Mayor Michelle Wu, the Office of Human Services (OHS), and the Office of Returning Citizens (ORC) announced the award of over $1 million in funding to 35 organizations including North Suffolk Community Services that provide reentry support services to individuals…
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Sherrill House, Providing Exceptional Care for More Than One Hundred Years
Sherrill House is a not-for-profit skilled nursing facility in Jamaica Plain that provides long-term residential care to older adults and short-term care for adults who need rehabilitation after surgery or complex injuries. They support a diverse population of adults who…
Ethos Celebrates 50 Years of Supporting Older Adults in Boston
On March 27, 2023, Ethos, the Jamaica Plain-based nonprofit, will celebrate 50 years of providing vital services to older adults in the Boston community. Founded in 1973 as Southwest Boston Senior Services, Ethos has been dedicated to improving the quality…
Mount Pleasant Home Serving the Community Since 1901
Since 1901, Mount Pleasant Home on South Huntington Ave., has been offering the elderly a lovely, caring rest home to live out their golden years. Since its origin, the home’s mission is to serve the low income and needy around…
Feb. State Revenue Collections Total Almost $2B
Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder announced that preliminary revenue collections for February totaled $1.979 billion, $163 million or 9.0% more than actual collections in February 2022, and $49 million or 2.5% above benchmark.1 February 2022 revenue collections…
Wu, Immigrant Advancement Award Mini-Grants To Promote U.S. Citizenship
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) are awarding $50,000 in mini-grants to five nonprofits for creative initiatives that help green card holders become U.S. citizens. The grants range from $2,000 to $12,000 for programs including…
Statewide Poll Finds Issues Among the State’s Latino Population Are Related to Affordability
Amplify Latinx, Mas-sachusetts-based nonprofit non-partisan, collabora-tive convener advancing Latino leadership rep-resentation, economic prosperity, and civic en-gagement, along with the MassINC Polling Group released the findings of a recent poll among about 1,200 Latino residents of Massachusetts. It is the largest…
Boston Sees Continued Improvement in COVID-19 Metrics
The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) shared that the city continues to note downward trends in several key COVID-19 metrics. Suffolk County is now at low community level, per the CDC. While these data are a positive sign, residents who are…
Wu Announces Investment of $67 Million To Create and Preserve 802 Income-Restricted Homes in Boston
Special to the Gazette On Thursday, Feb. 16, Mayor Michelle Wu came to Jamaica Plain and joined the Hyde Square Task Force, affordable housing developers, and community organizations at the site of the former Blessed Sacrament church to announce $67…
JPNC Housing Comm. Discusses Shattuck Project
The Housing and Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council held a regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, February 21. Chairperson Renee Stacey Welch and the approximately 20 committee and community members who were in attendance took up a wide-ranging…