Mayor's directive
Accept $50,000 grant for Roxbury and Dorchester programs
Last activity March 19, 2026 (6 months ago)
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Introduced
March 12, 2026
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In committee
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Council vote
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Adopted
The City of Boston approved accepting a $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism to fund older adult programs in Roxbury and Dorchester. The grant will be administered by the Age Strong Commission under FY26 Earmark. City Council action occurred March 18, 2026; funding status beyond this action is not shown.
Affects older adults
In Roxbury and Dorchester
Now with the City Council
About Health & Human Services and Budget & Finance
Compare with the government's own wording
Official title
Message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the form of a grant, FY26-Earmark - Roxbury and Dorchester, awarded by MA Office of Travel & Tourism to be administered by the Age Strong Commission. The grant would fund older adult programs in the Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods.
Timeline
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March 18, 2026
The rules were suspended; the order was passed.
City Council
On motion of Councilor Murphy, the rules were suspended; the order was passed: yeas 13 (Breadon, Coletta Zapata, Culpepper, Durkan, FitzGerald, Flynn, Louijeune, Mejia, Murphy, Pepén, Santana, Weber, Worrell).