26Aug
YouthWorks 2011

YouthWorks 2011

August 26, 2011By

End of Summer Celebration held at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester on August 26, 2011.

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Photo Credit: Mary Turner

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21Jun
WCAC Legislative Lunch 2011

WCAC hosts its Legislative Luncheon to outline the agency’s state-funded programs

June 21, 2011By

Left to right: Representative Matt Beaton; Joe Brava, aide to Representative Kimberly Ferguson; David Muradian, aide to Representative George Peterson; Representative Kevin Kuros; Representative Vincent Pedone; Representative Anne Gobi; Representative James O’Day; WCAC Board member Jean Perkins; Senator Michael O. Moore, John Weeks, aide to Representative John Mahoney; WCAC Board member Michael Keegan; and WCAC Board member Barbara Haller.

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01Jun
Healthy Families of Southern Worcester County Receives Top Honors

Healthy Families of Southern Worcester County Receives Top Honors

June 1, 2011By

(L to R) Back Row: Sarah Merva, Valerie Oliveras, Program Director Jennifer Reed; Front Row: Lindsay Wood, Janelle Brigham.

This June, Healthy Families of Southern Worcester County was recognized statewide with top honors, earning the Reflective Supervision Award presented by Healthy Families Massachusetts. Reflective Supervision is awarded to one of the twenty-five programs in the Commonwealth. The program must demonstrate regular and successful review of Participant Data System (PDS) records. HFSWC’s shadows of supervision illustrate best practices in reflective supervision and supervision log documentation. Program successes include contributing to Supervisors Support Forums, supervisor and coordinator training, and the Supervision Think Tank.

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16May
2011 Action Hero Awards

2011 Action Hero Awards

May 16, 2011By

2011 Action Hero Award Recipients, (L to R) Christopher Sawyer, Creative Designer; Thomas E. Ellis, Jr., Heery International, Inc.; Dr. Laurie Ross, Clark University; Dr. Gail Carberry, Quinsigamond Community College; J. Christopher Collins, Unum (honoree Kellie Moats, Together By Heart Photography, not pictured).

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13Apr

Cuts to WCAC unacceptable

April 13, 2011By

Full and original article posted on Telegram & Gazette

President Barack Obama, during his State of the Union address, stated that federal cuts to the Community Services Block Grant funding are part of a unique opportunity to “right our fiscal ship and begin to reduce our massive deficits and debt.” Cutting this program support for community action agencies is an attack on over 20.7 million income-limited children, seniors, veterans and families across the country. This is unreasonable and unacceptable.

CSBG funds the Community Action network — 1,100 nonprofit service providers nationwide, 24 of which are in Massachusetts. It’s one of the most significant and comprehensive approaches by the federal government to provide a safety net and build economic security for struggling Americans. Worcester Community Action Council receives this funding and currently services over 72,000 people in 49 Central Massachusetts communities.

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28Jan
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day January 28, 2011

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day January 28, 2011

January 28, 2011By

L to R: Joe Diamond, Executive Director, Massachusetts Community Action Programs, Kathleen Polanowicz representing Congressman James McGovern; Anita Hill, IRS, Director of Field Assistance Area 1; Jill C. Dagilis, WCAC Executive Director; Elice Chiapulis, WCAC Fuel Assistance Staff; Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray; Timothy Garvin, President, United Way of Central Massachusetts; Mark Bilotta, CEO, Colleges of Worcester Consortium.

Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. welcomed Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray on Friday, January 28, 2011, as one of many statewide agencies to kick-off Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Awareness Day. The Lt. Governor met with customers who filed in the past, volunteer tax preparers, as well as members of the Worcester Alliance for Economic Inclusion.

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08Sep

In Worcester, An Anti-Poverty Agency Helps its Neediest

September 8, 2010By

Full and original article posted on Mass.gov

I have been to a number of anti-poverty agencies across the state and my awe at the dedication and effort of the people who work at these agencies has yet to subside.

I know that I have written before about how Governor Patrick wants to make sure that we know in detail how the stimulus funds are working, so for this trip I paid a visit to the Worcester Community Action Council to see firsthand the impact of its stimulus funds. Once again, I was amazed at what this agency does to help some of the poorest in its city. Jill Daglis, the energetic executive director of the agency told me that the agency works with 72,000 families annually with that number rising consistently by 1,000 every year for the last few years. “Everyone here jumps in and does what it takes,” she said.

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