Family Childcare Educators Learn Developmental Screening Tools Through DRIVE Course
“I had one child in my care who I was concerned about. When I heard about DRIVE, I knew this was it. The training I needed to provide care to…
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…
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…
United Way Convening New Boston Commission to End Family Homelessness
Ending Homelessness
Innovative solutions are needed to provide a coordinated response to the crisis of family homelessness across the Commonwealth, and in 2020, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley was…
Tax Season Is Upon Us! United Way Joins City of Boston in Celebrating 20 Years of Tax Preparation Services with the Boston Tax Help Coalition
Moving Families Out of Poverty
The pandemic forced city governments and community-based organizations to rethink how to deliver critical services to residents. Annual free tax preparation programs responded, adding remote services and playing a key…
The Empowered Librarian
Preparing Youth to Succeed
United Way has played a big part in empowering teachers. That’s why we helped design and plan the AEC (Architecture, Engineering, Construction) Externship, held in Boston this past August. In…
With Equity and Justice for All
Moving Families Out of Poverty, Preparing Youth to Succeed
IT WAS THE 60’s. Woodstock and the moon walk were still a year away. The civil rights movement was gaining momentum. And back in 1968, a group of Puerto Rican…
The Big Idea: Urban College of Boston is Unlocking Futures for Diverse Students
Moving Families Out of Poverty, Preparing Youth to Succeed
It’s Innovation Month here at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley, so we sat down with Michael Taylor (President) and Caitlin Callahan (Dir. of Development) at Urban College…
What’s the Big Idea? FamilyAid Boston Wins Big for Kids Facing Homelessness
Ending Homelessness
June is innovation month here at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. So we’re talking with the winners our first-ever Venture Fund competition, held in collaboration with Aetna. We’ll…
For Young People, Civic Engagement Pays Off
Preparing Youth to Succeed
State Representative Andy Vargas stepped up to the podium in the House Chamber and told the standing-room only crowd about how he got his start in policy and government. When…