March is Women’s Month!
Diversity - Equity - Inclusion, Supporting Young Children
2022 began for me without three significant women I’d lost in 2021, who had been in my life since the day of my birth. I often reflect and appreciate the ancestral…
Show Our Caregivers You Care: United Way Launches Giving Initiative for Early Childhood Providers
Supporting Young Children
With the turn of the new year comes another surge of COVID-19 cases across the Commonwealth and the nation. During the first few days of 2022, United Way of Massachusetts…
STEM Week 2021
Supporting Young Children
In October, we celebrated Mass STEM Week – a statewide initiative to help inspire students to see themselves in STEAM careers and create a more equitable STEAM career pipeline for our region. The theme of…
Special Series: Childcare Workforce Crisis Threatens an Equitable Recovery
Preparing Youth to Succeed, Supporting Young Children
The workforce that powers our economy is in crisis. Early education is essential infrastructure for a healthy economy. Yet over the past decade, a childcare crisis has arisen, with the…
4 Ways to Support Your Child’s Mental Health As You Return to Work
Supporting Young Children
The key: focus on healing. Between March and May of this year, the number of children visiting the emergency room for mental health issues rose by more than 30%. We know the past…
Our Vision for an Equitable Recovery
Disaster Relief, Ending Homelessness, Moving Families Out of Poverty, Supporting Young Children
As our region recovers, thousands of children and families are at risk of being left behind. Here are three urgent issues we can address, now. Covid-19 is a once-in-a-generation crisis…
4 Ways to Get Your Student Up to Speed for Back to School This Year
Supporting Young Children
This year has been one of the most challenging on record for students, parents and teachers alike. The impacts of the pandemic have been far-reaching and significant, and we have yet…
Massachusetts infused $7M into summer learning programs. See how it will impact young learners.
Supporting Young Children
Over the past 18 months, remote learning brought a whole new set of challenges for children and families, particularly those in communities that were disproportionately hit by Covid-19. Enrollments dropped…
The Road Ahead: How We’re Imagining Covid Recovery
Disaster Relief, Ending Homelessness, Moving Families Out of Poverty, Preparing Youth to Succeed, Supporting Young Children
While the pandemic has left no one untouched, it also put a spotlight on the alarming disparities that have always existed throughout our country. As we look toward recovery, this…
Giving Tuesday – Our Communities Can’t Wait
Disaster Relief, Ending Homelessness, Moving Families Out of Poverty, Preparing Youth to Succeed, Supporting Young Children
With more than 1 million people in our state facing food insecurity, a tidal wave of evictions on the horizon and unemployment skyrocketing across most industries, it’s up to our…