Grant Partners

To purchase 36 laptops and tablet computers to assist early intervention and autism clinicians to access medical records and facilitate treatment information and education.  

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 hire a strategic planning consultant.

Health Care For All will continue its advocacy agenda to ensure comprehensive health care and coverage for consumers during the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  The organization will support and monitor the transition for the newly eligible, uninsured and underinsured populations between health plans as the federal and state laws are reconciled.  Finally, it will continue its leadership of various coalitions, including the Campaign for Better Care, Oral Health Advocacy Task Force, and the Affordable Care Today (ACT!!) Coalition to ensure legislative and community support for consumer-centered policy recommendations.

To hire a consultant to provide professional marketing and outreach to veteran clients.

Greater Boston Interfaith Organization will continue its strategic advocacy agenda focused on health care cost containment, monitoring Chapter 224 implementation, and mobilizing its membership in developing a “train-the-trainer” model.  The organization will develop articulated policy positions and principles in holding public and private stakeholders accountable for results, while negotiating with key stakeholders around consumer interests in mitigating rising health care costs.

To purchase new computers and upgrade a software and data collection system.

The CHA Collaborative Practice Model was developed in 2011 to support children with mental health and substance abuse treatment needs at the Windsor Street Clinic to test the concept that greater and earlier integration of care would improve their physical health. The program is focused on: improving behavioral health services for at-risk children and adolescents by providing timely access to culturally competent evaluation and treatment; enhancing integrated care between pediatricians and mental health providers, including increased understanding of unique family cultures and social dynamics that impact the child’s health; improving family engagement in behavioral health treatment, and building better communication between providers and parents; providing greater outreach and follow-up processes with the children and their parents, through outreach from and involvement of two tri-lingual family support specialists;  reducing unnecessary expense associated with treatment delays or poor quality of care; and, expanding the integrated care model throughout other clinics in the CHA system.

Community Action Committee of Cape Cod & Islands will continue individualized “Access to Care – Navigating the Massachusetts Health Care System” educational sessions for consumers, and design a training guide identifying MassHealth mailings and navigating the complex health care system.  They will conduct a series of outreach events to educate the public on changes through the Affordable Care Act.  

To purchase three computers and a projector for medical case managers and group facilitators supporting refugee clients. 

Healthy Lives:  Brookline Community Mental Health Center will serve 200 low-income adults living in Brookline or Boston who present with serious mental illness (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, severe anxiety, or PTSD) and at least two chronic medical conditions (including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or COPD).  The health center will engage patients in their care, help them coordinate the services they receive, provide wellness interventions, offer disease management programs, home visits, and individual and group counseling. The intent of the project is to help patients move from passive recipients to active participants in their health care and by doing so, reduce cost and improve quality.

CHL is the largest provider of mental health, substance use disorders and homeless services in Central MA, serving more than 19,000 unique individuals each year. In October 2010, CHL received a four-year SAMHSA grant to implement the Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) program to improve access to and engagement in primary care and wellness services for more than 400 adults seeking mental health and substance abuse treatment at CHL. To meet these service needs, the Wellness Center was developed at CHL wherein primary care physicians, nurses, nurse case managers and peer specialists delivered medical care and a variety of wellness interventions for adult consumersbetween the ages of 18 and 72 with behavioral health needs. Key goals of the initiative are to continue to enhance (a) care coordination and communication between the providers at the Wellness Center, the CHL outpatient clinic, and those in the community who provide other types of services to CHL consumers, and (b) electronic health record infrastructure and processes.   

To purchase portable vision equipment. 

Community Health Center of Franklin County will provide a continuum of eligibility, enrollment and review services, resource referrals to primary care, and case management.  They will educate consumers on how to navigate health coverage and care systems through computer access, including the Health Information Exchange.  Educational materials will be developed for patients to take a more active role in their health coverage and care.