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New health care policies, including the most recent Medicaid redesign in Massachusetts, have incentivized the creation of partnerships between health care and community-based organizations (CBOs). Such partnerships are thought to be an important strategy to address “upstream” causes of poor health among Medicaid beneficiaries, including unstable housing and poor nutrition. Although much has been written about the potential value of these partnerships to health care organizations, much less is known about how CBOs perceive these policy changes and their organizational impact.
The session will elaborate on Lauren Taylor’s recent paper with Elena Byhoff, “Money Moves the Mare,” which explores a strategic tension faced by CBOs in deciding how to respond to new Medicaid incentives. The findings are drawn from interviews with 45 community-based organization leaders in Massachusetts. The authors find that CBOs value their autonomy and distin
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MALDEN, Mass., Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Housing Families will open a new shelter for homeless individuals at the OYO Hotel in Malden in early February, the result of close collaboration between the City of Malden, Malden Redevelopment Authority, Malden s legislative delegation, and several nonprofit partners. Housing Families, a Malden-based housing services organization, has provided emergency shelter for families for nearly 35 years, but this will be their first shelter for adult individuals. The 22-bed shelter will house individuals from the Metro North region, with priority given to Malden residents.
Malden and its neighboring cities have long lacked an individual shelter, and the local need has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Because congregate shelters have been especially vulnerable to COVID-19, Housing Families new shelter provides each individual with a private room and bathroom to ensure social distancing and reduce COVID-19
Friends, family and colleagues of Irvienne Goldson said to know her was to love her.
Sadily, Ms. Goldson, who served as deputy director of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Health Services, died suddenly last week.
Ms. Goldson joined ABCD in 1992 as manager of education and training and rose to become deputy director of ABCD Health Services department and a powerhouse of healthcare advocacy in Boston.
Irvienne Goldson
“It is with the deepest sadness that I share that Irvienne Goldson passed away suddenly,” said EBCD President and CEO John Drew in a statement announcing her passing. “Her rare leadership and unflagging commitment to the Boston community made her not only respected but beloved.”
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The coronavirus pandemic didn’t stop the Salvation Army Massachusetts Division from hosting its annual Christmas Castle event in Dorchester Monday.
About 5,000 families were able to get food and toys for Christmas, including Alice Ramos and her nephew.
“This COVID’s been really hard. My sister tested out positive at the beginning of COVID and it made it difficult for her to work,” said Ramos, of Boston.
But with donations down significantly at charities across the Bay State, it isn’t easy to pull something like this off.
“Trying to help more people with fewer people giving creates an incredible challenge,” said Salvation Army Massachusetts General Secretary Major Marcus Jugenheimer.