National Grid/United Way of Central MA donate $155,000 to WCAC’s fuel assistance program! (L to R): Donna J. McGrath, WCAC Director of Planning + Development; Rosalind Baker, WCAC Fuel Coordinator; Linda Booker WCAC Assistant Fuel Director; Jill C. Dagilis, WCAC Executive Director; Kerry Brennan, WCAC Director of Human Resources; Priscilla Holmes, WCAC Deputy Director; Mary Knittle, WCAC Director of Energy; Marcy Reed, National Grid President; and Steve Joseph, Unum Senior Vice President & WCAC Board Vice-Chair.
Local legislators and WCAC Board Members (L to R): Edward Lopes, Donald Xenos for District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr., James O’Day, Dale Allen, Michael Keegan, Winifred Octave, William Van Dam, Anne Gob, Gladys Rodriguez-Parker for Congressman James McGovern, Jack Foley, Barbara Haller for City Councilor Joseph O’Brien, Matthew Beaton, Joanne Gravell, David Muradian for Representative George Peterson, John Weeks for Representative John Mahoney.
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Local legislators and WCAC Board Members (L to R): Edward Lopes, Donald Xenos for District Attorney Joseph Early, Jr., James O’Day, Dale Allen, Michael Keegan, Winifred Octave, William Van Dam, Anne Gob, Gladys Rodriguez-Parker for Congressman James McGovern, Jack Foley, Barbara Haller for City Councilor Joseph O’Brien, Matthew Beaton, Joanne Gravell, David Muradian for Representative George Peterson, John Weeks for Representative John Mahoney.
(L to R): Representative James O’Day; Gladys Rodriguez-Parker for Congressman James McGovern; Representative Anne Gobi; Representative Matthew Beaton; Representative John Mahoney; David Muradian for Representative George Peterson; John Weeks for Representative John Mahoney; Senator Michael Moore.
(L to R): Representative Anne Gobi; Representative Matthew Beaton; Representative John Mahoney; David Muradian for Representative George Peterson; John Weeks for Representative John Mahoney; Senator Michael Moore; Representative Kevin Kuros; WCAC Board Chair William Van Dam.
(L to R): Representative Anne Gobi; Representative Matthew Beaton; Representative John Mahoney; David Muradian for Representative George Peterson; John Weeks for Representative John Mahoney; Senator Michael Moore.
George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
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The Worcester Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Coalition kicks-off EITC Awareness Day on Friday, January 27, 2012.
Jill Dagilis, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. Executive Director welcomes guests.
George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Debra Holland, Deputy Commissioner of Wage and Investment, IRS.
Steven Grossman, Massachusetts State Treasurer and Receiver General.
Steve Carvalho, Acting Undersecretary of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.
Dennis Hennessy, Director of Neighborhood Development, City of Worcester.
EITC client Ivette Moore provides a personal testimonial.
L to R: Karen Frederick, Executive Director, Community Teamwork, Inc.; Priscilla Holmes, Deputy Director, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. (WCAC); Beverly Jones, EITC client; George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Debra Holland, Deputy Commissioner of Wage and Investment, IRS; Jill Dagilis, Executive Director, WCAC; Jeannie Chaffin, Director, Office of Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Dennis Hennessy, Director of Neighborhood Development, City of Worcester; Deborah Penta, WCAC Board Chair; Tim Garvin, CEO, United Way of Central Massachusetts.
Deborah Penta, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. Board Chair and Jeff Turgeon, Executive Director, Central Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board.
Jill Dagilis, Executive Director, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. with Karen Frederick, Executive Director, Community Teamwork, Inc.
Bill Smits, Territory Manager, IRS with Joe Diamond, Executive Director, MASSCAP.
Mark Bilotta, President, Colleges of Worcester Consortium and Steven Carvalho, Acting Undersecretary of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.
Jill Dagilis, Executive Director, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. with Ditzah Wooden-Wade, Deputy Director, Division of Community Services, Department of Housing and Community Development.
EITC program participant Ivette Moore and her daughter.
Tonia Barlow, Program Representative, Division of Community Services, Department of Housing and Community Development with Rosalind Baker, LIHEAP Coordinator, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.
Kathleen Polanowicz, District Director for Congressman James McGovern, Priscilla Holmes, Deputy Director, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. and Steve Carvalho, Acting Undersecretary of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community.
Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. (WCAC) program participant Christian Olivo with WCAC Executive Director Jill Dagilis.
EITC Program participant Beverly Jones and Debra Holland, Deputy Commissioner of Wage and Investment, IRS.
L to R: Jill Dagilis, Executive Director, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. (WCAC); Steven Grossman, Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver General; Deborah Penta, WCAC Board Chair; and Steve Carvalho, Acting Undersecretary of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development.
Debra Holland, Deputy Commissioner of Wage and Investment, IRS with Ditzah Wooden-Wade, Deputy Director, Division of Community Services, Department of Housing and Community Development.
George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services and Jill Dagilis, Executive Director, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.
L to R: Joe Diamond, Executive Director, MASSCAP; Karen Frederick, Executive Director, Community Teamwork, Inc.; George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Steven Grossman, Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver General; Deborah Penta, Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. (WCAC) Board Chair; Steve Carvalho, Acting Undersecretary of Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development; Jill Dagilis, Executive Director, WCAC; Debra Holland, Deputy Commissioner of Wage and Investment, IRS.
End of Summer Celebration held at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester on August 26, 2011.
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YouthWorks Day 2011
YouthWorks Day 2011
YouthWorks Staff Sarah Williams, MacKenzie D’Assis, and Denise Peterson
YouthWorks Day 2011
Participant Brittany Taylor (City of Worcester) receives her YouthWorks program T-shirt.
Jesse Edwards, Youth Director, City of Worcester Youth Opportunities Office; Sean McGauley Communications and Operations Specialist, Central MA Workforce Investment Board (WIB); Jill C. Dagilis, Worcester Community Action Council Executive Director; Jeff Turgeon, Executive Director, Central MA WIB.
Youth sign-in for their chance at raffle prizes.
YouthWorks participant and raffle prize winner Isaac Herrera (Pernet Family Health Service).
Worcester City Councilor and WCAC Board Member Barbara Haller with WCAC Job Developer Todd Smith.
WCAC Staff MacKenzie D’Assis and Denise Peterson.
YouthWorks Staff Bob Tangney.
Tim McGourthy, Acting Chief Development Officer, City of Worcester Office of Economic Neighborhood and Workforce Development, welcomes program participants.
Jesse Edwards, Youth Director, City of Worcester Youth Opportunities Office, speaks about the importance of the youth employment opportunities in the City of Worcester.
State Representative James O’Day congratulates youth on a successful summer.
Yaw Boateng speaks about his experience working at Worcester Roots.
Participant Eunice Morales provides highlights on her summer at Worcester Housing Authority.
Chasity Nunez speaks about taking part in the Regional Environmental Council of Central MA’s YouthGROW program.
Program participant Candace Evans talks about her time spent at the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester.
Worcester City Councilor and WCAC Board Member Barbara Haller.
Program participant and youth speaker Brittany Taylor (City of Worcester).
YouthWorks Summer Jobs participants Amanda DeBrusk (YouthGROW) and Christopher Colon-Lopez (Worcester Housing Authority).
Paul Hernandez, Youth Programs Coordinator, Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center and WCAC Board Member Winnie Octave.
Natiqua Gomes participant worked at Worcester Probate Court.
YouthWorks Summer Jobs program participants David Gendron (Worcester Technical High School) and Tarik Octave (Pernet Family Health Service) with Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. Executive Director Jill C. Dagilis.
YouthWorks participant Andre Burrell (Whittier Terrace) with Jesse Edwards, City of Worcester Youth Opportunities Office.
Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. Executive Director Jill C. Dagilis with YouthWorks Summer Jobs program participants (L to R) Emelyn Miburo (African Community Education) Virgil Cabral (Pernet Family Health Center), Tarik Octave (Pernet Family Health Service), Kephon Dimery (Park Steward – Green Hill Park), and Tyler Walker (Park Steward – Coes Pond).
WCAC Executive Director Jill C. Dagilis with Kephon Dimery (Park Steward – Green Hill Park).
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.
(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.
