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Community Foundation Grants given
Just Roots, Clinical and Support Options and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts are among seven organizations awarded $300,000 in competitive “innovation” planning grants from the Community Foundation of Western…
Working with teachers and students online to create pathways, not roadblocks
…talk about it. “We are not going deep enough,” says Casey. “A lot of teachers are interested. They know it’s important but it’s scary and confusing. Whether they think kids…
Expressing What Matters to Youth in the DYS Program
…Services (DYS), the students showed what mattered to them in paintings, sculptures, videos, song and dance. The Massachusetts program has had a long commitment to incorporating the arts into youth…
Interns gain experience in life sciences, and a paycheck
AMHERST – This summer, 30 students from high schools across Franklin and Hampshire counties are taking part in internships in local businesses and at the University of Massachusetts, where they…
$1M to fight youth opioid addiction
…be named the Young Adult Empowerment Collaborative of Western Massachusetts. It will be under the direction of Debra McLaughlin of the Opioid Task Force and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office…
White House Hosts Summit on Early Childhood Education
…The states that won were red and blue. Continue reading at nbcnews.com What this means for Massachusetts Coverage from the Boston Globe: Mass. receives $15m US grant to increase access…
Mass Association of School Superintendents Supports Attorney General Healey in JUUL lawsuit announcement
…new facts that have not previously been made public about JUUL’s youth-oriented advertising campaign in 2015. Thomas Scott, Executive Director, Massachusetts Association of Schools Superintendents submitted the following statement of…
Afterschool and Out-of-School Programs Woefully Underfunded
A release from the office of State Senator Brendan Crighton: The Legislature’s Afterschool and Out-of-School Time (ASOST) Coordinating Council has found that years of underfunding have left too many Massachusetts…
A meeting of the minds: Sunderland sixth-graders interview UMass graduate students for podcasts
…from the University of Massachusetts Amherst to visit Sunderland Elementary and discuss the subjects, which include space exploration, disease and illnesses, mental health as it relates to other illnesses and…