Grant Partners

Funding requested to fund an evaluation plan to help improve mentor retention program as part of an effort to expand the Men of Color Health Awareness (MOCHA) program to youth. 

Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL) advocates with and for people with disabilities. BCIL is an influential leader in the statewide independent living movement. Its delivery of independent living services enables participants to raise issues of personal and systematic interests that BCIL folds into its policy and advocacy agenda.

In collaboration with Community Care Cooperative (C3) (an accountable care organization that funds 24 Federally Qualified Health Centers across Massachusetts) Mandela Yoga Project will pilot a peer-led, culturally responsive, trauma-responsive mind-body intervention at Uphams Corner Health Center (Uphams) and Brockton Neighborhood Health Center. The pilot will address disparities in diabetes and hypertension by increasing the percentage of diabetes patients with controlled blood pressure, increasing the percentage of diabetes patients with A1C control, and improving member experience.

Funding to purchase software to help streamline processes and provide data collection at the food pantry and includes a multilingual client portal.

True Alliance Center, an immigrant-led grassroots organization, will further embed enrollment services in the rapidly growing Haitian community in Greater Boston.

Funding to build the organization’s capacity to expand the reach of their programs in partnership with school districts primarily south of Boston.

Disability Policy Consortium (DPC) promotes health justice and ending health disparities for people with disabilities. DPC's credo is "About Us, By Us," the belief that when decisions are made about people with disabilities, people with disabilities should be the ones making them. DPC has established itself as an essential voice in state and federal policymaking while remaining effective in community organizing and advocacy.

La Colaborativa is a trusted partner to Latinx immigrants in Chelsea and surrounding areas with a mission to empower community members to enhance the social and economic health of the community and its people; and to hold institutional decisionmakers accountable to the community. La Colaborativa will build on its distinct, culturally relevant, community-based approach to promote community health and advocate for systems change. La Colaborativa will continue to expand its health advocacy work to improve health equity and expand coverage and access – specifically for immigrants, regardless of documentation status. 

Funding to conduct a racial justice audit of internal policies and practices, and programming. The assessment will include a set of recommendations for changes and improvements. The organization will then implement five practices and/or policies that reflect the organization’s commitment to being more anti-racist.  

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).

The Maternal Wellness Support Program intends to “Pave a Path to Wellness'' for expecting mothers and mothers within the first year of birth. The Cape and Islands Maternal Depression Task Force (CIMDTF) will address the critical need for nonclinical emotional support for new mothers while building the capacity to create a sustainable, evidence-based peer network of trained moms. The project expands upon (1) training expecting parents on the realities and possibilities of new motherhood; (2) training parents to be peer mentors to new and expecting parents; and (3) supporting new parents after birth with free home visiting by a doula.

Funding to purchase health care equipment to improve the care and service of clients with a focus on safety and equity.  

MPHA is a strong policy and advocacy organization creating and strengthening essential partnerships that are helping to advance critical public health initiatives. It brings a strong focus and consumer voice to policies focused on the social determinants of health. It highlights the critical connection between the often-siloed public health and health care areas. MPHA works with community groups, state policy organizations, health care institutions, state agencies, and others to identify community health challenges, design policy solutions, and advocate for action. 

Vital CxNs (VC) will address the factors that impact health outcomes (e.g., food access, exercise, stress management, housing, etc.) related to elevated rates of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) by working with BIPOC communities to redesign diabetes and CVD prevention for their communities. VC will strengthen communication between communities, key stakeholders, and clinical partners to develop a roadmap that will center communities' voices and needs in prevention efforts related to CVD and diabetes.

Funding to purchase equipment that will enhance participant’s experience at virtual trainings, resulting in better understanding of the needs of clients as well as increasing the capacity and skill of staff.