CHNA 17
2010 Spectrum Access applications are now available. Click Here for the complete Application
CHNA 17 is seeking applications for funding from non-profit organizations and public entities (such as municipalities, schools, health/human service agencies and neighborhood groups). Grants should improve organizational culture and practice to support services that reflect core values of empathy and patience, demonstrated by a respect for the individuals being served. Preference will be given to projects that impact vulnerable populations.
One-time grants of up to $5,000 are available to eligible organizations in the communities of Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown, Belmont, Arlington and Waltham
Applications must be received by March 15, 2010.
Information Session- February 12th 2010 from 10:30 – 11:30 AM. Location: Regional Center for Healthy Communities (552 Massachusetts Ave # 203 Cambridge Ma). The space is wheelchair accessible. All potential applicants are encouraged to attend.
Please RSVP to ssimonechna17@gmail.com if you plan to attend the information session.
Member Communities: Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown
Contact: Sadie Simone, CHNA 17 Coordinator, at ssimonechna17@gmail.com
Meeting Schedule: Every two months, Fridays 9:30-11:30
CHNA 17 is engaging in a community health assessment process to identify priority areas for the next five years of funding and activities. The CHNA recognizes that health is much broader than just access to healthcare and lack of illness, and invites partners from across our member communities to join in our efforts. If you are involved with city planning, enviromnental health, housing, the business community, town leadership, or any other aspect of making our communities more confortable places to live, please join our conversations.
The CHNA offers yearly minigrants, currently focused on access to and comfort with services. Watch for minigrant applications in the coming year.
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 lessons regarding 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 experiencing the roadblocks we encountered 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.
Click here for the Report. Note: it is a large PDF file and might take a few minutes to download.