Grant Partners

Walker, Inc, will conduct a feasibility study for a therapeutic preschool model and develop an effective intervention for the growing number of preschool-age children with challenging behaviors who are at risk of suspension or expulsion from early education and care programs in the Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston.  Walker, Inc. will research the issue, outline a sustainable funding model, and prepare to launch a pilot preschool program.

Birth Equity & Justice Massachusetts (BEJMA) will continue to bring the birth equity community together and be a voice on perinatal policy and advocacy, including efforts to support recent migrants in Massachusetts. 

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).

Funding to create a strategic plan to help prepare the organization to grow and expand their capacity to meet the needs of their clients. 

Funding to overhaul the website to make it ADA and mobile compliant to help increase access to services.

Mass Senior Action Council (MSAC) is a member-led organization and is the only organization in Massachusetts that informs, engages, and empowers low-income seniors from diverse communities to have direct input in shaping the Commonwealth's health policy decisions. Through its structure and programs, diverse communities of seniors with lower income are empowered with information, skills, and organizational capacity to have a strong voice on key healthcare and other public policy issues that affect their lives.

Quincy Asian Resources, Inc’s (QARI) mission is to foster and improve the social, cultural, economic, and civic lives of immigrants and their families in order to benefit their communities. QARI will provide the Life Balance program (the organization’s PM+ intervention program); increase staff members' knowledge, comfort, and confidence in discussing mental health and delivering Life Balance to members of the community and hold events to educate community members about the availability of the program.

Funding to improve and enhance technology capabilities, increase staff capacity to use electronic medical records, and share and capture information during client visits at various locations.

Funding to explore possibilities of making Everyday Boston’s Curiosity and Connections Workshop into a tool to address medical mistrust and enhance health equity in healthcare settings. This will include funding for development and creation of a planning committee and facilitator to lead the process. 

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.

Health Law Advocates is a leading advocacy organization that combines legal expertise with community outreach, education, and policy reform to advance healthcare access. It identifies trends and policy opportunities by handling individual cases, which they translate into statewide policy development and advocacy.

This grant funded the development and implementation of CHIA's 2025 Massachusetts Health Information Survey (MHIS). The funding provided to this organization enabled them to maintain the same survey design and sample size targets as in prior years, enabling continued longitudinal analysis of the health insurance coverage and care experience in Massachusetts.  

Family Health Center of Worcester will continue its “OB Advocate” program that provides an advocate, who is trained as a doula, to a patient from pregnancy to two years following birth. 

Funding for technology upgrades to improve interpretation services to better meet the needs of clients who speak an array of languages and to improve the quality of service. 

Funding to launch the Menstrual Access Advocacy Project, which promotes menstrual equity by increasing access to menstrual hygiene products, breaking down barriers for menstruating people, and raising awareness about ‘Period Poverty’ within the community.