Grant Partners

The Regional Environmental Council will bring fresh, local produce to the Community Builders properties and will develop a no/low contact mobile pre-order model to ensure safe and uninterrupted access to healthy foods. It will provide culturally and linguistically responsive training to increase access to food security resources including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the state’s Healthy Incentives Program (HIP).

This grant is made in relationship to the Going Beyond Health Care grant program.

To support communications enhancements for the website, social media, newsletters, text, and Zoom, supporting staff to better meet increased demand remotely.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To provide a Parenting Journey Facilitator training for three Board members who will learn group management and facilitation techniques to help women effectively care for and communicate with their children.

YMCA of Metro North will support the Lynn Youth Mental Health Collaborative, a partnership between the Lynn YMCA and Lynn Community Health Center. The partnership will include the following components: a Youth Mental Health Clinic; embedded Trauma-Informed Care practices in all Lynn YMCA Youth Programs; resource-sharing fairs to connect families to outside services; and a “Rx for the Y” providing parents with free Y memberships to increase physical activity.

This grant was made in response to COVID-19 pandemic

Boston Public Health Commission will strengthen and grow its impact and presence in communities with the highest rates of uninsured by scaling up successful outreach and enrollment strategies, including flyering and one-on-one counseling, as well as its multilingual enrollment assistance in the office and the community. It will also expand hours, collaborate with local businesses, leverage radio and social media to promote its services, and share information about open enrollment and plan selection periods. Through 2021, specific grant plans may be adjusted to meet the current health and safety guidelines to protect the wellbeing of clients and staff.

To expand the garden to meet increased demand for healthy food for participating teens with low-income and for their food pantry and for equipment to engage participants in virtual programming.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

United Teen Equality Center (UTEC) will support the Circling Home pilot project, a new comprehensive behavioral health project for incarcerated and/or probation and parole-involved young adults (ages 18-25), extending from pre- to post-release without interruption in service or care provider. UTEC serves young people who have not succeeded in other shorter-term programming or who may have been underserved by the judicial system; many of their clients have active substance use issues or are diagnosed with a mental illness. By improving the continuum of care through the reentry process, UTEC expects to improve recidivism and health outcomes.

For an Emergency Assistance Fund to patients at Boston Medical Center including food, furniture, move in costs, diapers in response to COVID-19.

This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

GreenRoots will assist the BCBSMA Foundation staff in conducting a focus group to understand the needs, concerns, and challenges facing organizations of color and organizations working in communities of color.  The focus group will also help the Foundation identify potential solutions to change the systems, policies, and structures that perpetuate racial inequities in health in Massachusetts.

To hire a marketing consultant to help launch an online curriculum and training center.

Immigrant Family Services Institutes will build a sustainable program to provide counseling and case management to community members experiencing social and emotional difficulties.  Through training and technical assistance,  service providers will be educated on Haitian mental health needs and stigmas and on best practices for promoting individual and community-wide mental health.

This grant was made in response to COVID-19 pandemic

The YWCA Central Massachusetts will assist the BCBSMA Foundation staff in conducting a focus group to understand the needs, concerns, and challenges facing organizations of color and organizations working in communities of color.  The focus group will also help the Foundation identify potential solutions to change the systems, policies, and structures that perpetuate racial inequities in health in Massachusetts.

To support an emergency relief fund for immigrant families amid the COVID-19 pandemic.This grant was made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Massachusetts League of Community Health Center's (MLCHC) key focus will be continued advocacy for primary care to ensure community health centers are prepared and central to the MassHealth Waiver discussion and explore ways to enhance the protection and authority of primary care providers across model types. MLCHC will continue its effort to build a case for the need for a Compliant Federally Qualified Health Center Payment; health centers, with their extensive federal requirements and expectations, rely on strong federal payment protections that outline a bundled payment methodology for all visit types. MLCHC will continue to build on its longstanding success in workforce programming by pursuing a legislative workforce agenda, including Nurse Practitioner Residency legislation; Loan Repayment legislation; and Medicaid Graduate Medical Education restoration with an emphasis on community-based primary care training and psychiatry. 

Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center will enhance partnerships with other community organizations in the region for outreach and enrollment services and it will increase visibility in the community where the most vulnerable clients are likely to congregate, including community centers, cultural events, and libraries. To better assist clients, the health center will implement a schedule to increase access to assistance. It will proactively provide clients with the tools they need to prevent lapses in coverage and will work with insurers to obtain lists of members who are up for renewal, supporting those patients in the re-determination process. Through 2021, specific grant plans may be adjusted to meet the current health and safety guidelines to protect the wellbeing of clients, patients, and staff.