Wellesley agency receives grant from Medical Society foundation

Waltham, Mass. – April 27 – Health Care Without Walls in Wellesley has received a $20,000 grant from the Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation as part of the foundation’s 2016 allocations to support a variety of health care services across the Commonwealth.

The grant will help to support the first year of the agency’s Bridges to Moms pilot program, seeking to improve health outcomes and maternal bonding among homeless pregnant and post-partum women receiving care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Formerly known as Women of Means, the agency has received four previous grants from the Foundation since 2004. The last, in 2015, helped to support the Medical Home Without Walls Elder Care program. Health Care Without Walls provides comprehensive gender-specific health care and care coordination to homeless and poor women and families on-site in seven Boston area shelters. More information on the agency is available at www.healthcarewithoutwalls.org 

The grant was one of 15 made by the Foundation to agencies across the Commonwealth to assist in providing 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 Foundation is a supporting organization of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the statewide association of physicians, 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, visit www.mmsfoundation.org

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