Action Inc. and the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute are among the latest community organizations to get support from COVID Local Fiscal Recovery Funds by way of the $23 million the
A recent sale of a building to the Gloucester-based human service agency Action Inc. has helped preserve 13 units of affordable housing on the island, the nonprofit said.
The generosity and goodwill of the Cape Ann community was on display as those spearheading the Cape Ann Kids Holiday Fund showed off a gym at Pathways for Children on
The Cape Ann Kids Holiday Fund is back for a fourth season to help families in need over the holiday season, and this year, its toy store has returned.
A new report shows financial supports made available in the pandemic have led to a direct reduction in poverty in Massachusetts. From expanded unemployment benefits and Child Tax Credit payments to increases in food assistance, the report said targeted benefits have shown there is a way to cut childhood poverty in half. Nancy Wagman, research and Kids Count director for the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center and the report s author, contended today s poverty and racial disparities are partly a result of past policies. .