Grant Partners

Worcester RISE Health Clinic will provide cross-cultural and trauma-informed training for behavioral health services and staff of community-based organizations with the specific lens of how to better serve new migrant arrivals to area service providers. Specifically, Worcester RISE will develop a model for mental health training of frontline workers to scale up the local capacity to build a network of trauma-informed and culturally sensitive behavioral health providers in Worcester to increase access to culturally sensitive services.

Funding to engage a consultant to help the organization proceed through a successful leadership transition, including implementation of  a new leadership model for the organization.

Funding for new technology equipment that will be used in expanded office space to serve the growing need of mental health services for youth 5-18 years old.  

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.

The Welcome Project builds the collective power of immigrants to participate in and shape community decisions through programming for youth and adults that develops leadership skills, builds civic engagement, and strengthens immigrant voices.  It will work to develop partnerships with other immigrant and health organizations to advance efforts for equitable working conditions for immigrant workers and to ensure their health and safety to improve community health. 

Funding to purchase equipment that will improve efficiency and expand service capacity to provide donated breast milk to babies in fragile health in Massachusetts. 

Funding to develop and operationalize new assessment tools that will help connect families with low-incomes to more service supports like referrals to health care professionals, elder care services, and other supports for  families’ overall health and well-being.

Enhance Asian Community on Health (EACH), a community-based organization,  will provide outreach and enrollment supports to  the Asian community in key geographic areas, including Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood and Malden, Newton, Quincy and Somerville.

The Family Van’s mission is to educate, counsel, and assist community members in strengthening and protecting their bodies, minds, and communities by increasing access to health care and improving the health of residents in Boston's most underserved communities. The Family Van empowers community members by improving health literacy and providing preventive screenings in a welcoming and non-judgmental environment. In 2021, The Family Van launched Healthy Roads, a program adapted from the PM+ model to reduce the stigma of mental health care while increasing access to high-quality, culturally and linguistically responsive care. Healthy Roads helps those struggling with social isolation, stress, and adversity learn new coping, problem-solving, and help-seeking skills while also providing referrals to specialized care for those who are experiencing acute and severe mental health distress. As part of Advancing Community-Driven Mental Health, The Family Van will provide technical assistance to the grant partners. 

Funding for a development consultant to create a grants management system and identify potential supporters. This will help the organization build capacity in the area of fundraising and prepare the organization to hire staff in this area.

Funding to conduct an analysis of how the market functions by evaluating internal programming using a health and wellness systems lens, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

The Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) educates the public about the value of addiction recovery. The organization's central concerns are to reduce: the social stigma of addiction; the shortage of timely treatment to promote recovery and reduce overdose risk; the lack of long-term treatment; and the disproportionate effects of addiction on populations such as veterans, pregnant women, non-English speakers, communities of color, and recently incarcerated people. MOAR is led by people in recovery and engages people with lived experience to identify recovery barriers and solutions through individual peer work, group work, and coalition-building efforts. Bay State Community Services, Inc. serves as MOAR’s fiscal sponsor for this grant.

Boston Senior Home Care (BSHC) is committed to ensuring that culturally diverse older adults and individuals with disabilities, particularly those of limited means, can remain safely in their homes with dignity and independence. BSHC will provide the Problem Management Plus (PM+) intervention to residents participating in Supporting Connections (the organization’s PM+ intervention program) and support PM+ staff to increase their knowledge, comfort, and confidence in discussing mental health and delivering Supporting Connections to BSHC residents.

Recovery from Stress and Trauma through Outpatient Services, Research, and Education Center at Boston Medical Center will pilot a behavioral health support program, the Race-Based Stress/Trauma and Empowerment group (RBSTE). RBSTE utilizes education about racism and wellness and teaches mindfulness and behavioral skills to bolster resistance to race-based stress. The program will be culturally adapted and piloted in faith organizations.

Funding to develop the “Keeping it Real:” Self-Esteem, Nutrition & Wellness for Women & Families in Recovery eLearning Aftercare Program. The program will support women to stay in recovery after they leave transitional recovery programs.