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by LaMara HunterKelly | May 11, 2017 | In The News
The state has awarded some $34 million in contracts each year for the next three years under a competitive bidding process to organizations that provide services to survivors of domestic and sexual abuse.
Some 10 Western Massachusetts organizations received total annual contract determined awards of more than $6.4 million…The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium’s Salasin Project received an annual contract of $327,348 for general community-based domestic violence services.
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by LaMara HunterKelly | May 5, 2017 | In The News
MAY 4, 2017, WORCESTER, MA –Lead Staff Cited for Outstanding Work from Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers (ADDP)
Chicopee’s Alyssa Fumo of The Western Massachusetts Training Consortium’s Home & Community Connections program has won the “Direct Support Professional Award” for the Western region from the Association of Developmental Disabilities Providers. Fumo received her award at the ADDP Lead! Conference and Expo on Thursday May 4th at the DCU Center in Worcester.
Fumo is currently the Lead Staff at The Consortium’s Home & Community Connections’ home in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Alyssa has taken the initiative to organize the list of expectations and responsibilities for care of
the four women who reside at the home. She has been a great support to the Residential Coordinator and has been a confident, respectful motivator to all. Alyssa has especially become interested in supporting people receiving palliative care, supporting them while continuing to give their lives meaning and joy.
“Alyssa is always willing to learn and keeps up with the ongoing trainings required to efficiently address the challenging needs of the people she supports,” said Marylou Sullivan, Executive Director at The Consortium. “Her stellar teamwork engenders a spirit of trust from her colleagues who can be sure Alyssa will always provide the utmost excellence in her support, skills and care”.
“Direct Support Professionals like Alyssa are the foundation of the human services sector in Massachusetts,” said Gary Blumenthal, the President and Chief Executive Officer of ADDP. “There are hundreds of thousands of people living with disabilities in Massachusetts who rely on Direct Support Professionals to provide a wide variety of critical services that allow them to live more independent lives. Alyssa and her colleagues enable this to happen every day all across our Commonwealth.”
