Fallon Health awards $200,000 to community-based organizations
Community Impact Grants funding will support programs that address hunger, eliminate health care barriers for older adults, or focus on mental health early intervention programs for children and youth.
Worcester, Mass., October 10, 2024— Fallon Health is pleased to announce it has awarded $200,0000 to 20 area organizations across its Massachusetts service area through its annual Community Impact Grants Program. The funding will support new or existing projects that reduce barriers and improve health outcomes in the communities the mission-driven, not-for-profit health care services organization serves.
“We make it a priority to identify and assess the health and social needs of our communities and then address those in which we can have the most direct impact,” said Christine Cassidy, Chief Communications Officer. “I applaud our community partners on the incredible and important work they’re doing at a grass roots level and know the funding will further accelerate actions that will lead to better and more equitable health outcomes.”
Nine of the organizations selected will work to address food and nutrition security by improving or expanding access to healthy and culturally inclusive food sources, with a focus on individuals and families with limited economic means. Six of the recipients will focus on health issues impacting older adults including supporting housing safety and stability, mitigating isolation and loneliness, or working to eliminate barriers to health care (for example: technology, transportation, health literacy.) And 5 will offer early intervention programs for children and youth that focus on mental health, behavioral health, and/or substance use prevention, education, and awareness.
The 2024 Community Impact Grant recipients include:
Food and nutrition security
- Berkshire Bounty— $10,000
- Boston Area Gleaners, Inc— $10,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Metro South— $7,500
- Boys & Girls Club of Worcester— $10,000
- Community Servings— 10,000
- El Buen Samaritano Food Program Inc.— $15,000
- Food Link, Inc— $7,500
- Growing Places— $7,500
- Rachel’s Table— $20,000
Older adults
- BAMSI (Brockton Ara Multi-Services, Inc.)— $10,000
- Genesis Club House, Inc.— $7,500
- La Alianza Hispana, Inc.— $10,000
- Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Inc.— $7,500
- Saint Paul’s Elder Outreach— $10,000
- Urban Farming Institute— $10,000
Early Intervention
- Adolescent Consultation Services— $10,000
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester, Inc.— $7,500
- CASA Project Worcester County— $10,000
- Doc Wayne Youth Services— $12,500
- Merrimack Valley YMCA— $7,500
Fallon Health’s Community Impact Grants program is part of the not-for-profit health care services organization’s commitment to making a meaningful difference in people’s lives. Launched in 2004, the program was developed to address barriers to health care including health-related social needs. To date, Fallon Health has invested approximately $2.5 million through the program.
Fallon Health contact:
Melissa Randall
Director, Corporate Communications
Fallon Health
508-368-9345
melissa.randall@fallonhealth.org
About Fallon Health
Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members—always—making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, Fallon delivers equitable, high-quality coordinated care and is continually rated among the nation’s top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality. Today, guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we strive to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programs—including Medicare, Medicaid, and PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly).