Metro South West Community Health Initiative
Annual Report Year 1: September 2023 through August 2024
December 2024
Boston Children’s Hospital’s Metro South West Community Health Initiative (MSW CHI) aims to improve the health and well-being of underserved children, youth, and families in the communities of Brockton, Framingham, Needham, Quincy, Randolph, Waltham, and Weymouth.
Between 2023-2029, a total of $15.1 million will be distributed through three unique MSW CHI opportunities—Mental Health and Well-Being, Flourishing Families, and Healthy Communities— to support funded partners across a range of efforts, focused on policy advocacy, cross-sector systems change, programs and services, and place-based initiatives utilizing collective impact frameworks, within the seven priority communities.
This report provides key findings from the first year of the MSW CHI (September 1, 2023-August 31,
2024).
