MetroWest Health Foundation Awards $1.65 Million in Grants

The MetroWest Health Foundation has awarded $1.65 million in grants to 20 area organizations.

These grants follow the foundation’s emphasis on projects that help improve access to care, focus on healthy aging and seek to improve mental health services for adolescents.

Five area high schools, Westborough, Medway, Marlborough, King Phillip Regional, and Algonquin Regional will share $657,000 over three years to replicate the Brookline Resilient Youth Team model within their schools.

The Brookline Resilient Youth Team program provides clinical care and support for students and helps families by facilitating communication between mental health clinicians, students and teachers.

• King Philip Regional High School $137,080
• Marlborough Public Schools $52,267
• Medway Public Schools $188,045
• Natick Public Schools $135,250 - Support services for at-risk students
• Northborough-Southborough Public Schools $215,820
• Westborough Public Schools $59,300

Access to Care Grants

Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center $184,323
Extending behavioral health services to their Milford site

Hockomock Area YMCA - Franklin $11,952
Diabetes prevention program

Latino Health Insurance Program $48,505
Improving access to insurance & medical care

Natick Visiting Nurse Association $250,000
Medication assistance program

Needham Council on Aging $80,000
Expanding access to behavioral health for seniors

South Middlesex Opportunity Council $48,504
Community health worker for homeless families

William James College $62,403
Improving access to mental health services

Healthy Aging Grants

BayPath Elder Services $24,676
Chronic disease management programs

Franklin Council on Aging $8,845
In-home respite care

Milford Council on Aging. $24,100
Wellness program

Natick Service Council $81,414
Elder nutrition program

Sherborn Council on Aging $8,244
Respite care program

Opioid Response Grants

Holliston Youth & Family Services $8,700
Coalition building

Responsive Grants

MassBay Community College $20,000
Patient simulator for the EMT/Paramedic Program