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Metro South West Community Health Initiative | Overview

New funding opportunities for Metro South West Communities

The Office of Community Health is releasing funding to support community-based projects and programs.

Healthy Communities Initiative

The Metro South West Community Health Initiative’s Healthy Communities will provide up to five years of funding. The funds will support groups working to advance child health equity and improve children’s health through policy, systems, or environmental change in the communities of Brockton, Framingham, Needham, Quincy, Randolph, Waltham, and Weymouth. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Friday, June 7.

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On Oct. 19, 2023, funded partners in the Metro South West Community Health Initiative gathered to learn about each other and the work that they do.

Metro South West Community Health Initiative

The Metro South West Community Health Initiative (formerly, Route 128 Community Health Initiative) will support underserved children, youth, and families in the communities of Brockton, Framingham, Needham, Quincy, Randolph, Waltham, and Weymouth. The three initiatives are Mental Health and Well-being, Flourishing Families, and Healthy Communities.

A total of $15.1 million will be distributed over the next seven years (2023-29) to organizations in these communities. An initial $7.7 million has now been released for organizations to use over the next three to four years in two key areas: Mental Health and Well-being, and Flourishing Families.

Updated as of March 5, 2024