examples of the work we’ve ...
Community Planning: Working with Stakeholders
We work with stakeholders who share our goals to identify policy, systems, and environmental change priorities through community assessment and ...
In 1987, schools and districts were not commonly thinking about educational technology as a means to level the playing field for student opportunity. But CES (then named HEC) Executive Director ...
Judy Heumann’s death last year was deeply felt in the disability community. Often called “the mother” of the disability rights movement, her activism had a lasting impact on millions of ...
Your strategic plan can be focused, and integrate multiple voices
A good strategic plan can take into account the diverse voices within your district or school. CES will develop and facilitate a ...
The Collaborative for Educational Services’ Healthy Hampshire initiative is thrilled to announce a $100,000 grant from the Executive Office of Economic Development's Urban Agenda Grant Program ...
