Grant Partners

The Bridge: A Center for Hope and Healing

Year: 2022
Amount:$5,000
Bristol
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to build a sensory room and expand the Sherill House Expressive Therapy program to meet the complex healthcare needs of residents and patients, especially those with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

Lawyers for Civil Rights

Year: 2022
Amount:$7,500
Suffolk
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to support a strategic planning process for the Medical-Legal Partnership, specifically focused on how to work with clients via tele-health and tele-lawyering models and to expand community partnerships.

MetroWest Free Medical Program. Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Sudbury
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to hire a consultant to aid in the reopening of women's health and adult programs for in-person visits, which had been suspended due to COVID-19. The consultant will implement an electronic medical record system within the organization for easier scheduling and to better accommodate telehealth visits.

Brockton Workers Alliance, Inc.

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Brockton
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to address racial equity in vaccine access through outreach and education in Brockton’s Cape Verdean, Ecuadoran, Haitian, Honduran, and Mexican communities.

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

Empty Arms Bereavement Support

Year: 2021
Amount:$5,000
Florence
Program Area: Catalyst Fund

Funding to hire a clinician to develop a program for its volunteer group facilitators about nervous system responses to trauma. The program will include simple strategies for the facilitators to teach clients to use to regulate their nervous system if activated during and after groups or during times of crisis.