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One of the 11 clinics offering monkeypox vaccinations in Massachusetts, Seven Hills Behavioral Health in New Bedford, had more than 40 people booked in the first day of accepting appointments, according to program director Connie Rocha-Mimosa. “The individuals that have called us for appointments are individuals who are at high-risk,” Rocha-Mimosa said. “They’ve been in contact with somebody that has been diagnosed with monkeypox.” There are eligibility requirements set up by the state's Department of Public Health that...

The Fletcher Foundation’s benevolent support of $25,000 will help to provide students at the Stetson School with a brand-new playground hosting Kompan Play Institute equipment specially designed to encourage social skills and a range of developmental skills.

Children’s Friend would like to thank the United Way of Central Massachusetts for their continued support, and recent grant of $20,000 for the Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) program. DBT views suicidal behavior as an individual’s attempt to solve a problem that they feel is otherwise unsolvable.

Stetson School, an affiliate of Seven Hills Foundation, is thankful to have received a grant of $50,000 from The Stoddard Charitable Trust to support the purchase and installation of a therapeutic playground and fitness area for the younger youth we serve.

The United Way of South Central MA has awarded Family Services of Central Massachusetts a $27,600 grant for the Summer Literacy Initiative (SLI). SLI places elementary school teachers as Literacy Coaches at summer program sites to help foster youth’s reading skills, and thus promote academic achievement during the school year. The generous funding from UWSCM will support the expansion of SLI into Southern Worcester County.