CWU News
Commission to Build a Healthier America
June 19, 2013
Four years after the release of the initial recommendations, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is reconvening an independent, nonpartisan group of commissioners who will provide new guidance to improve the health of all Americans. At a public meeting on June 19, experts, including CWU President/CEO Elisabeth D. Babcock, MCRP, PhD, will provide testimony on innovative models, programs and key research.
Read MoreSingle-Mother Families Struggling in Mass.
March 28, 2013
An estimated three out of four female-headed households in Massachusetts don’t earn enough to pay bills and raise their children, according to a Boston nonprofit that is releasing a report Thursday on the income families require to meet their basic needs. In Massachusetts, a single parent with one school-age child and one preschooler needs to earn at least $65,880 a year to pay for food, housing, transportation, child care, health care, and other household expenses, Crittenton Women’s Union reports in its Massachusetts Economic Independence Index.
Read MoreCWU receives national "Ideas for Action" award
October 18, 2012
On October 17, 2012, CWU was honored to be among the inaugural recipients of the Ideas for Action Award.
Read MoreUpdate from CWU President/CEO Elisabeth Babcock
June 12, 2012
CWU staff and program participants stood proudly next to Governor Deval Patrick recently as he signed important legislation regulating for-profit occupational schools that will provide greater protections to consumers.
Read MoreEnding the cycle of poverty one woman at a time.
December 12, 2011
Lechille and her infant daughter, Lanae, suddenly became homeless last year. Thankfully, they found food and temporary housing at our emergency shelter in Brighton. But Lechille was surprised to find she could receive so much more at CWU.
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