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A Community Health Network Area is a coalition that is comprised of public, non-profit,
and private sectors working together to build healthier communities through
community-based prevention planning and health promotion. Created in 1992, today,
CHNAs involve 351 towns and cities in 27 different networks throughout
Massachusetts. The RCHC participates in the following CHNAs:
| CHNA 7: |
Ashland, Framingham, Foxborough, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson,
Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Millis, Natick, Norfolk, Northborough,
Plainville, Sherborn, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Walpole,
Wayland, Westborough, Wrentham |
| CHNA 15: |
Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln,
Littleton, Lexington, Wilmington, Winchester, Woburn.
CHNA 15 has recently published a Substance Abuse Resource Directory. The Directory provides information
on Substance Abuse support services available to individuals in the CHNA 15 area. Copies of the Directory
are available free of charge by contacting Jan Hanson, CHNA 15 Coordinator, at (508)222-8174
or jhanson800@aol.com.
| CHNA 17: |
Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown
CHNA 17 Health and Homelessness Report 2005
In 2005, CHNA 17 awarded five mini-grants of up to $5000 to community projects addressing health
and homelessness. Grantees achieved impressive results for very little money, and the CHNA learned
many lessons including how best to design and implement projects for the homeless community. In sharing
the best practices and models with you, we would like to save other program developers from having to
stumble over the same roadblocks and to provide replicable models for successfully serving a hard-to-serve
population. We would also like to help funders target their support toward programs that will be successful.
We would like to share our positive experience with allowing grantees flexibility in changing their project
plans in response to the needs of the communities being served. Finally, we hope that these best practices
will inform legislation and earmarking related to health and homelessness.
If you want to see the report please click here Report.
Notice that it is a large PDF file and might take a few minutes to download.
| CHNA 18: |
Brookline,Dedham, Dover, Needham, Newton, Waltham, Wellesley, Weston, Westwood
| CHNA 20: |
Braintree, Canton, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, Sharon, Weymouth |
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health promotion
Community Health Network Areas are committed to improving the health of their communities.
CHNAs focus on tracking area health indicators and eliminating identified
disparities; are community and resident based; are inclusive of key stakeholders, residents,
consumers, coalitions, communities of faith, local and state governments, businesses, and
provider of community-based health, education, and human services; reflect age, racial,
ethnic, gender, sexual orientation, and linguistic diversity of the populations living in
the communities; and work in partnership with the MA Department of Public Health,
residents, consumers, coalitions, local service providers, and local and state
governments.
participation
As a CHNA member, you can network and share
ideas with people with similar interest in building healthier communities;
gain knowledge about a range of health related issues and topics;
participate in designing and implementing health improvement projects;
advocate for health issues that are important to your community;
work with others to enrich your community.
Membership is open to anyone who is interested in working with others to improve the health and wellbeing of
local residents and their communities. For additional
information on how to become involved in your Community Health Network Area, call the Regional Center for Healthy Communities.
The MA Department of Public Health Office of Healthy Communities directs the Community Health
Network Initiative. CHNAs seek to build healthier communities across Massachusetts
by conducting outreach in their community utilizing new technologies to identify local and
regional health priorities, design and implement community based
prevention plans, and track success in achieving improved health.
Community Health Network Area Mini-grant Process Guide
This guide has been developed for CHNA coordinators and members.
It is intended to provide a framework for moving through the process of
issuing mini-grants to fund community health initiatives, and includes
examples of relevant documents that have been developed by CHNAs in the
Metrowest region. Thank you to the CHNA representatives who have shared
their materials.
CHNA Minigrant Process Guide (Word Document)
CHNA Minigrant Process Guide (PDF Document)
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