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Events
Thursday, April 13, 2023 - OSHA Training
We are offering our annual OSHA training sessions via webinar on the Zoom platform. The one-ho...
Thursday, May 11, 2023 - OSHA Training
We are offering our annual OSHA training sessions via webinar on the Zoom platform. The one-ho...
Thursday, June 8, 2023 - OSHA Training
We are offering our annual OSHA training sessions via webinar on the Zoom platform. The one-ho...
Thursday, August 10, 2023 - OSHA Training
We are offering our annual OSHA training sessions via webinar on the Zoom platform. The one-ho...
Thursday, September 14, 2023 - OSHA Training
We are offering our annual OSHA training sessions via webinar on the Zoom platform. The one-ho...
Breaking News
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News You Can Use: March 15, 2023
This week, we listed the nursing homes that have closed since 2020. Also in this issue, we asked Funeral Directors to share stories about their impact on their communities, reminded you about the availability of free Paid Family Medical Leave posters and the membership benefit of free classified ads in Inside Edition, updated the reimbursement data for FEMA, and informed you about a March 27 tour of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Westfield.
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News You Can Use: March 8, 2023
This week, we informed you that Gov. Maura Healey announced last week that the state will reinstitute the redetermination process for those enrolled in the MassHealth program. Also in this issue, we reported that Healey also announced that the Fiscal Year 2024 budget will include funding to create the MassReconnect program, which will cover the cost of community college for some state residents, and shared information about Boston's Old North Church burial site is undergoing renovations.
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News You Can Use: March 1, 2023
This week we brought you the story of Mary Forrest, wife to NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, who wrote in a recent essay about saying goodbye to her son's physical body after his death. Also in this issue, we reminded members to register for the March 9 OSHA training session, gave highlights from the MFDA Directors' quarterly meeting, and introduced Loose Ends, a group that finishes craft projects for the families of ill or deceased people.