The MetroWest Housing Coalition hosted its first legislative briefing on March 27, bringing together over 40 coalition members to present our 2025-2026 policy slate to MetroWest legislators. This meeting provided an opportunity to highlight the most pressing housing challenges in the MetroWest region and to advocate for legislative sponsorship of policies that address these issues.…
On March 19th, several members from our team attended the Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy (MIRA) Coalition’s Immigrants’ Advocacy Day at the State House. This event is important to our mission and values, as many of our team members are immigrants, and more than half of the people we support are immigrants. We had a…
Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest (BHPMW) is pleased to share a refreshed website! We hope to make it easier than ever for individuals and families in the greater MetroWest area of Massachusetts and beyond to access a continuum of high-quality behavioral health, community development, and social services in the greater MetroWest area of Massachusetts and…
Originally posted on www.jfsmw.org Thanks to a generous basic needs grant from the City of Framingham, JFS was able to distribute hundreds of warm, essential seasonal clothing items. Team members Justo Rosario-Lebrón and Operations Manager Sobely Katzman assisted participants in finding items that meet their needs and the JFS refrigerated truck transported hundreds of boxed…
New Funding to Develop MetroWest Housing Coalition, Addressing Systemic Barriers and Advancing Health Equity Over the Next 5 Years FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (September 23, 2024) – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has announced the 2024 recipients of the Massachusetts Community Health and Healthy Aging Funds. Among the grantees are Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest…
On Tuesday, June 6, MetroWest Care Connection held a resource fair in downtown Framingham. One hundred people attended the event, which provided goods, supplies, and services to low-income adults and those facing housing insecurity. Many local organizations and municipalities participated in the event, which was held on the Downtown Common between Howard and Park streets.…
The MetroWest Health Foundation recently presented its Deborah Blumer Community Health Leadership Award to Anne Pelletier Parker, LICSW, ACSW. Anne serves as Senior Vice President of Health Systems Integration at Advocates and as Executive Director of Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest. With this award, Anne was recognized for for her leadership and commitment to cross-agency collaboration and…
Advocates, on behalf of Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest, was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from The Parmenter Foundation to support its Navigation Line, a phone service that connects area residents with social service and mental health resources. BHPMW’s Navigation Line was founded in July 2017 in response to community feedback that it was difficult to know how to…
Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest has been awarded a $10,000 grant to support its work to improve behavioral health and social services access in the region. To learn more about the Foundation for MetroWest grant and the BHPMW services it supports, click here for an article in the Marlborough Patch.
Behavioral Health Partners of MetroWest (BHPMW) recently announced the launch of MetroWest Care Connection, a health and social service hub, to better coordinate the delivery of mental health, substance use, primary healthcare, and social services for MetroWest residents. Core funding for the MetroWest Care Connection is provided through a grant from MetroWest Health Foundation. Behavioral and…