News The April 2026 edition of The Provider newspaper is now online!  ® 

The April 2026 e-Edition of The Provider newspaper is now available! Click here to read the e-Edition.   

This month, the Council featured content on the Council’s panel lineup for a discussion regarding its latest research report, Stretched to Capacity: The Workforce Crisis in Human Services, to be presented at the Annual Membership and Business Meeting (AMBM), its upcoming supervision trainings, proposed changes to federal grant processes, The Caring Force’s recent attendance at the Annual Berkshire Legislative Breakfast for Disability Advocacy and a commemoration to Michael Ripple, a friend of the Council and beloved cartoonist who passed away last month.  

In this edition, the “View from the Hill” section featured Representative Brandy Fluker-Reid who discusses her initiative to help incarcerated individuals access identification before release to help ease their transition back into society.  

We are excited to share that beginning with this edition, all online copies of The Provider will include clickable ads and can be viewed as a flipbook. 

To view this issue, and the past issues of The Provider, please click here.    

For more information on being featured in a future edition of The Provider, please email Maureen Lynch. 

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