Grant Partners

This grant funded outreach to individuals who have experienced gaps in insurance coverage due to barriers identified through our policy and research work.  This outreach supported the inclusion of a qualitative component to a policy and research project, elevating the lived experience of members of our community in our work.

Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands (CACCI) serves a vital region of the state and its partnerships with organizations across the Cape and Islands will expand its presence in areas of the region that experience higher uninsurance rates. The organization will also build their relationships with local businesses and develop a toolkit of health insurance outreach materials in Brazilian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Haitian Creole.  

Family Health Center of Worcester (FHCW) is a full-service health center that assists patients and clients with insurance applications and renewals, provides education on how to use and keep coverage, and works with agencies that serve people with low-income, individuals without insurance, as well as immigrants and refugees. Worcester continues to be a community with pockets of high rates of uninsurance compared to other parts of the state. FHCW will provide application and renewal assistance with a focus on those who may fall on and off coverage, as well as conduct community-based outreach focused on those who may be food insecure, refugees or immigrants, and other area events.

La Colaborativa is a trusted partner to Latinx immigrants in Chelsea, East Boston, Everett, and Revere. The organization's mission is to empower Latinx immigrants to enhance the social and economic health of the community and its people.

Under this grant, La Colaborativa will partner with East Boston Neighborhood Health Center to expand their capacity to provide outreach and enrollment services and add Certified Application Counselors to staff.  In addition, they will conduct outreach and communications efforts about health care coverage with health equity promotores via door-to-door outreach, social media, and by talking to members.

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.