On March 27, 2019 the Fuller Craft Museum delivered 260 Welcome Blankets to Ascentria Client Center in Worcester. A welcome blanket is traditionally created to lovingly mark the arrival of a new person into the world. In the Welcome Blanket project, each handmade blanket is a physical manifestation of this celebration of new refugees and other immigrants: “Welcome to the United States and your new life here! We are so glad you have arrived.” Read more

This week's Project Community Champion, Good News Garage is being highlighted for bridging an economic divide around the region.

"You and I take it for granted," lead vehicle processor Wanda Robar said. "We jump in the car, we turn it on and off we go."
The nonprofit works to make transportation more accessible for those who need it most, like Stephanie LeBeau.

Good News Garage, the car donation nonprofit based in Burlington, Vermont, is the recipient of a 2019 Governor’s Excellence in Worksite Wellness Silver-Level Award. The Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports presented the award to Good News Garage’s assistant director of operations, Amy Barcomb, at the 2019 Worksite Wellness Conference on March 21, 2019.  Read more

Ascentria Care Alliance is proud to have partnered with organizations like The Duprey Companies to provide job training for new Americans such as Buloze!

Buloze Rusesera, 21, came to New Hampshire in November after fleeing the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is one of six Congolese refugees participating in a hospitality training program organized by Ascentria Care Alliance and The Duprey Companies in Concord, NH.

Ascentria Care Alliance, one of the largest human service nonprofits in New England, announces the hiring of Jeanette Wade as chief financial officer (CFO). She joined Ascentria in March and now directs the organization’s financial strategy, technology, business development, and facilities functions. Read more

“People are always asking me, ‘Why do you hire people over 60 to be on your team?’” says Angela Bovill, CEO of Ascentria Care Alliance, a New England-based organization that provides wraparound services for vulnerable children and families. She has a ready answer. Read more

Ascentria Care Alliance, one of the largest human service organizations in New England, has acquired the Presentation Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Brighton, Massachusetts.  This is the second skilled nursing facility in the Boston area acquired by Ascentria, with Presentation joining Laurel Ridge Rehabilitation and Skilled Care Center in Jamaica Plain, MA as an affiliate of Ascentria. Read more

Ascentria Care Alliance was selected from a competitive pool of 34 applicants to receive a pro bono consulting engagement by the Harvard Business School Association of Boston Community Action Partners (CAP). Read more