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Planning and Partnering for Impact: Best Practices for Municipal Opioid Settlement Funds

Planning and Partnering for Impact: Best Practices for Municipal Opioid Settlement Funds

This webinar reviews best practices for municipalities getting started with their opioid settlement funds, including an example of working regionally from the Great Meadows Public Health Collaborative.

Community Health and WellnessWebinarfreePublication Date: Nov 19, 2025

Leveraging Arts and Culture for Substance Use Prevention and Recovery

Leveraging Arts and Culture for Substance Use Prevention and Recovery

This webinar discusses how communities can use opioid settlement funds for prevention and recovery services that involve arts and culture. Recommended audience: Chief municipal officials

Community Health and WellnessWebinarfreePublication Date: May 12, 2025

Seven Strategies to Minimize Negative Impacts of Outdoor Light at Night

Seven Strategies to Minimize Negative Impacts of Outdoor Light at Night

Published by DesignLights Consortium Learn more https://www.designlights.org/our-work/luna/responsible-light-at-night-local-governments/

Community Health and WellnessGuidancepdf - 775 KBPublication Date: Dec 07, 2022

Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19

Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19

Presented by MMA Human Services Council

Community Health and WellnessWebinarPublication Date: Apr 28, 2022

Age-Friendly Winter Spaces: Ideas for municipalities to embrace winter

Age-Friendly Winter Spaces: Ideas for municipalities to embrace winter

A collaboration between Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs and WalkBoston

Community Health and WellnessGuidancepdf - 3 MBPublication Date: Dec 22, 2020

LivableStreets Alliance: A People First Approach to Transportation

LivableStreets Alliance: A People First Approach to Transportation

Presentation by Stacy Thompson, executive director of LivableStreets Alliance, which advocates for innovative and equitable transportation solutions, at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 25, 2020

Community Health and WellnessPresentationpdf - 10 MB

Global Age-Friendly Cities: A Guide

Global Age-Friendly Cities: A Guide

Provided by World Health Organization, 2007.

Community Health and WellnessReportpdf - 1 MB

Strong Families Make Strong Communities - Town of Westwood

Strong Families Make Strong Communities - Town of Westwood

Presentation by Danielle Sutton, director of youth and family services, town of Westwood at 2018 MMA Annual Meeting, January 19, 2018

Community Health and WellnessPresentationpdf - 2 MB

Strong Families Make Strong Communities - Town of Northborough

Strong Families Make Strong Communities - Town of Northborough

Presentation by June David-Fors, LICSW, director of the Youth Commission Office, town of Northborough at MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 19, 2018

Community Health and WellnessPresentationpdf - 1 MB

Strong Families Make Strong Communities – DPH

Strong Families Make Strong Communities – DPH

Presentation from Fernando Perfas, Assistant Director of Prevention, Mass Department of Public Health at 2018 MMA Annual Meeting, Jan. 19, 2018

Community Health and WellnessPresentationpdf - 2 MB

Grow with the Power of Blue – Prediabetes Screening Program

Grow with the Power of Blue – Prediabetes Screening Program

Presentation by Dr. Thomas Hawkins and Jenna Doucette of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts at MMA Annual Meeting, January 19, 2018

Community Health and WellnessPresentationpdf - 1 MB

The Livability Economy: People, Places, and Prosperity

The Livability Economy: People, Places, and Prosperity

Report from AARP, July 2015

Community Health and Wellnesspdf - 8 MB

Joining the World Health Organization and AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities

Joining the World Health Organization and AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities

Presentation by AARP at MMA Annual Meeting, January 22, 2016

Community Health and Wellnesspdf - 8 MB

AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities program

AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities program

Presented by AARP at MMA Annual Meeting, January 22, 2016

Community Health and Wellnesspdf - 150 KB

Municipal Leaders Can Help to Create Healthy Communities

Municipal Leaders Can Help to Create Healthy Communities

By Lani Telian, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2011

Community Health and Wellnesspdf - 568 KB

Community Design Can Improve Health, Environment and Local Economy

Community Design Can Improve Health, Environment and Local Economy

By Mark Fenton, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2011

Community Health and Wellnesspdf - 802 KB

How Somerville Became ‘The Fittest City in America’

How Somerville Became ‘The Fittest City in America’

By Michael Meehan, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2011

Community Health and Wellnesspdf - 7 MB

A Rural, Regional Approach to Building Healthy Communities

A Rural, Regional Approach to Building Healthy Communities

By Peter Kolodziej, published in the MMA’s Municipal Advocate magazine, Vol. 25, No. 4, 2011

Community Health and Wellnesspdf - 1 MB