News and Announcements

Pilot program that prepares participants for jobs in direct care roles working with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities will expand to additional DDS facilities

Governor Healey Signs Legislation Renaming Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission to ‘MassAbility’

State has made available capital funding to support health care in impacted regions, expanded ambulance availability, held job fairs, opened call center

Comprehensive maternal health legislation expands physical and mental health care options for all pregnant women’

Awards are part of first-of-its-kind partnership to allow small, community-based organizations and municipalities to apply for statewide opioid settlement funds

Funding supports the efforts to make homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring for youth and young adults

Deals in principle reached to transition ownership of four hospitals, administration will take control of Saint Elizabeth’s and transition to new operator

Supreme Court poised to rule in case that could prevent pregnant women from receiving emergency, life-saving treatment

Campaign ads warn of disinformation spread by so-called "crisis pregnancy centers” throughout Massachusetts

Federal program will bring $70 million to Massachusetts, ensuring 600,000 students and their families have access to food during summer months

Funds will support students struggling with their mental health through the establishment of bridge programs in economically challenged and under-resourced communities.