Applications for Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) AKA Fuel Assistance Local Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) agencies are accepting applications for the 2025-2026 winter season for first-time applicants and applicants renewing/recertifying from the previous...
To our valued clients, partners, and friends across the state: While the federal landscape may be shifting, Community Action Agencies continue to deliver the essential services our neighbors rely on every day. Unfortunately, due to the federal government shutdown, it...
Release of Report on Statewide Diaper Pilot Coincides with State Diaper Benefit Bill Hearing and National Diaper Need Awareness Week Report: Need is great; diaper distribution has positive economic and health impacts Report Link: https://www.masscap.org/diaperpilot/...
To our valued clients, partners, and friends across the state: In light of recent news regarding federal workforce reductions and the closure of regional offices impacting Head Start and the Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP), we want to provide reassurance and...
As reported by Kathryn Carley, Public News Service: Community action agencies in Massachusetts are asking state lawmakers to boost antipoverty programs as federal aid remains in limbo. Gov. Maura Healy chose not to fund the agencies' line item in her proposed budget,...
MASSCAP and CAPV Launch Annual Statewide Free Volunteer Tax Preparation Program for Low-Income Families Greenfield, MA (February 4, 2025) – On Friday, the Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP), along with Community Action of Pioneer Valley (CAPV),...
A statewide awareness campaign has been launched to ensure that vulnerable Massachusetts households are able to stay safe, warm and healthy this winter. Peabody, MA – Today, the Massachusetts Association for Community Action (MASSCAP) and North Shore Community Action...
A federal pilot program distributing diapers to Massachusetts families in need is expanding. The program has already distributed more than two million diapers, along with wipes and other supplies, to roughly 2,500 children over the past year. Melissa White, director...
As reported by Kathryn Carley, Public News Service: Listen Here. A Legislature-backed Commission on Poverty in Massachusetts aims to address the state's historic wealth gap. The commission will study demographic disparities and existing programs to reduce poverty over...
Inspiring Hope and Advancing Opportunity Smith Hall, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum On May 2, 2024, MASSCAP together with leadership and staff from all 23 Community Action Agencies in Massachusetts as well as allied organizations and partners and...