YouthBuild Rehabilitates Dracut Home, Restores Neighborhood
Community Teamwork’s YouthBuild staff and students hosted a ribbon-cutting Thursday, November 14th, 2013 to showcase their newly rehabilitated home at 32 Dana Court in Dracut. In rehabbing the home, students worked alongside licensed professionals in various
Median Income in Lowell Plummets as Poverty Rises
Associated Press Reports on New Poverty Measure The U.S. Census Bureau released new poverty data this week. Based on a revised formula that considers not only income but also benefits and expenses, more people are
Number of homeless children rising in MA schools
Education Department Releases Numbers on Homeless Youth In Massachusetts, the public schools identified more than 15,000 homeless children attending classes during the 2011-2012 school year. This number represents a 15% increase in the number of
New Community Teamwork Video!
Learn about Community Teamwork from those who know us best. We partnered with our terrific web development team to capture the heart of Community Teamwork through the eyes of our staff and those we serve.
Housing Consumer Education Center Financial Assistance Workshop
Housing Consumer Education Center Financial Assistance/SMART Tenant Workshop Are you homeless and need financial assistance to be rehoused? Do you need some help finding and apartment? This ONE HOUR workshop will provide a brief overview
Lowell FOOD DAY Screening of “A Place at the Table”!
Join us at 4pm on Tuesday, October 22 for a visit and presentation from the Commissioner for the Massachusetts Dept of Agricultural Resources, and the Northeast Regional Administrator of the USDA. Film Starts at 5pm.
MA Legislature Keeps Fuel Assistance Offices Open
BOSTON — The Massachusetts House has approved an additional $20 million to help low income families pay their heating bills. The Wednesday vote came as winter approaches and after more than two weeks of a
Campaign to Raise Minimum Wage Heating Up
Raise Up Massachusetts is conducting a petition drive to raise the minimum wage and ensure that more Massachusetts workers can care for themselves and their family members when they are sick. According to their website,
Fuel aid in Mass. halted by shutdown
The US government’s shutdown is cutting off federal fuel assistance to tens of thousands of poor and elderly Massachusetts residents just as the heating season gets underway. Read today's Boston Globe to learn more about
Michael Collins Becomes Chief Program Officer
I am pleased and honored to be joining the CTI team as Chief Program Officer, and to serve an agency whose historic mission and legacy are more important now than when community action agencies were
