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.

Asian Women for Health (AWFH) is a peer-led, community-based network dedicated to advancing Asian women’s health and wellbeing through education, advocacy, and support. Asian Women for Health will work to strengthen its internal capacity to promote and sustain systematic solutions towards accessible, affordable, and equitable healthcare practice. The organization will work to implement the new Data Equity law by organizing community events and working with stakeholders. In addition, AWFH will advocate for language access and inclusion policies that address language barriers for residents with limited English proficiency from accessing state services, programs and information.   

Funding to redesign the organization’s website to improve the fundraising platform and expand future programs, including the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP).

Agencia ALPHA, an immigrant-led, grassroots organization in Boston, plans to add Certified Application Counselors to its team and expand its member outreach around MassHealth redeterminations and enrollment in health coverage.

Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee’s (CEOC) mission is to empower people and mobilize resources to fight the impact and causes of poverty through education and organizing. CEOC envisions an inclusive and diverse Cambridge without poverty, where everyone has affordable housing, quality health care, education, food security, and economic stability. CEOC will provide the Journey to the Hope program (the organization’s PM+ intervention program); increase staff members' knowledge, comfort, and confidence in discussing mental health and delivering Journey to Hope to community members.

The Baker Center for Children and Families (BCCF) and the Morning Star Baptist Church (MSBC) will co-create a community-based, community-leader-led support program called Caregiver Conversations. The pilot program will help address the lack of access to effective mental health care for children and their caregivers living in Boston's Roxbury, Mattapan, and Dorchester neighborhoods.

Funding to train up to 20 local educators, public health professionals, and prevention specialists on the evidence-based program, Familia Adelante. The train the trainer model is a cultural and linguistically appropriate prevention program focused on reducing the risk of substance use and HIV in Latinx youth by focusing on the impacts of trauma and acculturation stress.  

Funding to create a “Memory Café” in Northampton in collaboration with the Northampton Senior Center, the Northampton Neighbors organization, and Highland Valley Elder Services to serve those with dementia and their family members.

MIRA Coalition is the only statewide advocacy organization exclusively devoted to the well-being of immigrants and refugees. MIRA partners with other health care advocates to ensure that the needs of immigrants and refugees are supported and appropriately communicated through various channels. MIRA plays a critical education, outreach, and advocacy role at a time when access to health care for immigrants continues to be challenging.

Northeast Arc and other partner organizations will provide telehealth services and expertise to increase health care access and improve outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The telehealth provider, StationMD, will address health care symptoms early to reduce emergency room visits and divert patients from hospitals and primary care practices that are currently overburdened.

Funding to purchase new portable dental equipment to deliver thorough, comfortable, and dignified dental treatments for patients served by the mobile dental unit.

Funding for two computers with software packages to allow for those experiencing domestic violence to attend virtual support groups and connect to additional services and supports. This will allow the organization to also reach more areas than is presently possible

Insurance Resource Center for Autism and Behavioral Health, a program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester,  will expand their Certified Application Counselor capacity to meet the needs of the families and communities they serve with a special emphasis on adding services in Vietnamese.