Since the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, more than 1,000 Community Action Agencies (CAAs) have been quietly and effectively working to reduce poverty in America. These agencies ...

LAWRENCE — Anti-poverty advocates and a Democratic congresswoman on Thursday accused the Trump administration of “doubling down” on spending cuts that could harm the state’s lowest-income residents.

Clare Higgins, executive director Community Action Pioneer Valley, says that President Donald Trump’s discretionary budget cuts for next fiscal year would have a significant impact on the agency that ...

Sens. LaTonya Johnson and Dora Drake and Rep. Kalan Haywood are asking the Social Development Commission to give up its designation as a community action agency "at once." "Doing so is the only ...