Diversity & Inclusion

Pregnant people and those who recently gave birth could gain access to expanded care options in Massachusetts under compromise maternal health legislation released Wednesday.

After nearly 20 years as president and CEO of the Worcester-based multicultural health and human services nonprofit CENTRO, Juan Gomez plans to retire come September. 

Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging in Worcester looks to celebrate its 50th anniversary serving older adults in the region. 

The Worcester Talking Book Library will now provide audio materials to a national audience, as the Worcester Public Library subset has achieved certification to contribute to the Braille and Audio Reading Download, a free digital service providing hundreds of thousands of audio and electronic braille versions of reading and music material. 

Bill McAvoy, executive director of the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Office, will retire come fall.

Hodge takes the role at a time where colleges across the country are facing the prospect of declining enrollment.

The SDO plans to amend its citizen requirement to allow immigrants with a legal status to qualify.

UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has partnered with the ​​Framingham nonprofit South Middlesex Opportunity Council to open in February a seven-bed pilot respite program.

Family Health Center of Worcester is one of 12 Massachusetts organizations receiving $360,000 in grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation in support of efforts to improve perinatal care for pregnant people of color. 

For the first time since its founding in 2011, Worcester nonprofit Main IDEA Youth & Arts in Worcester has named a new executive director.