Leadership Worcester is recruiting 25 new members for its 2021 class, according to the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation, who co-sponsor the program.
The Worcester Together Fund, a joint effort between the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the United Way of Central Massachusetts, in conjunction with the City of Worcester, has raised more than $6.5 million, the City of Worcester announced on Tuesday.
MassHousing has granted $700,000 in COVID-19 relief funding to 31 nonprofit providers of affordable sober housing, the agency announced on Thursday, including six recipients in Worcester and one in both Shrewsbury and Oakham.
Central Massachusetts was already facing deep-rooted challenges with poverty. Add a pandemic forcing more than 800,000 Massachusetts residents to file for unemployment, and Central Massachusetts human services have been sent into overdrive.
The City of Worcester will begin accepting applications for its second COVID-19 Small Business Resiliency Grant Program at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce announced on Thursday.
The Community Foundation of North Central Mass. received $160,000 in grants from the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund, the organization announced on Wednesday.