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MCOA Leads Dementia Friendly MA, Offering Resources and Grants

MCOA is the state lead for the Dementia Friendly Massachusetts (DFM) initiative, a community-based, grassroots movement to grow awareness, services, and infrastructure to support the lives of people living with dementia and their caregivers. Communities often choose to merge DFM goals with corresponding and overlapping goals for network membership in the Age-Friendly Massachusetts movement, which is steered by AARP-MA.
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LIHEAP/Fuel Assistance Update from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
The following update was provided by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities and is shared here with their permission: As you may know, federal LIHEAP staff have been laid off [Note: this happened in April 2025]. LIHEAP funding is subject to...
Leveraging Local Cultural Council Grants
Many MA artists, performers, and other cultural program-creators routinely partner with senior centers to apply for Local Cultural Council grants. These grants, offered yearly, provide funds for arts programming that might otherwise be inaccessible to Councils on...



