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Rising to the Challenge team

November 28, 2022

Ambitious 3-Year Partnership Shows a 44% Reduction in Youth Homelessness

Ending Homelessness

Rising to the Challenge Three years ago, the City of Boston, community-based partners, Liberty Mutual and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley came together to launch Rising to…

September 29, 2022

Celebrating Boston’s Newest Family Childcare Educators

On Thursday, September 15, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley hosted a graduation ceremony to celebrate new family childcare (FCC) entrepreneurs in the City of Boston who recently…

BoSTEM summer intern Miliany

August 18, 2022

Q+A with BoSTEM Summer Intern: Miliany Figueroa

Preparing Youth to Succeed

Every summer, in partnership with Boston After School & Beyond and Boston Public Schools, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley welcomes a new intern to the BoSTEM…

August 4, 2022

Marian L. Heard Scholarship Spotlight: Xyra Mercer, Former Boston School Committee Student Representative

Xyra Mercer, the departing Student Representative to the Boston School Committee, is a 2022 recipient of United Way’s Marian L. Heard Scholarship. The Marian L. Heard Scholarship was established as…

January 14, 2022

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…

December 7, 2021

The Innovative Local Collaborations Working Together To Solve Youth Homelessness

Ending Homelessness

No young person should ever have to experience homelessness.  On any given night in Boston, more than 300 youth and young adults (YYA) are sleeping in shelters or out on the street with…

September 23, 2021

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…

August 27, 2021

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…

July 9, 2021

Meet SySTEMic Flow: A BoSTEM Partner

Preparing Youth to Succeed

BoSTEM’s work to help provide meaningful STEAM experiences and resources to the students of Boston would not be possible without our support and collaboration from our fantastic partners. Today we…

May 18, 2021

Until All Youth Graduate Career Ready: A look at the Cape Ann Young Adult College & Career Collaborative

As the North Shore emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, all of us are thinking about resilience – how do we build a more resilient community?  At United Way, we build networks and capacity to tackle issues collaboratively. We do…

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