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City of Boston Public Health Commission Introduces Community Health Equity Empowerment Fund
BOSTON, Mass. /MASSACHUSETTS NEWSWIRE/ -- The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) today announced the creation of the Community Health Equity Empowerment Fund (CHEE Fund), a new initiative that will provide grants to local non-profits and community-based organizations (CBOs) working to advance health equity through prevention, intervention, and response services. Using funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), BPHC will distribute a total of $1 million in CHEE grants this year, equating to $200,000 per awarded organization.
Mass. Gov. Healey and Lt. Governor Driscoll File Fiscal Year 2024 Budget, Tax Relief and Housing Bills
BOSTON, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire/ -- This week (March 1), The Healey-Driscoll Administration filed its Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget recommendation, a $55.5 billion blueprint for Massachusetts’ future that makes historic investments in climate action, public education and transportation, and workforce development. It also lays out Governor Healey’s plans for first-time use of Fair Share revenue, including the creation of a new Education and Transportation Fund.
RECENT MASS. NEWS
Lowell Chamber Orchestra (LCO) Inaugurates its Fifth Season with a Concert that Redefines the Symphony
LOWELL, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire/ -- The Lowell Chamber Orchestra opens its fifth season Saturday, September 16, 2023, with music that redefines the symphony as genre. The evening will feature music by Brittney Benton, Yoko Nakatani, Vincent Persichetti, and Arnold Schönberg, bringing a historical approach to the ever changing façade of this genre.
Lowell Chamber Orchestra (LCO) in Massachusetts announces the winners of its Call-for-Scores and Concerto Competition
LOWELL, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire/ -- The Lowell Chamber Orchestra congratulates composers Cory Brodack and Martin Max Schreiner for winning the orchestra's 2023 Lowell Chamber Orchestra Call-for-Scores, and marimba player Wei-Hsing Nikki Huang, for winning the 2023 Lowell Chamber Orchestra Concerto Competition.
Mass. Gov. Healey and Lt. Governor Driscoll File Fiscal Year 2024 Budget, Tax Relief and Housing Bills
BOSTON, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire/ -- This week (March 1), The Healey-Driscoll Administration filed its Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) budget recommendation, a $55.5 billion blueprint for Massachusetts’ future that makes historic investments in climate action, public education and transportation, and workforce development. It also lays out Governor Healey’s plans for first-time use of Fair Share revenue, including the creation of a new Education and Transportation Fund.
Boston EAP celebrates National Nutrition Month 2023 by re-introducing the wellness portal and sharing nutrition resources
BOSTON, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire/ -- This month,the Boston Employee Assistance Program announced that "[We] are looking to celebrate healthy eating as a major aspect of positive physical and mental health." For 50 years, National Nutrition Month has been celebrated as a means of focusing on nutrition education, introducing and reintroducing healthy eating habits for longer and better lives.
Massachusetts-based Valo Media partners with OptionsSwing to Bring Innovative User-Generated Content Solutions to the online education market
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire/ -- Valo Media, a user-generated content (UGC) agency, announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with OptionsSwing, an online education technology company. This new partnership will bring innovative solutions for strategic marketing initiatives as well as brand new content that will help OptionsSwing reach and engage a wider global audience.
BioBuilder’s next phase, in which it will build on the learning from Eastern Tennessee, is to develop a plan to grow...
NEWTON, Mass. /Massachusetts Newswire/ -- The BioBuilder Educational Foundation, Inc. ("BioBuilder"), which has a decade of empowering teachers and schools to bring synthetic biology education to school districts in 47 states, today announced its launch of a strategic planning process designed to grow the bioeconomy workforce at scale in urban, rural, and tribal communities.
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