🎉 2026 MCOA Fall Conference is SOLD OUT!
Thank you for the incredible response! The 2026 MCOA Fall Conference has reached capacity, and registration is now closed.
📅 Already registered? October 1 is the deadline to make registration changes or cancel and receive a full refund. After October 1, cancellations and registration changes will not be eligible for a refund.
We are currently working from a waitlist as space becomes available through cancellations.
We’re grateful for the tremendous enthusiasm for this year’s conference and can’t wait to welcome you to the Wellsworth Hotel in Southbridge, October 21–23! 💙
Building Digital Bridges: The Town of Easthampton’s Collaborative Approach to Digital Equity
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Building Digital Resilience on Cape Cod: A Collaborative Approach to Digital Inclusion
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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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