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Franklin County
Community Development Corporation Mission: The purpose of the Franklin County Community Development Corporation is to stimulate a more vital, rural economy, to maximize community control over our future economic destiny, and to expand opportunities for low and moderate-income residents. Serving 30 towns in Franklin County & North Quabbin. FCCDC is a membership organization, open to all residents and businesses located in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. Many local people participate in the work of the CDC by bringing us ideas, helping us to secure resources, and volunteering on our working committees. We are governed by a fifteen member Board of Directors elected by the membership at our Annual Meeting each November. As the oldest rural CDC in Massachusetts, we are one in a network of over 2000 CDCs nationally, all created by local people seeking to make their communities better places to live and work.
Franklin/Hampshire
Career Center
131 W. Main Street,
Orange, MA
01364 Workforce and economic development through the delivery of employment, education and training services designed to meet the needs of job seekers and employers. Service areas include all of Hampshire & Franklin Counties & Athol, Phillipston, Royalston & Petersham.
Greater Gardner
Community Development Corporation The Greater Gardner Community Development Corporation (ggcdc) is one of a statewide network of CDCs. The ggcdc serves Gardner and the five surrounding communities of Ashburnham, Hubbardston, Templeton, Westminster, and Winchendon. Services are also provided to the towns of Athol, Petersham, Phillipston and Royalston. Our mission is to promote self-sufficiency by creating affordable housing opportunities and other programs that raise the economic, educational, and social levels of residents in our service area. Our current programs include the following: Affordable Housing Program
Three Micro-Business Assistance Activities:
“cyber cafe”: Provides open access to computer technology including the Internet (“cafe” = Computer Access For Empowerment). After School Homework Center at Olde English Village in Gardner. Office Internships for women enrolled in the “Hope for Women” program at the House of Peace and Education.
GAAMHA, Inc. GAAMHA provides vocational programs to persons served by the Department of Mental Retardation and the Mass Commission for the Blind in North Central Worcester County including the North Quabbin area. In addition, GAAMHA runs a substance abuse treatment program and a van service that provides both wheelchair and non-handicapped transportation to interested parties.
HOPE for Women HOPE for Women is a flexible program of education and support for income-eligible women. This is an individually tailored program of computer education, job-skills training and personal support for women who wish to learn new skills in order to enter the workforce, to get better jobs, or to improve the quality of life for themselves and their families. We invite you to visit and experience the welcoming environment at HOPE, which is open daily, Mon – Fri from 8:30 – 4:30 p.m. Come in and speak with a staff member about computer training and HOPE’s other programs for women and children.
North Quabbin School to
Careers Partnership The North Quabbin School to Work Partnership helps students make the transition from school to career. All programs carry academic credit. Towns served are Athol, New Salem, Petersham, Orange, Royalston and Wendell.
Programs include:
Y.E.S. (Young
Entrepreneur’s Society)
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