Grant Partners

Funding for training manuals and supplies adapt and implement teen Mental Health First Aid at Waltham’s alternative high school, increasing mental health capacity resources at the school.

Family Nurturing Center of Massachusetts will support newly arrived Haitian migrant families with babies and young children living in emergency shelters in Boston, connecting them to vital resources such as well-child visits, diapers, playgroups, and developmental screenings. 

Partners In Health (PIH)’s mission is to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care. PIH strives to achieve two overarching goals: to bring the benefits of modern medical science to those most in need of them and to serve as an antidote to despair. PIH has significant experience implementing Problem Management Plus (PM+), a psychological intervention developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) that non-specialists can deliver to address common mental health conditions in people affected by adversity. PIH adapted PM+ through a cross-site process and piloted it in Rwanda, Peru, Mexico, and Malawi from 2016 to 2021, and it continues to be delivered across all these settings. As part of Advancing Community-Driven Mental Health grant program, PIH will provide technical assistance to the grant partners and will provide project management for the three-year grant program.

Funding for the organization to work with UpMetrics to build better programmatic outcomes by collecting and using data to measure, improve, and report on their impact.

Funding to build the organization’s fundraising capacity to support the long-term growth of the organization to support hope and healing in a supportive community for grieving children, teens, families, and individuals. 

True Alliance Center, an immigrant-led grassroots organization, will further embed enrollment services in the rapidly growing Haitian community in Greater Boston.

MAMH focuses on expanding access to effective treatment and services, reducing stigma and discrimination, and addressing disparities in behavioral health services. MAMH's ability to disseminate scientific knowledge about mental health promotion, prevention, treatment, and recovery supports advocacy, community-based organizations, and state and local governments.

Boston Senior Home Care (BSHC) is committed to ensuring that culturally diverse older adults and individuals with disabilities, particularly those of limited means, can remain safely in their homes with dignity and independence. BSHC will provide the Problem Management Plus (PM+) intervention to residents participating in Supporting Connections (the organization’s PM+ intervention program) and support PM+ staff to increase their knowledge, comfort, and confidence in discussing mental health and delivering Supporting Connections to BSHC residents.

Massachusetts PPD Fund will be able to expand its perinatal mental health training series and raise awareness about perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, a pregnancy complication affecting 1 in 5 new mothers. 

Ecu-Health Care, a nonprofit based in North Adams, will provide extensive outreach, education and application enrollment assistance to uninsured and underinsured individuals across Northern Berkshire County.

Burlington Public Schools will pilot Collaborative Care in Schools, a team-based mental health care approach created to complement existing school services. The pilot will enhance behavioral health support for students and families without additional costs to the school districts. A specialized mental health care team will be deployed to Burlington Public Schools, consisting of a behavioral health care manager, a licensed clinician with a master's level in behavioral health, and a nurse practitioner. Additionally, a consulting psychiatrist will be available once a week to meet with the mental health care team. This model aims to cater to both students and faculty members of Burlington Public Schools and work toward reducing barriers to mental health services and providing personalized care that meets each student's unique needs. 

William James College’s Center for Workforce Development (CWD) will pilot a Behavioral Health Service Corps for Men of Color (BHSC-MOC) to address the urgent need for frontline behavioral health workers from under resourced communities. This pipeline program aims to diversify the behavioral health field as well as serve as a catalyst for building a sustainable workforce that can address mental health and substance use disparities among historically underserved communities in Massachusetts. 

Community Servings will pilot a “step-down program” for clients who have received medically tailored meals but have become well enough to transition away from home-delivery service.  The program will provide a pathway to address food and nutrition insecurity.  The step-down program will provide medically tailored food boxes, a cookbook with simple recipes, cooking demonstration videos, nutrition education, and support from a registered dietitian nutritionist.

First Teacher Boston will provide perinatal health education to Black and brown families in Dorchester and Roxbury with a series of small-group workshops and a prenatal/postpartum resource toolkit. 

Stavros' mission is to help persons with disabilities and Deaf people develop the tools and skills they need to take charge of their own lives. They accomplish this through programs and services designed to meet the needs of persons of any age or disability as they work to achieve the life goals that are important to them. Stavros provides services to persons that identify as having a disability and who live in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin counties of western Massachusetts. Stavros will work with the BCBSMA Foundation and its technical assistance partners to support community members in addressing mild mental health distress and practical problems of daily living. Stavros will implement the PM+ model to support people with disabilities who live in western Massachusetts and have difficulty getting services due to limited access to the internet and transportation.