Berkshire County Sheriff's Office Gets $30K For Substance Abuse
The Berkshire County Sheriff's Office is getting a big boost from the state to support its residential substance abuse treatment program. The program is receiving just shy of $30,000.
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Lenox Middle and High School Getting $29,000 in Grant Money
One Berkshire County School is sharing in nearly $452,000 in grant money from the State of Massachusetts. Lenox Memorial Middle and High School is getting just over $29,000 that it will use for the development of the new Innovation Pathways with MassHire Berkshire in Healthcare and Social Assistance and Business and Finance.
The...
3 Berkshire County Towns and Pittsfield will Share in $295K in Climate Change Money
COVID-19 and the coronavirus pandemic have been keeping state officials, including Governor Charlie Baker, very busy with trying to navigate the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through the crisis. However, that doesn’t mean that the state’s other issues, such as how to deal with climate change locally, have gone away. That issue specifically always finds its...
$4.6 Million in Rapid Reemployment Grants Awarded
The Baker-Polito Administration announced on Thursday the launch of the states $4.6 million Rapid Reemployment grant program, with the first round of grant funding totaling $360,000 having been awarded to six employer partner programs that will train 105 participants.
A media release from the Executiv...
Brien Center To Share in $4.9 Million Grant
The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $4.9 million in grants awarded to six agencies, including hospitals and treatment and behavioral health centers, for the creation of evidence-based and data-driven co-occurring substance use disorder/mental health response teams embedded in high schools in ten communities to offer intervention and treatment services, and provide alternatives to schoo
County School Districts Awarded Remote Learning Grants
Some money from the state will help to fill the gaps as school districts here in the Berkshires and across the state are working to meet their students' technology needs in preparation for a remote opening to the schools this fall.
That need is being filled through grant money from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
Lee Fire Department to Receive Grant Money from FEMA
The Lee Fire Department will receive $224,696 from FEMA for an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG).