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Head Start might have leg up as Massachusetts budget priority
February 23, 2024
Head Start programs offer free child care and services for more than 11,000 children from low-income families across the state, as well as those in foster care or experiencing homelessness, providing relief from one of the most notoriously ...
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“All of this will go into paying salaries that are more competitive … and maybe bring some people back to the field who had left,” Higgins said. “Most brain development for children happens in the early years, and so whatever we can do to b...
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VITA Coordinator Rebecca Bannasch Gives Radio Interview at WHMP
January 12, 2024
Our own Rebecca Bannasch talks to WHMP about how YOU can get your best tax refund this season!
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CAPV Continuum of Care to Conduct Point-in-Time Count
January 12, 2024
Community Event
Social service agencies across the region will team up this month to get a headcount of people sleeping in shelters and, in some cases, outside.
The annual Point-in-Time count is a national initiative set up by the U.S. Department of Housi...
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Warm The Children Launches for 2023-2024 Winter Season
November 01, 2023
GREENFIELD — As winter draws near, the Warm the Children fundraising drive is once again preparing to supply coats and clothing to children in need in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region.
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Gov. Healey’s budget cut puts region’s antipoverty services in jeopardy
September 13, 2023
Community Building
BOSTON — Community Action Pioneer Valley is looking at scaling back a host of programs that support low-income residents throughout the Valley after Gov. Maura Healey this month vetoed significant funding for the state’s 23 community action...
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Community Action Pioneer Valley Launches New Website!
July 11, 2023
Welcome to our new website!
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NORTHAMPTON — A long vacant church building in downtown Northampton will officially house the Community Resilience Hub.
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NORTHAMPTON — Dane Kuttler, one of about 30 people volunteering for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program run by Community Action Pioneer Valley, thinks doing taxes is fun. More than that, she loves helping low-income taxpayers...
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