On Monday, June 24, adult members of the SPIFFY Steering Committee joined with members of the newly-formed SPIFFY Youth Steering Committee for an evening retreat to discuss school mental health…
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CES Profile – After School Programs, Learning Inspired by Fun
…after school programs are funded through 21st Century Learning Grants, and others are the result of CES partnerships with schools to create their own pay-as-you-go programs. Special recruitment efforts assure…
Rural School Aid in State Budget
…allowing it “to build on the success of its first year, which provided nearly 40,000 families with fresh, healthy, local food, and millions of dollars in sales to Massachusetts farmers,”…
Cooley Dickinson Health Care receives $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Cooley Dickinson Health Care received a $555,555 grant to improve regional food insecurity and address a systemic lack of access to healthy food. According to a…
Youth substance abuse prevention programs get state funding
BOSTON (WWLP)–Youth substance use prevention programs across the state will receive grant funding through a state health initiative. The Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and the Department…
Unjammed: Using Technology to Transform Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
…in Alternative Settings (CEEAS) for its Unjammed: Blended Learning Initiative. With CEEAS’ support, educators in selected DYS programs are being trained on how to use innovative and low-cost educational technologies…
How to Talk to Families about Communication Delays/Neurodiversity
This training will provide strategies for early childhood professionals to talk with caregivers about communication delays and different learning profiles. In order to partner successfully with families, professionals need support…
Palmer-Monson Family Network offers a “great, fun, safe place” for kids and parents
THREE RIVERS – Residents of Palmer and Monson who are looking to get their child involved in a playgroup, exchange or donate clothes, enjoy some fun bonding and enrichment time…
Rural schools to push for millions more in state aid
BUCKLAND — Hoping to boost state money to rural school districts by about $9.5 million, educators at the Massachusetts Rural Schools Coalition voted unanimously Wednesday to back a proposal for…
Special Education Communities of Practice
Home E Search query for: programs healthy families and communities spiffy coalition get involved ( Page 17 ) Networking, support and strategies for special education team leaders These communities are…