MGH Community Health Impact Funds

MGH Community Health Impact Funds

Massachusetts General Hospital’s construction of a state-of-the-art building on Cambridge Street will result in the largest Determination of Need community investment in Massachusetts history. Learn about the historic opportunities that this capital expenditure will have for our local communities.

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YCAB

Youth Community Advisory Program (Y-CAB)

Y-CAB is a youth-led effort to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in our local communities. Made possible through the MGH Community Health Impact Funds process, the Y-CAB aims to expose young people to the workings of the MGH Community Advisory Board (CAB) while elevating the youth voice.

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Mass General Brigham Boston and North Suffolk Regional CHIP 2023

Mass General Brigham Boston and North Suffolk Regional CHIP 2023

This report adopts the Goals, Objectives & Strategies of the 2022 CHNA (next slide) and further outlines additional strategies targeting racial and ethnic health inequities that disproportionately impact communities of color, with a focus on cardiometabolic disease and Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

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Mass General CHNA report

Mass General Community Health Needs Assessment 2022

In the fall of 2021, we embarked on a city-wide Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for Boston and a regional collaborative in North Suffolk—Revere, Chelsea and Winthrop. Learn more about the public health data and what community residents had say about their biggest health challenges.

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CCHI 25th Anniversary Report

25 Years of Commitment, Collaboration and Connection

Our special report commemorates CCHI’s founding a quarter century ago. Learn more about our journey from 1995 through the present and our plans for moving forward as we look toward the next 25 years.

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Building Healthier Communities • CCHI at 25 Years

To honor the Center for Community Health Improvement’s 25th anniversary, we sat down with colleagues and staff whose experiences embody CCHI’s key strategies: empowering youth and promoting educational attainment, improving access to care and engaging communities to build a culture of health.

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Chart: Social determinants of health

The social determinants of health—factors such as housing, education and employment—account for 80% of our health status.

Focusing on these social determinants, we seek to eliminate health inequities based on socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity. We leverage prevention, early intervention and treatment approaches that are measurable and have proven impact.

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Reducing Barriers to Care and Advancing Health Equity

CCHI supports a range of programs that reduce social and economic barriers for vulnerable patients, including community health workers, navigators and outreach programs.

Empowering Youth and Promoting Educational Attainment

Mass General Youth Programs provide more than 1,000 under-resourced students from grades 3 and up with opportunities in health and science with the goal of sparking college aspirations and beyond.

Engaging Communities to Build a Culture of Health

CCHI provides leadership and backbone support to four multisector coalitions in Revere, Charlestown, Chelsea and East Boston to address urgent health challenges like substance use, obesity and trauma.

Valuing Workforce Enrichment and Engagement

To be a global leader in healthcare, it is essential that our workforce reflects the patients we serve and offers a variety of perspectives.

Leslie Aldrich, MPH, Executive Director, Community Health, Mass General Brigham
Leslie Aldrich, MPH, Executive Director, Community Health, Mass General Brigham

Tackling issues like substance use, hunger, obesity or safety can seem overwhelming, but at CCHI, we believe in prevention and collaboration. With our community partners, we are working to make entire communities, not just individuals, healthier.

Leslie Aldrich, MPH
Executive Director, Community Health, Mass General Brigham
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89% of patients working with community health workers achieved health goals

improving medication adherence, connecting to community-based resources and increasing healthy behaviors like physical activity and healthy eating.

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2,100+

We work with 2,100+ youth in our core educational programs,

through our summer jobs program and with community youth groups.

How we promote educational attainment
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Working with 200+ community partners, we serve more than 150,000 residents

in Charlestown, Chelsea & Revere.

How we help build a culture of health