Housing and Financial Mobility

Advancing Health Equity Through Housing & Economic Stability MGH and Chelsea Partners Receive Kresge Foundation Grant

Stable, affordable housing is critical to health and well-being, especially for children. We are pleased to announce that the Kresge Foundation has awarded $400,000 for our Chelsea based partnership—The Neighborhood Developers, Mass General Center for Community Health Improvement, GreenRoots, CONNECT, The Chelsea Collaborative, and Metro Housing Boston—to advance health equity through housing in Chelsea.  Read more >>

Partners HealthCare Joins Fund to Invest in Affordable Housing in Chelsea

Partners Healthcare recently became a new investor in the Equitable-Transit Oriented Development Accelerator Fund (ETODAF)  which invested in The Neighborhood Developer's (TND) purchase of 181 Chestnut Street in Chelsea. With support from a number of partners, TND acquired the property, preserving 32 units of affordable housing and staving off the displacement of existing residents in the neighborhood. Partners joins ProMedica, Sentara Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, Dignity Health, Atrium Health and other health systems around the country working with LISC to co-invest in healthy communities. Partners was particularly excited to support stable, affordable housing in Chelsea where it is deeply invested in the health of the community given that MGH Chelsea HealthCare Center was founded there almost 50 years ago. Read more >>

Revere CARES Director Sylvia Chiang outlines ambitious agenda for 2020 at a recent event.

Workforce Development One of Revere CARES 2020 Priorities Economic stability and mobility, including workforce development, is a priority of the most recent Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Revere CARES has partnered with the City of Revere, CONNECT, and the Chelsea Collaborative to form the Good Jobs Coalition , which is receiving technical assistance from the Catapult Lab . Through this coalition, they will develop a comprehensive regional workforce development plan. The Catapult Lab is an initiative of The Boston Foundation, Jewish Vocational Services, and SkillWorks to build the next generation of workforce development solutions.

Food Insecurity

(l to r) Dr. Jacob Mirsky, Debra Jacobson, Mayor Brian Arrigo and Dr. Roger Pasinski

MGH Revere Pilots First Therapeutic Food Pantry Not having enough food to eat and poor nutrition can contribute significantly to chronic medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity. MGH Revere Health Center is taking on the issue by piloting its first therapeutic food pantry. Health Center leadership, Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo, and community partners came together recently to formally launch the effort. Read more >>

Youth

President Peter L. Slavin, MD joins college scholars for some interesting conversation .

Youth Programs College Scholars Back at MGH for Homecoming More than 60 Boston, Chelsea and Revere public school students who participated in our Youth Scholars high school program came back to MGH during their winter break for our annual homecoming celebration. These Youth Scholars college program students are currently attending 44 local and out of state colleges. For this day-long event, the students got a chance to reconnect with their fellow alumni, have lunch with MGH President, Peter L. Slavin, MD, and participate in programming focused on financial literacy and wealth building.

Marijuana, Tobacco and Vaping

In the News

Members of Charlestown's Turn It Around Youth Group The Charlestown Coalition's model for dealing with marijuana use among young people was featured in the recent Boston Globe piece, New Approach to Curbing Marijuana Use Among Teens: 'Just say no' gives way to 'just smoke less.'  Read more >> (l - r) Living Tobacco Free's Catherine Saers Moreira, Susan Giarratini and Jonina Gorenstein Our Living Tobacco Free team, focusing on prevention and cessation of tobacco and vaping products in our communities, is profiled in this week's Revere Journal. Read more >>

Leadership

Jeff Ecker, MD, New ECOCH Chair We are pleased to announce Dr. Jeff Ecker, chief of Obstetrics/Gynecology, as the new chair of the  Executive Committee on Community Health (ECOCH) . He succeeds Dr. Katrina Armstrong, physician-in-chief, who has served in this role since ECOCH’s inception in 2014. Dr. Ecker has been a member of ECOCH since 2019 and serves on the Race Equity subcommittee. He also chairs the newly formed Policy and Advocacy subcommittee.  Read more >>

Jeff Ecker, MD

Celebrating 25 Years

The Center for Community Health Improvement is celebrating 25 years of #commitment, #collaboration and #connection. Visit our new Instagram page as we share our journey - past, present and future. We'd love to hear from anyone who has partnered with us along the way! If you have any photos or memories that you would like to share, contact Nessa Regan .

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OUR MISSION To improve the health and well-being of the diverse communities we serve. OUR VISION Healthy, safe and thriving communities where all people have equitable access to employment, food, education, housing and a high-quality health care system that addresses these and other social determinants of health.   Mass General Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI) 101 Merrimac Street Suite 620 Boston, MA 02114 mghcchi@partners.org Phone: 617-726-8197 Header Photo : MGH Youth Programs College Scholars gather for annual homecoming celebration.