Grant Partners

Brockton Neighborhood Health Center will provide traditional outreach and individual assistance with applications, referrals to primary care providers, education on health plans, and assistance with annual renewals. The program will focus on local food pantries and the Plymouth House of Corrections.

Lynn Community Health Center will initiate the Keep Your Care Project, a pilot study that will test the effectiveness of text messaging as an alternative to postcard and letter reminders. Those reminders are sent via the mail to remind patients to complete their annual redetermination application and submit demographic information changes to maintain their coverage.

Family Health Center of Worcester will initiate the Consumer Self-Sufficiency Program to improve access to health care and insurance coverage for low-income individuals and families, and increase patient self-sufficiency in navigating the health care system and obtaining the appropriate level of preventive and acute health care.

Community Health Connections will provide street outreach and one-on-one application and enrollment assistance to homeless or high risk children and adults, as well as members of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities.

Caring Health Center will target refugees, immigrants, and other linguistic and cultural minority groups who face barriers to enrollment and health care navigation. The health center provides comprehensive primary medical care and dental services to residents in the medically underserved city of Springfield and its surrounding areas.