Massachusetts Community Health Initiative Funds Regional Engagement Sessions
Are you working on racial justice to help improve health equity in your community? Is your organization concerned about how issues like poor housing or educational opportunities are impacting the health of your family and friends? We want to hear from you!...
MCOA Legislative Alert FY20 #3G SUCCESS
MCOA Membership Earlier tonight the full Senate passed both of our amendments and allot of other Elder Care agenda items! Thanks for all your great work. Highlights: Fully funding the Service Incentive Grant Program while maintaining $12/Formula Grant = 25...
MCOA Legislative Alert FY20 #3F
MCOA Membership Thanks for all your great work. As of 9pm Monday May 20th 2019, our two lead amendments received significant support from the Senate: Fully funding the Service Incentive Grant Program while maintaining $12/Formula Grant = 23 co-sponsors via two...
MCOA Legislative Alert FY20 #3E
MCOA Membership Thanks for all your great work. As of 9pm Monday May 20th 2019, our two lead amendments received significant support from the Senate: Fully funding the Service Incentive Grant Program while maintaining $12/Formula Grant = 21 co-sponsors Additional...
MCOA Legislative Alert FY20 #3D: WE NEED MORE
MCOA Membership: We still need MORE Co-Sponsors We need more Senators to sign on to be a Co-Sponsor of the following amendments. They can sign on thru Monday, May 20th using their internal system “quill”. Each of you to contact your Senators and make the case to...
MCOA Legislative Alert FY20 #3C: Mid Week Update and the Results are not good!
MCOA Membership: I am befuddled. We are half way thru the period where Senators can sign on as co-sponsors to our Amendments and since Friday, we have added only a couple more names to our lists (see below). To be taken seriously we will need at least 21 co-sponsors,...
MCOA Alert: FY20 #3B Senate Amendments- Action Needed
MCOA Membership: We need Co-Sponsors We need Senators to sign on to be a Co-Sponsor of the following amendments. They can sign on thru Monday, May 20th using their internal system “quill”. Each of you to contact your Senators and make the case to restore funding to...
Senate Letter – Support for Floor Ammendment for SIG
Dear Senator, The Senate Ways and Means FY20 Budget was just released and it did not include restoration of the FY18 “9c” cut to Line Item #9110-9002.Though the $12/elder Formula Grant is intact, the available funds for the SIG Program in FY20 continues the shortfall...
MCOA Legislative Alert FY20: #3A Senate Ways and Means
MCOA Membership: MCOA Legislative Alert FY20: #3A Senate Ways and Means The Senate Ways and Means FY20 Budget was just released and it did not include restoration of the FY18 “9c” cut to Line Item #9110-9002. Though the $12 is intact, the available funds for the SIG...
MCOA Alert: FY20 #3 House Action on Amendments
MCOA Membership Tonight the house passed the Health and Human Service and Elderly Consolidated Amendment to the HWM’s FY20 Budget proposal, and it is great news on many levels. The House procedure groups any amendment filed by the established deadline, into clusters...