Community Innovation Challenge Grant Program

This program provides one-time start-up costs to allow vocational schools, as defined by Section 1 of Chapter 74 of the Massachusetts General Laws, to purchase equipment to enhance vocational training programs.

Education

Creating in District Programs for Students with Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorders ($110,800)

School districts of the towns of Agawam, East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Ludlow, and West Springfield; Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District; Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District

 

Berkshire County Curriculum Frameworks Project ($89,520)

Central Berkshire Regional School District (Lead); Adams-Cheshire Regional School District; Berkshire Hills Regional School District; Northern Berkshire Vocational Technical School District; Southern Berkshire Regional School District; The public school districts of the towns of Clarksburg, Florida, Savoy, Lee, and Lenox

 

Expanding Regional Services for Students with Dyslexia ($73,000)

Manchester-Essex Regional School District

 

Regionalizing Technology Support Services ($52,037)

School districts of the Towns of Richmond (Lead), Hancock, and New Ashford

 

School StatNet Pilot ($38,326)

Cities of Somerville (Lead), Fitchburg, Revere, and Chicopee

 

Financial Services

Regionalization of Assessment Services ($35,000)

Towns of Amherst (Lead) and Pelham

 

Public Health

Public Health Nursing Program, Year 2 ($54,840)

Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (Lead); City of North Adams; Towns of Adams, Alford, Becket, Clarksburg, Dalton, Charlemont, Great Barrington, Hancock, Lanesborough, Mt. Washington, New Marlborough, Peru, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, Windsor

 

Local Boards of Health On-Line Tobacco Retailer Certification Program ($25,250)

Towns of Lee (Lead), Lenox, and Stockbridge

 

Cooperative Public Health Service ($68,317)

Franklin Regional Council of Governments (Lead); Towns of Buckland, Charlemont, Conway, Deerfield, Gill, Hawley, Heath, Monroe, Leyden, Shelburne

 

Hampden County Health Alliance ($45,000)

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (Lead); Cities of Holyoke and Springfield; Towns of Westfield, West Springfield, Blandford, Granville, Ludlow, Palmer, and Southwick

 

Public Works and Environmental Affairs

 

Regional Highway Equipment Cooperative- Phase 2 ($24,500)

Towns of Brookfield (Lead), Brimfield, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Warren, and West Brookfield

 

Northern Middlesex Storm Water Collaborative ($98,000)

Northern Middlsex Council of Governments (Lead); City of Lowell; Towns of Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Pepperell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, Westford

 

Cape Cod Great White Shark Research and Outreach Program ($50,000)

Towns of Orleans (Lead); Chatham, Truro, Nantucket, Harwich, Yarmouth, Dennis, Wellfleet, Provincetown, Brewster, and Barnstable

 

Regionalizing Municipal Storm Water Management in Central Massachusetts ($115,000)

Towns of Spencer (Lead), Auburn, Charlton, Dudley, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Oxford, Paxton, Shrewsbury, Spencer, Sturbridge, Webster, West Boylston, Boylston, Grafton, Hardwick, Monson, New Braintree, Northbridge, Northborough, North Brookfield, Palmer, Princeton, Rutland, Southbridge, Sterling, Upton, Ware, Westborough, Wilbraham

 

Regional Department of Public Facilities and Infrastructure ($30,000)

Towns of Wenham (Lead) and Hamilton; Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District

 

Information Technology

Central Massachusetts Regional Electronic Permitting Collaborative ($112,000)

Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission (CMRPC) (Lead); Towns of Barre, Blackstone, Boylston, Dudley, Hardwick, Leicester, Northbridge, Spencer, and Upton

 

Hampshire Cloud ($80,000)

Hampshire Council of Governments (Lead); Towns of Chesterfield and Hadley

 

Electronic Weights and Measures Inspection ($21,550)

Towns of Holliston (Lead), Ashland, Medway, and Millis

 

Malden 311 and Workers’ Compensation Reentry Program ($27,780)

City of Malden

 

Regionally Improving Citizen Access and Service Delivery ($80,000)

Merrimack Valley Planning Commission (Lead); Cities of Amesbury, Haverhill, Lawrence, Methuen, and Newburyport; Towns of Andover, North Andover, and Salisbury

 

Expansion of the Southeast Fire Department Electronic Records and Permitting Collaborative ($75,000)

Southeast Regional Planning and Economic Development District (SRPEDD) (Lead); City of Fall River; Towns of North Attleborough, Seekonk, Marion, Westport, and Fairhaven

 

Municipal Open Checkbook System ($120,000)

Cities of Woburn (Lead), Chelsea, Chicopee, and Revere; Town of Brookline

 

Transportation

Expansion and Implementation of a Reconfigured Transportation Management Association ($60,000)

Towns of Acton (Lead); Boxborough, Concord, Littleton, Maynard, Stow, and Westford

 

Regional Paratransit Services (Two Town Trolley) ($30,600)

Towns of East Longmeadow (Lead) and Hampden

 

Library

The Ames Free Library’s Creative Commons @ Queset House ($40,000)

Town of Easton

 

Public Safety

Northwestern District Anti-Crime Task Force Program ($81,288)

Franklin Regional Council of Governments (Lead); Cities of Greenfield and Northampton; Towns of Athol, Amherst, and Montague

 

NoFires ($63,750)

Hampshire Council of Governments (Lead); City of Holyoke; Towns of Athol, Erving, New Salem, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston, Warwick, and Wendell

 

Rutland Regional Animal Control ($83,904)

Towns of Rutland (Lead), Oakham, Barre, and Paxton

 

Housing

Massachusetts Housing Data Portal ($50,000)

Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)

 

Veterans’ Services

Expansion of Professional Regionalized Veterans Services ($35,083)

City of Northampton (Lead); Towns of Amherst, Chesterfield, Williamsburg, Cummington, Goshen, Pelham, Worthington, Hadley, and Middlefield