<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886</id><updated>2009-06-27T07:59:49.413-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cyber Café @ Malden Square Community Resource List</title><subtitle type='html'>The Cyber Café @ Malden Square provides this listing for those who need a comprehensive online listing of:  job resources, health care, legal assistance, public benefits, housing, literacy, computer skills, and other information of interest. 

This listing also contains comprehensive resources for the job-hunter, including training, resume &amp; cover letter writing, interview preparation, and more.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/atom.xml'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>68</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-5893509024364505855</id><published>2009-06-27T07:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T07:59:34.008-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hunger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fresh produce'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='farmers&apos; market'/><title type='text'>Lawrence (MA) Farmers' Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;When:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every Wednesday, July 8th to October 28th, 8am to 2pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Where:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Appleton Way, Between Essex and Common Streets&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Why:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To pick up the freshest fruits and veggies around and support your local farmer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Note:&lt;/span&gt;  If you know of other Farmers' Markets in your area (Metro North and Greater Boston area), let us know and we'll post them.  Also, remember that &lt;a href="http://www.localharvest.org/"&gt;Local Harvest&lt;/a&gt; will lead you to these resources in your area (anywhere in the US).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-5893509024364505855?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.groundworklawrence.org/farmersmarket' title='Lawrence (MA) Farmers&apos; Market'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/5893509024364505855/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=5893509024364505855&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/5893509024364505855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/5893509024364505855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2009/06/lawrence-ma-farmers-market.html' title='Lawrence (MA) Farmers&apos; Market'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-7382525434446228523</id><published>2009-06-26T08:03:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-26T08:08:15.840-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Local Harvest</title><content type='html'>Where can you get organic food, local farmer's markets, and similar?  Try &lt;a href="http://www.localharvest.org/"&gt;Local Harvest&lt;/a&gt;.  Go to the site, plug in your zipcode, and you'll find where to get locally-grown food and more.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From their site:  &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Use our website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies. Want to support this great web site? Shop in our catalog for things you can't find locally!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, if you are in the local (Malden, Medford, Everett, MA) area and need a food pantry or soup kitchen, check out the &lt;a href="http://maldensquare.org/html/calendar.html"&gt;calendar page&lt;/a&gt; of our own website (Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square) and click on Hunger Network.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-7382525434446228523?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.localharvest.org/' title='Local Harvest'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/7382525434446228523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=7382525434446228523&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/7382525434446228523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/7382525434446228523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2009/06/local-harvest.html' title='Local Harvest'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-9131484495567562257</id><published>2009-04-25T14:26:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-25T14:31:13.996-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hunger Network Online Listing</title><content type='html'>The Hunger Network, a collaboration among food pantry and soup kitchen providers in the Malden, Medford, &amp; Everett communities, has published its updated list of food bank and soup kitchen days and hours of operation on the &lt;a href="http://maldensquare.org/html/calendar.html"&gt;Calendar Page&lt;/a&gt; of the &lt;a href="http://maldensquare.org"&gt;Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square&lt;/a&gt; website.  Note that it is the 3rd calendar on the page, as the listings would overwhelm either of the other 2 calendars.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-9131484495567562257?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://maldensquare.org/html/calendar.html' title='Hunger Network Online Listing'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/9131484495567562257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=9131484495567562257&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/9131484495567562257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/9131484495567562257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2009/04/hunger-network-online-listing.html' title='Hunger Network Online Listing'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-1292122923985108250</id><published>2009-04-05T10:14:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T09:44:35.406-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='career services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job hunting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job search'/><title type='text'>Layoff Support Network</title><content type='html'>The &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://layoffsupportnetwork.com/lsn/"&gt;Layoff Support Network (LSN)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;was created to help people who have been laid off. This is a 100% free, 100% non-commercial site--we don't even carry advertisements.  This is based on a pay-it-forward concept: hopefully people will find the site helpful and someday be able to help others in return.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a great job-searching tool, podcasts, career coaching and even&lt;br /&gt;articles from a licensed psychotherapist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is not really a job-searching site--there are hundreds of those.&lt;br /&gt;This site was designed to help people deal with the stress of not having&lt;br /&gt;a job. We hope to use the wisdom of the crowd to offer resume reviews,&lt;br /&gt;interview tips and other kernels of knowledge that might help someone&lt;br /&gt;survive and find a job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We also happen to be the only website that wants to go out of&lt;br /&gt;existence--when all our members find jobs, we will consider it a job&lt;br /&gt;well done and disappear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you can find any of the collected wisdom of use, or want to&lt;br /&gt;contribute a blog or a forum post and share your expertise, our effort&lt;br /&gt;will be considered a success. Come visit and tell us what you think. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply by becoming a member you help other members. Statistics from Google Analytics indicate that we have 100x the visitors as the number of registered members. By joining, other members can get an honest impression of the number of people using this site. It was our hope in designing the LSN that its users would take comfort in knowing that they are not alone. Well, now that I (Craig) have been laid off, at least you know you’ve got me to keep you company!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-1292122923985108250?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://layoffsupportnetwork.com/lsn/' title='Layoff Support Network'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/1292122923985108250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=1292122923985108250&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/1292122923985108250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/1292122923985108250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2009/04/layoff-support-network.html' title='Layoff Support Network'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-3168470983970262711</id><published>2009-01-01T13:44:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T08:46:29.561-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='productivity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web search'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='websites to do research'/><title type='text'>Catalytic Communities</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Catalytic Communities&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.comcat.org/"&gt;CatComm &lt;/a&gt;- is creating a world where community-generated solutions are just a mouse-click away, where anyone, anywhere, confronting a local problem, can find the inspiration and tools they need to implement the solution, learning from their peers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Catalytic Communities uses technology to link grassroots community groups so they can learn from each other's successes, and support one another's work. When community organizations tackle local problems, their work would be easier if they knew about successful programs in similar neighborhoods around the world. CatComm realizes people solve crises in their communities every day, and the Internet is the perfect tool to replicate these successes. We collect and posts how-to examples in our Community Solutions Database. These real-life stories address a wide range of issues, from HIV prevention to spurring economic growth, providing effective care for children and the elderly, and much more. The database of 200 projects inspires people to make a difference around the world.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-3168470983970262711?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.comcat.org/' title='Catalytic Communities'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/3168470983970262711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=3168470983970262711&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/3168470983970262711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/3168470983970262711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2009/01/catalytic-communities.html' title='Catalytic Communities'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-4399250011214107301</id><published>2009-01-01T11:32:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T09:46:05.180-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hunger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free medical care'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='poverty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hot meals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ministry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food pantry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Bread of Life (Malden) has newly designed website</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thebreadoflifeonline.org/index.html"&gt;Bread of Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been one of the top 5 purchasers and distributors of free food in Eastern Massachusetts since 2003, according to the Greater Boston Food Bank. They provided the equivalent of over 285,000 meals to hungry, homeless and isolated people in 2007. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They provide and/or support hot meals with clothing ministry, food pantry, Mobile Homeless Outreach, weekly spiritual support group, and the ShareWood Project (free health care).  For more information, visit their website.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bread of Life is always looking for volunteers whether it is donating time or money.  To find out more, please use one of the ways listed below to find out how you can help:&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Telephone: (781) 397-0404&lt;br /&gt;FAX: (781) 288-0002&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;br /&gt;Postal Address:&lt;br /&gt;   Gabriella Snyder&lt;br /&gt;   c/o Bread of Life&lt;br /&gt;   511 Main Streeet&lt;br /&gt;   Malden, MA 02148&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-4399250011214107301?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.thebreadoflifeonline.org/index.html' title='Bread of Life (Malden) has newly designed website'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/4399250011214107301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=4399250011214107301&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/4399250011214107301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/4399250011214107301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2009/01/bread-of-life-malden-has-newly-desgined.html' title='Bread of Life (Malden) has newly designed website'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-3361786600748346170</id><published>2009-01-01T11:24:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T09:47:35.690-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='careers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job hunting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job search'/><title type='text'>Using the Social Web to Find Work</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Free eBook- Using the Social Web to Find Work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2009 will be an unprecedented time for workers in the US, with many people losing their jobs through no fault of their own. This will ripple economically to other countries as well. No one’s really safe. I wanted to offer some ideas ahead of the mess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ve written &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=42140197701&amp;h=9RGTE&amp;u=EgTcU"&gt;Using the Social Web to Find Work&lt;/a&gt; as a free ebook for you to download and share with others. It includes ideas and information from &lt;a href="http://chrisbrogan.com"&gt;chrisbrogan.com&lt;/a&gt;, and takes you from the specifics of using &lt;a href="http://linkedin.com"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; to your benefit, into some ideas on how to grow and nurture your social networks ahead of a need for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s not much, but I wanted to help in one way that I know how - by providing ideas and actionable information.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Editor's Note:  Chris Brogan is one of the founders and organizers of the highly popular &lt;a href="http://podcamp.pbwiki.com/"&gt;PodCamps&lt;/a&gt; around the country.  His advice comes from his experience.  If you are not familiar with social networks, read his free e-book anyway; you may decide it's time to connect electronically, and it's definitely a more informed way to job search.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-3361786600748346170?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=42140197701&amp;h=9RGTE&amp;u=EgTcU' title='Using the Social Web to Find Work'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/3361786600748346170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=3361786600748346170&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/3361786600748346170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/3361786600748346170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2009/01/using-social-web-to-find-work.html' title='Using the Social Web to Find Work'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-6425834900402457217</id><published>2008-11-03T06:41:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T09:49:34.267-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='human services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web search'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='websites to do research'/><title type='text'>Boston Resource Net</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bostonresourcenet.org"&gt;ResourceNet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is a free, one-of-a-kind web tool providing a wide range of information about human services—the kind of information you can’t get from a phone book!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ABCD and BPHC (Action for Boston Community Development and Boston Public Health Commission) are jointly sponsoring BostonResourceNet.  ResourceNet maintains the site to enhance the public’s access to information about human services in Boston.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-6425834900402457217?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://bostonresourcenet.org' title='Boston Resource Net'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/6425834900402457217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=6425834900402457217&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/6425834900402457217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/6425834900402457217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2008/11/boston-resource-net.html' title='Boston Resource Net'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-9158945203352624635</id><published>2008-05-07T07:41:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-19T09:53:19.870-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hunger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Food Stamps Can Mean Healthy Meals for You and Your Family</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Applying for Food Stamps Has Never Been Easier&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite the help the Food Stamp Program can offer, there are still many eligible Massachusetts residents who could enroll.  In today’s economy, too many families are struggling to make ends meet.  Food stamps can help you ensure that you and your family are getting consistent, healthy meals at home.  Food stamps come on a debit card that automatically deducts from your monthly benefits each time you use it at the grocery store—an easy, convenient way to provide nutritious food for your family!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project Bread is partnering with community-based organizations across the state to increase enrollment and awareness of the Food Stamp Program by providing application assistance to clients.  This program, in partnership with the Department of Transitional Assistance, gives eligible applicants a convenient, supportive, and secure way to access benefits online.  The initiative provides greater convenience: applicants can apply in their neighborhood, and they can work with a counselor who speaks their language and coaches them through the process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The food stamp application is also available to anyone online, thanks to the Department of Transitional Assistance.  You can apply from a home, library, health center or any location with access to the Internet at &lt;a href="http://www.mass.gov/dta"&gt;www.mass.gov/dta&lt;/a&gt;.  It is fast and convenient and you can apply anytime!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Interested applicants can find the latest information about times and places to apply—online, in person or by mail and fax—at &lt;a href="http://www.gettingfoodstamps.org"&gt;www.gettingfoodstamps.org&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.mass.gov/dta"&gt;www.mass.gov/dta&lt;/a&gt; or by calling Project Bread’s FoodSource Hotline at 1-800-645-8333.  You can also make an appointment with Tri-CAP to apply, 781-322-4125, using the Commonwealth's Virtual Gateway.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Solicitar los cupones de alimentos nunca ha sido tan fácil&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A pesar de los recursos que el Programa de Cupones de Alimentos le puede ofrecer, muchos residentes elegibles de Massachussets todavía no están participando. En la economía de hoy, muchas familias están luchando para ganar lo suficiente para vivir. Utilizar los cupones de alimentos puede asegurar que usted y su familia tengan comida saludable en casa. Se puede comprar comida con los cupones de alimentos usando una tarjeta de transferencia electrónica que automáticamente paga de su cuenta de beneficios mensuales–una manera fácil y conveniente de proveer alimentos nutritivos para su familia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Project Bread se ha asociado con organizaciones comunitarias en Massachussets para trabajar juntos y aumentar el nivel de participación en el programa de cupones de alimentos. Si usted quiere ayuda con la solicitud, muchas agencias están ofreciendo asistencia. Este programa, en asociación con el Departamento de Asistencia Transitoria, le da una manera conveniente y segura de acceder a sus beneficios en Internet. Esta iniciativa facilita el proceso de solicitar los beneficios; usted puede llenar la solicitud en la comunidad donde vive, y puede recibir ayuda de un asesor que hable su idioma y le ayude con el proceso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si usted quiere llenar la solicitud sin la ayuda de un asesor, ahora cualquier persona puede acceder a la solicitud para cupones de alimentos a través del Internet, gracias al Departamento de Asistencia Transitoria. Se puede llenar la solicitud en Internet (ubicada en la página &lt;a href="http://www.mass.gov/dta"&gt;www.mass.gov/dta&lt;/a&gt;) desde su casa, una biblioteca pública, un centro de salud, o cualquier lugar que cuente con acceso al Internet. ¡Es rápido, conveniente, y usted puede solicitar cuando quiera!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si está interesado, puede encontrar la información más reciente sobre agencias que pueden ayudar con la solicitud (no importa si es por Internet, en persona, o por correo o fax), en las páginas web &lt;a href="http://www.gettingfoodstamps.org"&gt;www.gettingfoodstamps.org&lt;/a&gt; y &lt;a href="http://www.mass.gov/dta"&gt;www.mass.gov/dta&lt;/a&gt;, o puede llamar al FoodSource Hotline de Project Bread al 1-800-645-8333.  You can also make an appointment with Tri-CAP to apply, 781-322-4125, using the Commonwealth's Virtual Gateway.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-9158945203352624635?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.gettingfoodstamps.org' title='Food Stamps Can Mean Healthy Meals for You and Your Family'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/9158945203352624635/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=9158945203352624635&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/9158945203352624635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/9158945203352624635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2008/05/food-stamps-can-mean-healthy-meals-for.html' title='Food Stamps Can Mean Healthy Meals for You and Your Family'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-6752500003184341966</id><published>2008-05-03T09:01:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T09:16:07.255-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='careers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='productivity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job hunting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job search'/><title type='text'>Free FileMaker Campus Productivity Kit</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;The makers of FileMake Pro offer a free version designed for students to help them manage their time and be more productive. This specialized runtime version of the FileMaker database runs on both MACs and PCs and can be used by more than students. We think job seekers may find it very useful as well.&lt;br /&gt;Some ways to use it are to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Manage Contacts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Organize Research Material &amp;amp; Lecture Notes (job seekers: think company research and interviews!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Tracking Group Projects and Assignments&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Coordinate Events &amp;amp; Registrations&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Track &amp;amp; Prioritize To Do Lists &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They'll ask for your email address and mailing address to sign up; that's often the price of getting something for free. They want more business from you later. But if you need a way to organize your community projects, job search, or school life, then this may be the tool for you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-6752500003184341966?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.filemakertrial.com/campuskit/learnmore/default.aspx' title='Free FileMaker Campus Productivity Kit'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/6752500003184341966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=6752500003184341966&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/6752500003184341966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/6752500003184341966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2008/05/free-filemaker-campus-productivity-kit.html' title='Free FileMaker Campus Productivity Kit'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-5263765978584415038</id><published>2008-04-27T09:54:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-03T09:18:17.827-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credit reports'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='credit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='free credit report'/><title type='text'>Where to Get Your Annual Free Credit Report</title><content type='html'>You don't have to pay anyone or subscribe to any fee-based services to get your &lt;strong&gt;free&lt;/strong&gt; annual credit report from each of the nationl consumer credit reporting companies: Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ads you see on TV are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; really free because you have to subscribe (or accept a trial offer) for a product.  So while the website name is easy to remember -- remember this -- it's not free and it's not the site you want!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Annual Credit Report is what you want: &lt;a href="http://www.annualcreditreport.com"&gt;http://www.annualcreditreport.com&lt;/a&gt; will get you to the correct site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tip:  Don't order from all 3 credit reporting agencies at the same time.  Instead, order your free credit report from &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; agency every 4 months.  Over the course of a year, you'll have an updated, free credit report and gain a better idea of how you are doing in the credit area.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-5263765978584415038?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp' title='Where to Get Your Annual Free Credit Report'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/5263765978584415038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=5263765978584415038&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/5263765978584415038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/5263765978584415038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2008/04/where-to-get-your-annual-free-credit.html' title='Where to Get Your Annual Free Credit Report'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-3906316077728859403</id><published>2007-08-01T08:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-08-01T08:43:50.152-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='careers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='career services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job hunting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job search'/><title type='text'>Candidate Seeker: An Alternative Job Search</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://candidateseeker.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CandidateSeeker&lt;/strong&gt;.com &lt;/a&gt;delivers job opportunity notices via email to you the candidate. We are the only major online recruiting and employment service that DOES NOT post resumes or application forms for viewing by the public OR subscribers. We never circulate resumes to employers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Candidates are never charged to use our service. And, we do not allow placement agencies who charge applicant fees to use our service!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-3906316077728859403?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://candidateseeker.com' title='Candidate Seeker: An Alternative Job Search'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/3906316077728859403/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=3906316077728859403&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/3906316077728859403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/3906316077728859403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2007/08/candidate-seeker-alternative-job-search.html' title='Candidate Seeker: An Alternative Job Search'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-2915186956218420789</id><published>2007-07-08T13:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-07-08T14:04:36.420-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='careers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='career services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job hunting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job search'/><title type='text'>Job Central "replaces" America's Job Bank</title><content type='html'>For people and organizations who relied on America's Job Bank to list job openings or search for jobs, the Dept. of Labor's decision to close the website was unwelcome news.  America's Job Bank had been a significant resource for many employers that did not have funds to pay for job postings on commercial websites such as Monster and CareerBuilder.   The job bank also helped many organizations fulfill their Affirmative Action outreach because it covered every state and thus reached incredibly large numbers of job seekers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, a group of leading U.S. employers pooled their resources to create Job &lt;a href="http://www.jobcentral.com"&gt;Central&lt;/a&gt; as a public service, achieving the same nationwide coverage.  Take advantage of the free job search if you're job hunting and the free job listings if you're an employer.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-2915186956218420789?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.jobcentral.com' title='Job Central &quot;replaces&quot; America&apos;s Job Bank'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/2915186956218420789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=2915186956218420789&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/2915186956218420789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/2915186956218420789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2007/07/job-central-replaces-americas-job-bank.html' title='Job Central &quot;replaces&quot; America&apos;s Job Bank'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-917028700493206494</id><published>2007-06-04T07:54:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-21T09:28:08.943-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health insurance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commonwealth Connector'/><title type='text'>Health &amp; Human Services Internet Gateway</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;Launched in 2004, Virtual Gateway is an Internet portal that provides the general public and human service clients, providers, and front-line staff with online access to health and human services information and services. For additional information, please visit the &lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2subtopic&amp;L=4&amp;L0=Home&amp;L1=Government&amp;L2=Special+Commissions+and+Initiatives&amp;L3=Virtual+Gateway&amp;sid=Eeohhs2"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Information and services on the Virtual Gateway are organized according to what human service clients, providers, and staff need and how they seek information and conduct business today. The Gateway is the result of collaboration across multiple government agencies to meet three common goals: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Provide a single point of access to services, &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Promote worker and provider productivity, and &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; Support the relationship between the Commonwealth and its community partners. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt; Over 12,000 individuals, many of them employed by more than 500 state agencies and provider organizations, use the Virtual Gateway today to conduct business with agencies within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and within the Department of Housing and Community Development. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-917028700493206494?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2subtopic&amp;L=4&amp;L0=Home&amp;L1=Government&amp;L2=Special+Commissions+and+Initiatives&amp;L3=Virtual+Gateway&amp;sid=Eeohhs2' title='Health &amp; Human Services Internet Gateway'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/917028700493206494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=917028700493206494&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/917028700493206494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/917028700493206494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2007/06/health-human-services-internet-gateway.html' title='Health &amp; Human Services Internet Gateway'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-1506064760773219917</id><published>2007-06-04T07:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-06-04T07:53:10.468-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='health insurance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commonwealth Connector'/><title type='text'>Health Insurance Requirements</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Big changes are happening in Massachusetts health care. Most adults must now carry health insurance, effective July 1, 2007. The &lt;a href="http://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/site/connector/"&gt;Commonwealth Health Connector&lt;/a&gt; is the official website to go to for information about the new law and to find the right health plan for you and/or your family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whether you are employed by an organization that does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; offer health insurance, self-employed, or unemployed, there are choices there for everyone. And if you qualify for a plan at no or low cost, they’ll let you know. Health insurance is an important decision. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This site will help understand your otions and make the right choices.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-1506064760773219917?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.mahealthconnector.org/portal/site/connector/' title='Health Insurance Requirements'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/1506064760773219917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=1506064760773219917&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/1506064760773219917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/1506064760773219917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2007/06/health-insurance-requirements.html' title='Health Insurance Requirements'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-6093927341896639041</id><published>2006-12-30T12:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:37:10.104-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='web search'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='websites to do research'/><title type='text'>How "Good" is the Information on the Internet?</title><content type='html'>You can do research about almost any topic by searching the Internet.   But how good is the information you find?   &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Sometimes you can find very good information but there is also a lot of "misinformation disguised as fact" mixed in.&lt;/span&gt;  There are a few sites that provide you with more reliable results because professionals have reviewed the sites they link with. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of these is the &lt;a href="http://www.lii.org/"&gt;Librarians' Internet Index&lt;/a&gt;, a publicly-funded website that lets you search and browse its website for the best of the Web.  The site contains more than 20,000 entries, maintained by their librarians and organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-6093927341896639041?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/6093927341896639041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=6093927341896639041&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/6093927341896639041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/6093927341896639041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2006/12/how-good-is-information-on-internet.html' title='How &quot;Good&quot; is the Information on the Internet?'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-4515200245517153912</id><published>2006-12-30T10:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T10:52:30.891-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workplace accidents'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='financial consequences of disability'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='disability'/><title type='text'>New Web Site Provides Information to Protect Wage Earners from Consequences of Disability</title><content type='html'>The &lt;a href="http://www.disabilitycanhappen.org/"&gt;Council for Disability Awareness&lt;/a&gt; has launched a website to help workers learn about and perhaps prepare for the consequences of a long-term disability.  Studies show that 3 out of every 10 workers between the ages of 25 and 65 will experience an accident or illness that keeps them out of work for three months or longer.   To help wage earners learn more about the realities and financial consequences of disability, their comprehensive site is one component of a public awareness campaign aimed at empowering wage earners with information to better prepare themselves for a potential disability and its financial consequences.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-4515200245517153912?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/4515200245517153912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=4515200245517153912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/4515200245517153912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/4515200245517153912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2006/12/new-web-site-provides-information-to.html' title='New Web Site Provides Information to Protect Wage Earners from Consequences of Disability'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-5473818380550532012</id><published>2006-12-30T10:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T10:27:43.326-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interview outfits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tailored for success'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='interview clothes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='professional clothes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dress for success'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='professional outfits'/><title type='text'>Dress Professionally for Professional Success</title><content type='html'>Women who are entering or re-entering the professional work force may have a bigger hurdle to overcome than the resume and job interview.  &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Without the right clothes, and a comfort level in those professional outfits, that interview may close the door to the job.&lt;/span&gt;   For women in the low-income bracket, this may appear to be an insurmountable hurdle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;There is help available, though.&lt;/span&gt;  Three organizations in our area are helping low-&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;income&lt;/span&gt; job seekers "look and feel" the part so they move from "interviewed to hired."  They provide help in several ways, but finding the "right" professional look and comfort level to get through that interview process is the more unique aspect of their services.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://tailoredforsuccess.org/"&gt;Tailored For Success, Inc.&lt;/a&gt; (Malden, MA) specializes in providing career development services to low-income women who are attempting to enter or reenter the workforce.  They distribute free interview clothing, provide professional image consulting, and conduct individual interview coaching and career development workshops. Their services are designed to bridge the gap between domestic violence shelters, welfare-to-work, job training programs, and the professional workplace. By increasing self-confidence through image consulting and career coaching, Tailored For Success, Inc. prepares women to enter the workforce and enable them to move from dependency to self-sufficiency.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thewomensalliance.org/"&gt;The Women's Alliance&lt;/a&gt; is a national organization of independent community-based members who provide professional  attire, career skills training, and related services to low-income women seeking employment.  The services they provide ensure that low-income women have the professional attire and career skills coaching they need to make the right impression on job interviews and to succeed in the workplace.  TWA provides marketing assistance to Tailored for Sucess. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dressforsuccess.org/"&gt;Dress for Success Worldwide&lt;/a&gt; is an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of women located in 78 cities across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and New Zealand. Their professional clothing, employment retention programs, and ongoing support symbolizes their faith in every woman’s ability to be self-sufficient and successful in her career.   They have a Boston location.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-5473818380550532012?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/5473818380550532012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=5473818380550532012&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/5473818380550532012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/5473818380550532012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2006/12/dress-professionally-for-professional.html' title='Dress Professionally for Professional Success'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-116593013434454187</id><published>2006-12-12T08:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-12T08:28:54.346-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Community Resource Listing has moved!</title><content type='html'>Please update your bookmark! We moved the resource listing to its own subdomain at &lt;a href="http://resources.maldensquare.org/"&gt;http://resources.maldensquare.org/&lt;/a&gt; on 12/12/06. If you had it bookmarked, please update. Make sure you visit our main web site, as well, at &lt;a href="http://maldensquare.org"&gt;http://maldensquare.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-116593013434454187?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org' title='Community Resource Listing has moved!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/116593013434454187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=116593013434454187&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/116593013434454187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/116593013434454187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2006/12/community-resource-listing-has-moved.html' title='Community Resource Listing has moved!'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-116592878879343557</id><published>2006-12-12T08:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:39:26.618-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='careers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='career services'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job hunting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='job search'/><title type='text'>Headway Corporation for Job Search</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.headwaycorp.com/"&gt;Headway Corporate Resources&lt;/a&gt; provides recruitment, staffing, outsourcing, and professional development services. In 2004, they placed over 25,000 individuals with more than 1,000 businesses.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-116592878879343557?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/116592878879343557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=116592878879343557&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/116592878879343557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/116592878879343557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2006/12/headway-corporation-for-job-search.html' title='Headway Corporation for Job Search'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-116137988432414202</id><published>2006-10-20T17:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T12:41:06.987-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medical articles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='websites to do research'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medicine'/><title type='text'>PubMed: an integrated, text-based search and retrieval system of medical articles and citations</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?DB=pubmed"&gt;PubMed&lt;/a&gt; is a service of the &lt;a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/"&gt;U.S. National Library of Medicine&lt;/a&gt; that includes over 16 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-116137988432414202?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/116137988432414202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=116137988432414202&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/116137988432414202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/116137988432414202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2006/10/pubmed-integrated-text-based-search.html' title='PubMed: an integrated, text-based search and retrieval system of medical articles and citations'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-113509080951951601</id><published>2005-12-20T09:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-04T09:55:41.121-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Health and Human Services</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hhs.gov/"&gt;The Department of Health and Human Services&lt;/a&gt; is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The department includes more than 300 programs covering a wide spectrum of activities. Some highlights include: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Financial assistance and services for low-income families &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Improving maternal and infant health &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Head Start (pre-school education and services) &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Substance abuse treatment and prevention &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Services for older Americans, including home-delivered meals &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Comprehensive health services for Native Americans &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hrsa.gov/"&gt;Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; provides access to essential health care services for people who are low-income, uninsured, or live in rural areas or urban neighborhoods where health care is scarce. HRSA administers a variety of programs to improve the health of mothers and children and serves people living with HIV/AIDS through the Ryan White CARE Act programs.  HRSA also oversees the nation's organ transplantation system. Headquarters: Rockville, Md.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Specific areas of their website you may find useful: &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc"&gt;Find free or low-cost health care&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://hab.hrsa.gov/"&gt;HIV/AIDS Services&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://bphc.hrsa.gov/"&gt;Primary Health Care&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="http://mchb.hrsa.gov/"&gt;Maternal and Child Health&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)&lt;/strong&gt; works to improve the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services. SAMSA helps improve substance abuse prevention and treatment services through the identification and dissemination of best practices. They also monitor the prevalence and incidence of substance abuse. Headquarters: Rockville, MD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/cmhs/ChildrensCampaign/"&gt;Children's Mental Health&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Centers for Medicare &amp;amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) &lt;/strong&gt; administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs, which provide health care to about one in every four Americans.  Medicare provides health insurance for more than 42.1 million elderly and disabled Americans.  Medicaid, a joint federal-state program, provides health coverage for some 44.7 million low-income persons, including 21.9 million children, and nursing home coverage for low-income elderly. CMS also administers the State Children's Health Insurance Program that covers more than 4.2 million children. Headquarters: Baltimore, Md. &lt;br /&gt;Web sites you may want to check: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.medicare.gov"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Medicare&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cms.gov/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Children's Mental Health,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-113509080951951601?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.hhs.gov/' title='Health and Human Services'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/113509080951951601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=113509080951951601&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/113509080951951601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/113509080951951601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2005/12/health-and-human-services.html' title='Health and Human Services'/><author><name>Cyber Cafe Community Resource Specialist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-113448789656572648</id><published>2005-12-13T10:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-06-04T10:58:26.532-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Health Insurance</title><content type='html'>Today there are more types of health insurance, and more choices, than ever before.  Our independent insurance professionals will help you make the most informed decision possible. Whether you are looking for health insurance for the first time or you are looking to change or compare your current insurance, whether you are single or have a family to protect, our service will help you get the coverage you are looking for at the best possible price.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can search for Health Care Plans, Accident &amp; Health Insurance, Medicare Supplemental &amp;amp; Long Term Care, Dental, and Hospitalization coverage in the &lt;a href="http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?SRC=promo12&amp;QCID=3378000040476&amp;amp;C=Health+Insurance&amp;R=N&amp;amp;SCS=1&amp;F=1&amp;amp;CP=Legal+%26+Financial%5EInsurance%5EHealth%5EHealth+Care+Plans&amp;RC=1&amp;amp;search=Find+It"&gt;SuperPages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cheap Prescription Plans:&lt;/strong&gt; Join the nation's leading prescription medical and dental discount plan. Guaranteed acceptance and satisfaction.  (800) 254-1047&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.healthcareadvantage.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Health Care Advantage&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Benefit Plan is neither insurance nor a health insurance policy.  The plan provides for discounts on health care services from participating providers only.  The plan does not make payments to providers.  The member is responsible for paying for all health care services, but will receive a discount from participating providers contracted with HealthCare Advantage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compare Multiple Health Insurance Quotes:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.netquote.com"&gt;Save Money with NetQuote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since 1989, NetQuote® has providedconsumers with a free, simple, and effectiveway to fulfill their insurance shopping needs.  Free quotes available in All 50 States.  NetQuote® works with hundreds of partner companies that provide insurance quotes based on information that you supply.  Low rates and great deals. Fast, free and secure online health insurance quotes. Nationwide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.2insure4less.com"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Low Cost Health Insurance&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Learn how to select a health insurance plan that's right for you. Our friends in the government can help, with guides and information at &lt;a href="http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learn the local rules.&lt;/strong&gt; Regulations differ by state, so know what you're dealing with and what protections are offered you. (For example, having a pre-existing condition isn't necessarily a deal-breaker in every state.) At &lt;a href="http://www.healthinsuranceinfo.net/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HealthInsuranceInfo.net&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you can look up information for each state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're tough to insure because of serious pre-existing conditions, some states have help for you. Click over to &lt;a href="http://www.naschip.org/states_pools.htm"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Naschip&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affordable Health Insurance custom tailored around your needs and budget at &lt;a href="http://www.insurancepad.com/?source"&gt;insurance Pad&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-113448789656572648?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/113448789656572648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=113448789656572648&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/113448789656572648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/113448789656572648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2005/12/health-insurance.html' title='Health Insurance'/><author><name>Cyber Cafe Community Resource Specialist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-112592139168637584</id><published>2005-09-05T07:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T07:56:31.686-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Community Resources Blog has moved!</title><content type='html'>Please update your bookmark! We moved the resources blog to http://maldensquare.org/resources on 9/5/05 (Sunday).  If you had it bookmarked, please update.  Make sure you visit our main web site, as well, at http://maldensquare.org&lt;br /&gt;Claire&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-112592139168637584?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/112592139168637584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/112592139168637584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2005/09/community-resources-blog-has-moved.html' title='Community Resources Blog has moved!'/><author><name>Claire</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16742188896080634218</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18149493012513642449'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13139886.post-112300659388057467</id><published>2005-08-02T14:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-12-30T15:00:37.619-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Massachusetts Association Of Community Action Programs (MASSCAP)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://masscap.org"&gt;MASSCAP&lt;/a&gt; is the association of the 25 Massachusetts Community Action Agencies (CAAs).  &lt;strong&gt;Opening the doors to self-sufficiency: support, training &amp; advocacy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a class="continue" href="http://masscap.org/wfd-guide.html"&gt;Workforce Development: Resource Guide&lt;/a&gt; A Resource Guide on Establishing Effective Workforce Development Programs for community action agencies and other community-based organizations in Massachusetts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://masscap.org/agencies.html"&gt; Agencies and Services &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bostonabcd.org/"&gt;Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. (ABCD)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;178 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02111&lt;br /&gt;Phone (617) 357-6000, Fax (617) 357-1813&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Boston, Brookline, Newton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.actioninc.org/"&gt;Action, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24 Elm Street, Gloucester, MA 01930&lt;br /&gt;Phone (978) 283-7874, Fax (978) 283-0523&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Essex, Gloucester, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Berkshire Community Action Council, Inc. (BCAC)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1531 East Street, Pittsfield, MA 021201&lt;br /&gt;Phone (413) 445-4503, Fax (413) 447-7871&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area: &lt;/span&gt;Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown, and Windsor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Cambridge Economic Opportunity Council, Inc. (CEOC)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11 Inman Street, Cambridge, MA 02139&lt;br /&gt;Phone (617) 868-2900, Fax (617) 868-2395&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Cambridge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cfcinc.org/"&gt;Citizens for Citizens, Inc. (CFC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;264 Griffin Street, Fall River, MA 02724&lt;br /&gt;Phone (508) 679-0041, Fax (508) 324-7503&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Fall River, Freetown, Somerset, Swansea, Taunton, Westport &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.volunteersolutions.org/boston/org/213424.html"&gt;Community Action Agency of Somerville&lt;/a&gt;, Inc. (CAAS)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;66-70 Union Square #104, Somerville, MA 02143&lt;br /&gt;Phone (617) 623- 7370Fax (617) 628-2512&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Somerville &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.cacci.cc/"&gt;Community Action Committee of Cape Cod &amp;amp; Islands, Inc. (CACCCI)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;115 Enterprise Road, Hyannis, MA 02601&lt;br /&gt;Phone (508) 771-1727, Fax (508) 775-7488&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gay Head, Gosnold, Harwich, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wareham, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, and Yarmouth &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.communityactioninc.org/"&gt; Community Action, Inc. (CAI) &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;145 Essex Street, Haverhill, MA 01832&lt;br /&gt;Phone (978) 373-1971, Fax (978) 373-8966&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Amesbury, Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, and Newburyport &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.fcac.net/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Action!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt; Of the Franklin, Hampshire, and North Quabbin Regions &lt;br /&gt;393 Main Street, Greenfield, MA 01301&lt;br /&gt;Phone (413) 774-2318, Fax (413) 773-3834&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Ashfield, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Levrett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Rowe, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell, and Whately &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.capicinc.org/"&gt;Community Action Program Inter-City, Inc. (CAPIC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;100 Everett Avenue, #14, Chelsea, MA 02150&lt;br /&gt;Phone (617) 884-6130, Fax (617) 889-8110&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.comteam.org/"&gt; Community Teamwork, Inc. (CTI)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;167 Dutton Street, Lowell, MA 01852&lt;br /&gt;Phone (978) 459-0551, Fax (978) 453-9128&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, and Westford &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.glcac.org/"&gt; Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, Inc. (GLCAC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;305 Essex Street, Lawrence, MA 01840&lt;br /&gt;Phone (978) 681-4900, Fax (978) 681-4949&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Andover, Lawrence, Methuen, and North Andover &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="leo"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Lynn Economic Opportunity, Inc. (LEO)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;156 Broad Street, Lynn, MA 01901&lt;br /&gt;Phone (781) 581-7220, Fax (781) 581-5320&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Lynn &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a name="moc"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Montachusett Opportunity Council, Inc. (MOC)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;66 Day Street, Fitchburg, MA 01420&lt;br /&gt;Phone (978) 342-7013, Fax (978) 345-8626&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Ashburnham, Athol, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Lancaster, Leominster, Phillipston, Royalston, Sterling, Templeton, Westminster, and Winchendon &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.northshorecap.org/"&gt;North Shore Community Action Program, Inc. (NSCAP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;98 Main Street, Peabody, MA 01960&lt;br /&gt;Phone (978) 531-0767, Fax (978) 531-1012&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.salemcyberspace.org/"&gt; NSCAP Cyber Cafe &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Beverly, Danvers, Peabody, and Salem &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paceinfo.org/"&gt; PACE, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;166 William Street, PO Box 5626, New Bedford, MA 02742&lt;br /&gt;Phone (508) 999-9920, Fax (508) 999-3728&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.qcap.org/"&gt;Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc. (QCAP)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;1509 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA 02169&lt;br /&gt;Phone (617) 479-8181, Fax (617) 479-7228&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Quincy, Braintree, Milton, Weymouth &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.selfhelpinc.org/"&gt; Self-Help, Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Fagan Drive, Avon, MA 02322&lt;br /&gt;Phone (508) 588-0447, Fax (508) 588-1266&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Abington, Attleboro, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Hanson, Holbrook, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Norton, Plainville, Randolph, Rockland, Sharon, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, and Whitman &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smoc.org/"&gt;South Middlesex Opportunity Council, Inc. (SMOC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;300 Howard Street, Framingham, MA 01701&lt;br /&gt;Phone (508) 620-2300, Fax (508) 620-2310&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Ashland, Bellingham, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Marlborough, Natick, Southborough, and Wayland &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a name="ssca"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;South Shore Community Action Council, Inc. (SSCAC)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;265 South Meadow Road, Plymouth, MA 02360&lt;br /&gt;Phone (508) 747-7575, Fax (508) 747-1250&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Carver, Duxbury, Hanover, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Norwell, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, and Scituate &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.springfieldpartnersinc.com/user-cgi/pages.cgi?category=home"&gt; Springfield Partners for Community Action, Inc. (SPFCA)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 619 State Street, Springfield, MA 01109&lt;br /&gt;Phone (413) 263-6500, Fax (413) 263-6511&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Springfield &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://tri-cap.org"&gt;Tri-City Community Action Program &lt;/a&gt;, Inc. (Tri-CAP)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;110 Pleasant Street, Malden, MA 02148&lt;br /&gt;Phone (781) 322-4125 Fax (781) 397-2339&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://maldensquare.org"&gt;Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square &lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Everett, Malden, and Medford &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valleyopp.com/"&gt;Valley Opportunity Council, Inc. (VOC)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;300 High Street, Holyoke, MA 01040&lt;br /&gt;Phone (413) 552-1554, Fax (413) 552-1558&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Service Area:&lt;/span&gt; Worcester, Auburn, Boylston, Brookfield, Charlton, Douglas, Dudley, East Brookfield, Hardwick, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, New Braintree, North Brookfield, Oakham, Oxford, Paxton, Rutland, Shrewsbury, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Sutton, Warren, Webster, West Boylston, West Brookfield, Westborough &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Posted for the benefit of patrons/members of the Cyber Cafe @ Malden Square--a free, walk-in computer and Internet community technology center (CTC) for the Malden, Medford, Everett area.&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13139886-112300659388057467?l=resources.maldensquare.org%2Findex.html'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/112300659388057467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13139886&amp;postID=112300659388057467&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/112300659388057467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13139886/posts/default/112300659388057467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://resources.maldensquare.org/2005/08/massachusetts-association-of-community.html' title='Massachusetts Association Of Community Action Programs (MASSCAP)'/><author><name>Cyber Cafe Community Resource Specialist</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>