Grant Partners

To provide staff training on the health needs and services for the organization's growing transgender client population. 

To hire a consultant to revamp the organization's website, redesign outreach materials and develop a social media and marketing strategy. 

Brockton Neighborhood Health Center will partner with community organizations; help patients update account information, make payments and understand communications from the MassHealth and the Connector; reach out to patients via phone or mail to ensure they understand changes and take steps to maintain coverage; and work closely with patients through individual education and coaching to address post-enrollment issues like selecting a health plan, choosing a primary care provider, and making payments online.

To hire a grant writer.

Hilltown Community Health Centers will partner with local community organizations; advertise and author articles in local newspapers and on social media; open a new site in Amherst; work with Managed Care Organizations, MassHealth, and the Connector to proactively identify consumers who need to renew their coverage, and provide assistance; work with employers, small businesses, business associations, home care agencies, and other organizations to reach part-time, seasonally, and self-employed people at risk for churn; and develop an advertising and social media campaign informing the public about the important of renewing coverage and open enrollment.

To support the second phase of website development, which will include an online version of the organization's education curriculum and training programs. 

To hire a consultant to expand the organization's existing FileMaker databse to collect clients' clinical information. 

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will increase the organization’s membership and visibility in communities of color across the Commonwealth, by undertaking a systematic and focused effort to recruit more diverse members and expand its constituency. NAMI Mass will engage targeted outreach to organizations, agencies, churches, and schools in Greater Boston and Framingham, and recruit program facilitators from these communities to deliver its program curriculum.

The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (the League) will serve as a source of accurate and timely information related to health care coverage issues. The League will conduct policy analyses regarding state and federal issues and disseminates their learnings to policymakers, state agencies, member organizations, and other advocacy groups. Additional priorities will include increasing the League’s capacity for grassroots advocacy work and improving health literacy among patients at community health centers.

Massachusetts Public Health Association (MPHA) will focus on community health integration and improving the built environment. MPHA will work with the Alliance for Community Health Integration to ensure that social determinants of health are adequately addressed, in particular through community investments, support for ACOs from MassHealth, and health care institutions’ internal policies.

To purchase a new medical scale.

Community Healthlink (CHL) in Worcester is one of only three Massachusetts Department of Public Health/Bureau of Substance and Addiction Services licensed Behavioral Health Urgent Care Centers. CHL is affiliated with the UMass Memorial Health Care system, and works closely with St. Vincent Hospital’s emergency departments, and addiction treatment providers, such as Spectrum Health Systems and AdCare. CHL will restore the 24/7/365 access, and all operational enhancements that entails, and conduct an assessment of all opportunities for reimbursement. Additionally, CHL will hire a Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) clinician to bridge clients, gain telemedicine capabilities, and build a team of Certified Recovery Coaches.

Stanley Street Treatment & Resources, Inc will assist other providers with establishing a model similar to SSTAR’s The Open Access Center by holding a one-day workshop on-site in Fall River, publishing and disseminating a report/toolkit for providers who serve people with substance use and co-occurring conditions.

To purchase a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database that will aid in fundraising for the organization.

Massachusetts Association for Community Health Workers (MACHW) will focus on professionalizing the community health worker (CHW) workforce by advocating for statewide standardization of practices, the development of a certification process, and the promulgation of a code of ethics. Additionally, MACHW will work to increase CHW participation in medical decision-making and encourage delivery organizations to raise CHWs’ wages. They will also develop metrics capturing the impact of CHWs on social determinants of health, for consideration by MassHealth.