MetroWest agencies receive grants from Medical Society Foundation

Waltham, Mass. – April 27 – Three agencies in the MetroWest area have received grants from the Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation as part of its 2016 allocations to support health care services.

The grants were three of 15 made by the Foundation this year, to support health and medical services for homeless, uninsured, and underinsured individuals and families, programs promoting healthy lifestyles, treatment for individuals with substance abuse , and programs addressing teen dating violence and infectious diseases.

The MetroWest agencies, awards, and purposes of the grants, with links to available websites:

Latino Health Insurance Program, Framingham, $12,500, to support the Lung and Health Improvement Project, which includes blood pressure screening, cardiac risk assessment, smoking cessation, and health education for uninsured and underinsured low-income Latinos in the MetroWest area. This is the agency’s first grant from the Foundation. www.lhiprogram.org/

MetroWest Free Medical Program, Sudbury, $10,000, to assist with a pilot medical-legal partnership that will screen for and address the social and economic needs of patients. The agency, which assists the uninsured and underinsured, has previously been awarded seven grants from the Foundation, to support a variety of services, including diabetes care, outreach to the Latino population, and the support of volunteer physicians. www.metrowestfreemedicalprogram.org/

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro West, Marlborough, $7,500, to support the organization’s Triple Play Program at the Framingham clubhouse. The program demonstrates how eating right, staying fit, and forming positive relationships lead to a healthy lifestyle. The agency has received two previous grants for this program, in 2011 for the Marlboro clubhouse and 2012 for the Hudson clubhouse. www.bgcmetrowest.org

The Foundation is a supporting organization of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide association of physicians with more than 25,000 members, and the MMS Alliance, the organization of physicians' spouses, physicians, medical students, partners, and friends committed to advancing the health and well-being of the family of medicine. The Foundation’s mission is to support the charitable and educational activities of the Society and Alliance and address issues affecting the health, benefit, and welfare of the community. For more information on the foundation, visit www.mmsfoundation.org 

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