The Race and Health Equity Resource Guide was developed by our Board's Race & Health Equity Committee. Our hope is that it will serve as a resource for the board and staff, as well as external partners. Read below how Joshua A. Garcia, Mayor of Holyoke, is using one of the resources in our Guide.

A new interactive website has been launched that shows real-time air quality in neighborhoods in greater Springfield. The Pioneer Valley Healthy Air Network was established by the City of Springfield, the City of Holyoke, the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts, LiveWell Springfield, ReGreen Springfield, the Earthwatch Institute, and the Yale School of Public Health. Funding for the network was provided by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office’s Environmental Protection Division and the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Program.

The Springfield Youth Mental Health Coalition is sponsoring community education and professional development about mental health for parents, guardians, educators, behavioral health providers, youth, and others within the greater Springfield community. All trainings are free thanks to funding from the Department of Public Health – Office of Problem Gambling.

Check out the full menu of available trainings.

Questions? Contact Tiffany Rufino

The Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts is providing evaluation services to Safe Passage for their Say Something Youth Initiative. This initiative is a violence prevention program for teens, which was adapted from Safe Passage’s adult curriculum as part of a MA Department of Public Health-funded partnership with Community Action and Easthampton Public Schools. We have been working with Safe Passage to collect, summarize, and use data gathered during their successful implementation of the curriculum among 9th-grade students at Easthampton High School this past Fall and Winter. The data collected will help Safe Passage better understand how they can improve their program and the impact on the students who participated.

Learn more about the Say Something Youth Initiative.

Watch the recording from the March 16 webinar, COVID-19 Community Impact Survey (CCIS) Data to Action, to learn about resources available to community-based organizations in Massachusetts in support of data-driven action based on the COVID-19 Community Impact Survey. Hear from representatives from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Health Resources in Action, and the CCIS Regional TA Providers, including Kathleen Szegda and Victoria Ramos from the Public Health Institute of Western MA.

Join the Public Health Institute of Western Massachusetts for a webinar about the future of COVID-19 in Western MA on Friday, April 29, 2022, from 12:00 pm-1:00 pm. During this webinar, we will explore where things currently stand with COVID-19, including testing and treatment protocols; what is happening at the state level with cutbacks to COVID-19 services and testing; and how we can continue to inform community members. Register now.

Need something fun to do with the kids while they are off from school next week? Vaccination and booster clinics will also be on site to offer to all eligible children and adults.

Find more places to get vaccinated in Springfield, Franklin County, Hampshire County, and Berkshire County.

Encuentre más lugares para vacunarse en Springfield, el condado de Franklin, el condado de Hampshire y el condado de Berkshire.

We often get asked, “What is Public Health?”. Public health can take on so many forms because our health is impacted by so many things. In this short video, we describe the many factors that influence one's health. Where we live, what we eat, our relationships, and societal factors around us- these all impact our health.

Watch now! Stay tuned for more videos about public health!