The FY2027 CMF Application round is now open!
The Expanded Gaming Act created the Community Mitigation Fund (CMF) to support communities and governmental entities in offsetting impact costs related to the construction and operation of gaming facilities.
Since 2015, the MGC has granted approximately $79.5 million in funding to advance needs in transportation, community planning, workforce development, and public safety initiatives for eligible municipalities and government entities located in the vicinity of the casinos.
In Fall 2023, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission voted to shift the Community Mitigation Fund to a municipal block grant format, along with a regional application to address regional mitigation needs.
As of FY2027, the CMF offered grants via Municipal or Regional applications in the following categories:
- Community Planning
- Gambling Harm Reduction
- Public Safety
- Regional Planning
- Regional Public Safety
- “Specific Impacts” relating to the operation of a gaming establishment
- Transportation
- Workforce Development
FY2027 Community Mitigation Fund Applications
Municipal
- Town of Agawam
- City of Boston
- City of Cambridge
- City of Chelsea
- City of Chicopee
- Town of East Longmeadow
- City of Everett
- Town of Foxborough
- Town of Hampden
- Town of Holyoke
- Town of Longmeadow
- Town of Ludlow
- City of Lynn
- City of Malden
- Town of Mansfield
- City of Medford
- City of Melrose
- City of Northampton
- Town of Plainville
- City of Revere
- City of Somerville
- City of Springfield
- Town of West Springfield
- Town of Wilbraham
- Town of Wrentham
Regional
- Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office
- Hampden County Sheriff’s Department
- Hampden County District Attorney’s Office
- Holyoke Community College
- MassHire Metro North Workforce Board
- Metropolitan Area Planning Council
- Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
- Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District
- Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office