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The vast majority of children from low income families begin their first day of kindergarten 60% behind their middle and upper income peers.  Why? They have far smaller vocabularies and poor oral language skills. This is a sad reality and constitutes a crisis for our communities and n

As a result of our strategic planning, we are focusing our energy towards early learning efforts. We are learning that more literacy intervention needs to take place before students begin to struggle academically. A recent article in Education Week states that “…we’re having this deba

We were recently featured  in Tufts Health Plan Foundation’s (THPF) May 2012 newsletter “Community Impact”. It described the meaningful relationships created in our program and  the impact THPF has had on our Active Aging Initiative. Executive Director Mary Gunn on how the benefits fo

Last night, Generations Incorporated had the great honor of being recognized as a recipient of the inaugural Bill Russell Mentoring Grants program. We’re in great company, along with Adoption & Foster Care (AFC) Mentoring and the DREAM Program. A special thanks goes out to the Bil

NBC News Highlights Generations Incorporated   Click the link above to learn more.

$100,000 prize, to be awarded in October 2011, recognizes excellence by non-profit organizations in uniting generations to improve communities LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Today, The Eisner Foundation announced the selection of five finalists for the inaugural $100,000Eisn

Globe Editorial, Posted March 29, 2011 OF ALL THE cuts House Republicans have sought under the banner of trimming the national deficit, the decision to zero out the Corporation for National & Community Service is the most incongruous. The $1.1 billion agency, which is the largest

Thea Singer, Posted December 17, 2010 When Emily Lewis moved her mother, who’d been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s         disease, to a nursing facility, her own physical symptoms began. At night she’d wake with a start, terrified: Her mother’s care cost some $6,000 a month, and the trus

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