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WCAC will host a meeting of its Board of Directors on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Unum, 1 Mercantile Street, Worcester. Full agenda available here. WCAC Board Meetings are open to the public.

WCAC will host its 13th Annual Community Action Hero Awards on Thursday, May 16th. Join us in celebrating those that have gone above and beyond in supporting the agency’s fight against poverty. Click here to reserve your tickets.

From Beacon Hill to Capitol Hill and everywhere in between, join us in celebrating those that Make A Difference in our community! Read more here.

WCAC will host a meeting of its Board of Directors on Monday, April 8, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Full agenda available here. WCAC Board Meetings are open to the public.

The Worcester Community Action Council (WCAC) Board of Directors has engaged the services of Koya Leadership Partners (KLP) to direct the search for the post of Executive Director being vacated by Jill Dagilis who is retiring effective the end of May 2019. The Executive Director role is a full-time position based in Worcester, Massachusetts. Additional details available here.

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. today hosted a grand opening celebration at its newly renovated Head Start Center, 116 School Street, Webster. Congressman James P. McGovern, State Senator Ryan Fattman, and State Representative Joseph McKenna were among the guests celebrating the $2.8 million dollar project. Read more here.

In 2019, the Worcester Free Tax Service Coalition is celebrating its 17th year of providing free tax preparation and asset building services to low income working taxpayers throughout Central Massachusetts! Through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, IRS-certified volunteers prepare taxes and specifically look for tax credits the household may be eligible for, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), Child Tax Credit (CTC) and other credits. Read more here.

WCAC will host its first Board Meeting of the new year on Monday, February 11, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Full agenda available here. This will be the agency’s 53rd Annual Meeting. WCAC Board Meetings are open to the public.

Worcester Community Action Council’s Head Start program has been named the recipient of a $15,000 grant from the National Grid Foundation to support a science and nature curriculum in all of the agency’s twelve classrooms. The initiative, in collaboration with Massachusetts Audubon Broad Meadow Brook, will provide for multiple classroom visits and hands-on lessons at WCAC’s Head Start center by MA Audubon staff, culminating with a field trip to the sanctuary for children to participate in a nature hike. Read more here.

Each year Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. undertakes a Coat Drive in order to provide new winter coats to all of the children enrolled in the agency’s Early Head Start, Head Start, and Healthy Families of Southern Worcester County programs, as well as for the children of the teen parents enrolled in the agency’s Job & Education Center (JEC). More than just a new coat, the program seeks to alleviate the burden of purchasing a new coat for our vulnerable families, while also preventing children from getting sick, missing school and thus causing parents to miss work or school themselves. Read more here.