Grant Partners

The Gavin Foundation will implement DynamiCare a technology platform to help promote recovery by providing motivation-enhancing incentives for abstinence from substance use.

Massachusetts Senior Action Council will hire a part-time health justice organizer to assist with Medicaid defense campaigns, deepen issue education and engagement in communities of color, prepare and empower seniors to advocate with policymakers, and amplify media coverage and public discourse about low-income senior health care needs and policy solutions.

Medical Legal Partnership Boston will develop and deliver a series of Learning Community webinars as well as a large-scale event for health care providers and human service organizations.

Doc Wayne Youth Services, Inc. will support clinicians in reconfiguring its existing curriculum, which was designed for adolescents, to create a junior version for their youngest age demographic, 5-8 year olds. 

Massachusetts Senior Action Council will continue to develop its capacity as an advocacy organization for seniors, in addition to its strong position as a community organizing entity.

Community Care Cooperative (C3) will create a peer-to-peer learning model through which community health centers (CHCs) can participate in, and contribute to, the development of best practices for CHCs operating within an accountable care organization environment. C3 will coordinate the learning sessions and use participant feedback to ensure their utility to CHCs.

University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Integrated Primary Care will develop an engagement and education curriculum for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and their families. The curriculum, which will be available online and through smartphone devices, will aim to provide information about OUD treatment options and promote better primary care.

Brookline Community Mental Health Center will develop a small-scale pilot of a functional user community that allows care providers to share resources, pose questions, and sustain dialogue across systems. The Brookline Center will build and coordinate the network by creating the user group, recruiting members, monitoring and administering the group, and collecting and analyzing data.

The Talking Information Center (TIC) will develop a radio program to broadcast events focused on health and vocational training for individuals with disabilities. TIC provides free broadcasting of local news, articles, consumer information, and other items of interest to visually-impaired and otherwise disabled individuals across the state.

Advocates, Inc. will lead a newly-created coalition aiming to improve access to behavioral health and social services by creating a single point of entry for consumers, providers, schools, and families seeking services. Other organizations joining Advocates in this initiative include Spectrum Health Systems, South Middlesex Opportunity Council, and Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.

Roxbury Presbyterian Church Social Impact Center will expand the free counseling, case management, and referral capacity of the Cory Johnson Program for Post-Traumatic Healing. The Corey Johnson Program serves children, youth, adults, and families suffering from untreated post-traumatic stress resulting from urban violence, poverty, and racism.

Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (the League) will operate a newly-developed training and learning center in Worcester. The new, centrally-located facility will enable the League to enhance and expand learning initiatives for members, staff, board members, and partner organizations.

Health Care For All will launch an ethnic media campaign during the 2017 Open Enrollment period, utilizing radio and print advertisements, outreach strategies, and other communication avenues to engage hard-to-reach individuals in cities with high rates of uninsured individuals across the state.

The Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation will provide a training and technical assistance fellowship to a cohort of advocates and consumer support leaders whose organizations are engaged in behavioral health and LTSS issues on quality measurement and advocacy.

Community Servings will develop a Massachusetts Food is Medicine (FIM) State Plan to analyze the current landscape of interventions and provide recommendations to policymakers, providers, insurers, and community organizations to improve access to medically-balanced meals.