Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance - MHSA A Place to LiveMHSA is working with regional entities to create affordable housing with health care supports for disabled persons in need of housing. Activities are designed to engage municipalities, community-based non-profits, advocates, health organizations, state agencies, housing developers, architects, and homeless service providers for the purpose of developing and… Read More
Lawrence CommunityWorks DyeWorks: A Hub for Family Health & MobilityLawrence CommunityWorks and partners are addressing housing instability and barriers to healthy living for low-income, primarily Latinx residents of Lawrence. The development of the new building will include affordable housing units, a grocery store, pharmacy, health center, and more, creating a “community anchor”… Read More
Health Care for All Increasing Affordable Housing in Massachusetts Through Health Insurer Risk-Based Capital ReservesHCFA aims to help address housing stability and homelessness, and the underlying unequal distribution of resources in Massachusetts, by launching a campaign to engage health insurers in impact investing to generate more resources for affordable housing statewide. … Read More
Harborlight Community Partners From the Inside Out: Igniting Transformative Change in Racial and Economic Access to Affordable Housing in Essex CountyHarborlight Community Partners (HCP) seeks to create transformative, systemic change, ultimately leading to affordable housing creation and more inclusive and equitable communities on the North Shore. HCP will do this through the creation of a community education and advocacy initiative focused on affordable housing needs, opportunities, and challenges, as well as the policies that perpetuate these challenges within the… Read More
Franklin Regional Council of Governments Policy and System Change for Rural Housing AccessThe project partners, as members of the Franklin County/North Quabbin CHIP Network, are implementing a multi-sectoral approach to change policies, systems, and environmental factors that are barriers to individuals with a history of incarceration and/or substance use disorder, and whom experience serious structural… Read More
Franklin County Community Development Corporation Increase and Support Workplace Diversity to Overcome Health Inequities in Franklin County/North QuabbinThe Franklin County CDC, along with several other regional organizations and businesses, is examining workplace culture in the region to identify ways in which it perpetuates bias, institutionalized racism, white dominant culture and institutionalized barriers to health equity. Activities to… Read More
Everett Community Growers (La Comunidad, Inc.) From planning to implementation: Commercial urban agriculture to lift up our green economyEverett Community Growers, in partnership with La Comunidad, Inc. and Cambridge Health Alliance, is (1) supporting the establishment of a Food Policy Council as the leading coalition for implementing the Everett Community Food Assessment & Plan; (2) developing… Read More
Communities that Care Coalition (Franklin Regional Council of Governments) Addressing Racial Justice in SchoolsThe Communities That Care Coalition, is reviewing, assessing, sharing, prioritizing and implementing best practices in advancing racial justice in schools to improve the educational and social environment for students of color and addressing racism and structural and institutional barriers to health equity in Franklin County and… Read More
Collaborative for Educational Services Redesigning power structures to promote community-based leadershipRedesigning Power Structures will intervene at the level of governance or decision-making in institutions to craft more inclusive structures that eagerly welcome people most impacted by health inequities to be involved in governance decisions that directly affect their lives. Working in partnership with municipalities,… Read More
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association - CHAPA CHAPA’s Municipal Engagement InitiativeCHAPA is expanding and enhancing a Municipal Engagement Initiative (MEI), an effort that brings together community members and municipal leaders focused on working with residents to support their efforts to increase housing production, affordable housing opportunities and availability of diverse housing options. … Read More
