…starting this year, said Wendy Long, the district’s community relations official. The school has seen sustained poverty over the last several years, Long said, and many students were on free…
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Sixteen schools in five Western MA school districts awarded Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grants
Western Massachusetts schools will receive just over $480,000 of the $3.8 million dollar Digital Connections Partnership Schools Grants awarded last week by the Baker-Polito Administration. Sixteen schools within Belchertown, Gill-Montague,…
Mobile markets make local food accessible
…— a small farmers market packed up in a van and driven around to communities. Caitlin Marquis, of the nonprofit Healthy Hampshire, which is supporting the new Amherst Mobile Market,…
State grant program aims to promote health in rural areas
…Community Development Corp. and the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission, will receive $149,818 annually for two years through the “Social Determinants Partnership Program.” That funding will help the partnership address inequities…
Health care systems, including Cooley Dickinson, turn to a ‘new’ old medicine: healthy food
A few times a week, Katie Macomber, medical home care coordinator at Amherst Pediatrics, writes a “prescription” for patients and their families. Macomber is not a doctor, and the prescription…
Healthy Hampshire sends team to Johns Hopkins initiative
…Council Community Invest in racially and economically just food systems community of practice. Participating as a team, Talya and Kia become part of a two year learning opportunity, and will…
50 Years of Belonging and Community for Students with Disabilities
…needs residing in their communities. The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES), then Hampshire Educational Collaborative (HEC), soon began to help districts in Hampshire County with programs that could support students…
Past Project Experience & Resources
Home E Search query for: services healthy families and communities tobacco free community partnership ( Page 7 ) Suggested Resources from Past Projects CES has extensive experience working with EEC…
Collaborative for Educational Services Begins Statewide Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Project
Northampton, MA — The Collaborative for Educational Services (CES) Healthy Families and Communities department has received federal funding for a three year project that will provide Youth Mental Health First…
Thank you, Heather!
The SPIFFY Coalition has big news: Heather Warner, SPIFFY Manager, has transitioned into a NEW role as the Hampshire-Franklin Tobacco Free Community Partnership Coordinator. We are so grateful for 15…