December/January Updates, News, and Resources |
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Greetings!
And just like that, we've reached the end of another calendar year. To all of you who have attended our trainings, reached out to us via email and Twitter, and read our newsletters and promos, thank you! This year presented many challenges, and your continued engagement and excitement about our work kept us going.
This month, we are hosting a coffee chat with some very special guest speakers, read on to learn more! This will be our last event for 2021, and we'll be back in 2022 with a whole new batch of trainings that we can't wait to share with you.
Until then, we wish you all a happy and healthy end to the year, and happy holidays to those who are celebrating during these winter months!
Cheers,
-The CHTI Team
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DECEMBER TRAINING OPPORTUNITY! |
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Tuesday, December 14th
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST
Online via Zoom
Topics: Lessons learned from COVID-19, promising practices for coalition work moving forward.
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic challenged us to rethink how we do our work. But the barriers of the past two years also created room for innovation, and we found new ways to connect and build relationships across the Zoom-sphere. This was especially important for coalitions, because they do so much of their work in-person to build trust and relationships. Join the Community Health Training Institute for an informal coffee chat with coalition members and leaders, who will talk more specifically about their work-life experience during COVID-19, including some challenges, successes, and lessons learned. We'll hear from coalitions from across the state that work to support communities on a variety of topic areas. This will be a lightly moderated discussion, with time at the end for Q&A with our guest speakers. You can submit questions for our guest speakers via the registration form.
Please note, our speakers are experts in community health, not COVID-19. The goal of this chat is to address how community health work has shifted due to COVID-19, not to answer questions about COVID-19 itself.
Audience: Coalition leaders and members, community advocates, and public health professionals.
Moderator: Gina Rodriguez, Health Resources in Action
Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:
- Network with other coalitions in the state around their experience doing coalition work during COVID-19.
- Learn best practices and key takeaways from pivoting to remote work.
- Reflect on how their work shifted and apply lessons learned for future shifts in coalition work.
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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation have come together in service to community. Our intent is to soon combine into one foundation named Point32Health Foundation.
In the coming months, various community leaders and stakeholders will be invited to share what’s important to them and highlight opportunities for advancing equity-focused solutions.
To improve health and wellbeing in New England communities, we would like to call upon your critical leadership and insights to honor community in our work as we move forward and ensure we are listening and learning from you.
To ensure we are as inclusive as possible, we need your input. Please complete this short survey by Thursday, December 16, to identify community leaders representing diverse organizations across the region.
Your responses will help us build and broaden our networks and identify people to include in one-on-one discussions, small group dialogues and community listening sessions.
Please contact Ben Wood if you have any questions. Thank you for your insights!
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SPOTLIGHT GRANT OPPORTUNITY |
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The Bureau of Community Health and Prevention in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is issuing an RFR (Request for Response) for the Mass in Motion Municipal Wellness & Leadership Initiative. The RFR was posted on September 13 and applications are due Monday December 13, 2021. Please find the RFR here.
Mass in Motion is re-procuring grantees to implement municipal and regional practices to address root causes that impact opportunities for active living and access to healthy and affordable food. Funded grantees will support Mass in Motion goals of 1.) increasing and aligning local spending to improve conditions and address Social Determinants of Health; 2.) sustaining the day-to-day practices of municipal governments, organizations, and collaborative partners to address structural and systemic racism and other root cause barriers to good health; and 3.) ensuring everyone has access to healthy foods, opportunities for safe, physical activity, and the things that keep us healthy.
The RFR is open to those who may apply for funding as a single municipality or neighborhood or a collaborative/regional partnership. Potential applicants should review the RFR for further eligibility criteria. Mass in Motion anticipates awarding approximately 6-12 contracts ranging from $80,000-$160,000.00 each annually and that there will be programs funded across the Commonwealth. The start date for grantees is anticipated to be July 1, 2022. There are two Bidder’s Conference sessions scheduled for September 22, 2021 (2:00 PM) and October 5, 2021 (10:30 AM), links in RFR. Please submit all questions to: MassinMotion@mass.gov, answers will be posted on COMMBUYS.
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PARTNER EVENTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES |
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Click on the calendar to see more great partner offerings for the month! |
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Click to see this month's grant and funding opportunities! |
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That's all for this month! Contact us for more information about opportunities to grow through training and resources, or if you'd like to submit a resource or event for inclusion in the next update.
Sincerely,
Daisy Ortega, Gina Rodriguez, Kelly Danckert, and Tonayo Crow
Community Health Training Institute
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