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Mini-grants improve community health
 

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Karen van Unen, director of Community Programming, announces eight
recipients of mini-grants for community organizations.

On March 5, Children’s joined with other members of the Alliance of Community Health to announce the Boston organizations that would receive mini-grants in support of their work in the community.

The Alliance, a partnership between coalitions, residents, hospitals, non-profits and government agencies, is supported through funding and technical assistance by key partners including the state Department of Public Health, the Boston Public Health Commission, the Mass Prevention Center and Boston area hospitals.

Children’s allocated $30,000 towards the mini-grant process and several other area institutions also provided financial support.

Children’s asked neighborhood organizations to submit grant proposals aligned with the hospital’s four community health focus areas: injury prevention, asthma management, mental health and access to health care, says Karen van Unen, director of Community Programming.

“The community programs that Children’s supported last year focused on injury prevention, and they achieved their goals of improving the child health and well being,” says van Unen. “I’m always amazed at what these groups can pull off with limited resources.”

Among the eight groups funded by Children’s are the Chinatown Healthy Boston Coalition, the Dorchester Community Services Collaborative and the East Boston Healthy Boston Coalition.

Funds for the Chinatown coalition will be used to design a program to address the mental health needs of Asian youth. The program will break down misconceptions about mental health, increase awareness of resources available and facilitate youth getting access to those services.

The Dorchester project funds will be used to coordinate community forums for teachers, youth staff and police on mental health and violence prevention. The project will further enhance partnerships between the schools and community groups.

The East Boston Coalition will use its funds to support violence-prevention workshops for East Boston parents and youth workers.

For more information, e-mail karen.vanunen@tch.harvard.edu.

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