Grant Partners

Developmental Evaluation and Adjustment Facilities (DEAF Inc.), a Watertown-based nonprofit that supports the underserved deaf community, will become the first organization in the state to provide CAC services fully in American Sign Language (ASL).

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.

Hilltown Community Health Centers, located in Western Massachusetts,  will focus on the Hilltown and Westfield areas, and will focus on unhoused individuals, immigrant populations, senior citizens and families needing assistance.

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.

This grant funded outreach to individuals and/or families who have been impacted by MassHealth estate recovery policies to complement an educational issue brief on this topic and elevate the voice of community members impacted by this issue.