Save the date!
The next
CHNA 15 General Meeting
will be held on
Thursday, March 22, 2012
at the Woburn Senior Center
(Please note change of date.)
Focus of the meeting will be the
CHNA 15 Community Health Needs Assessment Report.
Guest speaker will be Cathy O’Connor,
Director of the Office of Healthy Communities
at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Come and hear what was learned about your community and discuss how the information in the report can be useful to you as well as possible action by CHNA 15 as we respond to information gathered
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The Winchester Multicultural Network is hosting a town-wide community conference, Winchester in Transition (WIT), on Saturday, February 11 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Network asks that, as you schedule events and meetings for the New Year, you consider avoiding a conflict with this event. This day-long community conference, designed for all those who live, work, study, and worship in our town, will bring together community leaders, friends and neighbors for an exciting day of exploring the challenges we face in our efforts to ensure that our town is a healthy, welcoming, resilient, and connected community. Please plan to come! Check out the website: www.gettowit.org
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PLANNING GRANT TRAINING HELD
CHNA15 recently held a half-day training session designed to encourage communities to undertake a Healthy Communities Planning Grant process. Healthy City Fall River coordinator David Weed presented the process that Fall River went through in its early stages of planning to develop a comprehensive program over the past eight years. Several CHNA 15 members from the towns of Lincoln and Acton, currently involved in Healthy Communities projects, presented further information on the Planning Grant process in their communities. A Healthy Communities Planning Grant RFR is now available in the "Forms" section of this site. For more information about CHNA 15, contact
coordinator Jan Hanson.
(Top row, right) Anita Scheipers, Assistant Town Administrator for town of Lincoln talks
about the importance of connecting with municipal decision makers in the Planning process.
(Middle row, left) Jan Stewart, Active Acton Consultant and Outreach Coordinator for Acton-Boxborough Coalition for Healthy Youth, speaks about identifying and engaging community stakeholders in the Planning Grant process as Elizabeth Thibeault, Regional Center for Healthy Communities istens.
(Middle row, right) Dan Pereira, Parks and Recreation Director for the Town of Lincoln shares his thoughts about some of the potential priorities for the town of Lincoln.
CHNA 15 2011-2012 Calendar
9/22/11 CHNA 15 General Meeting, Woburn Senior Center
2:30-4:30 Networking 2-2:30
10/4/11 DPH Ounce of Prevention Conference
10/18/11 Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
11/3/11 Planning Grant Development Training Location/Time TBA
11/14/11 HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PLANNING GRANT RFP RELEASE
(Start-up April 1, 2012/ Complete September 30, 2013)
11/15/11 CHNA 15 General Meeting, Woburn Senior Center
2:30-4:30 Networking 2-2:30
(NOTE: Meeting on Tuesday, not Thursday)
12/1/11 Second Implementation Grants Payment Due
12/15/11 Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
12/31/11 2011 Resource Grants must be complete
January, 2012 Second 2011- 2012 MiniGrants Payment
January, 2012 2011 - 2012 MiniGrants Mid Project Report Due
1/19/12 CHNA 15 General Meeting 2:30-4:30 Networking 2-2:30
2010/2011 Resource Grant Recipient Poster Session
2/16/12 Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
3/15/12 CHNA 15 General Meeting 2:30-4:30 Networking 2-2:30
March, 2012 MINI-GRANT 2011—2012 RFP RELEASE
(Start-up July 1, 2012/Complete June 30, 2013)
4/12 Finance Committee Meeting Location/Time TBA
4/19/12 Steering Committee Meeting 1:30- 4:30
5/17/12 CHNA 15 Showcase 2012 /CHNA 15 Annual Meeting
6/21/12 Steering Committee Meeting 1:30-4:30
6/30/12 Completion of 2011-2012 MiniGrant Projects
6/30/12 Completion of Healthy Communities Implementation Grants
7/1/12 First MiniGrant 2012-2013 Payment
7/15/12 MiniGrant 2011-2012 Final Report and Budget Due
8/16/12 Steering Committee Meeting Location/ TBA
9/12 Scholarship Poster Session held at General Meeting this month.
Other CHNA Task Force Meetings as required throughout the year.
CHNA 15 Resource Grants up to $750 Available
CHNA 15 has released the 2011-2012 Resource Grant application. In response to members’ requests applications for Resource Grants will be available throughout the year rather than during a specific time frame as previously scheduled. Up to four grants will be offered from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
Grants may be used to develop a resource(s) of benefit to CHNA 15 communities (a town, multiple towns, specific sub-populations or communities of interest in the CHNA 15 sub-region). Examples of previously funded resources include: Social Service Database for South Asian Immigrants, Tips for Healthy Aging, Service Resource Guide for Parents of Young Children, Area Transportation Directory, Long-Term Care Facilities Directory, Elder Housing Options Directory, International Newcomers Guide to Winchester, Celebrating Parenting Calendar, Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders: What to Look For & How To Help, Unique Challenges of a South Asian Domestic Violence Survivor, Wilmington Walks! Walking Guide, Red Flags and Resources – A Guidebook for Spotting Youth Risk Behaviors, Resources for Seniors and their family members in Woburn, and Domestic Violence Victim Handbook.
Applications will be available at the September 22 General Meeting or you may request an application by contacting Jan Hanson, CHNA 15 Coordinator, at jhanson800@aol.com.
CHNA 15 offers scholarships to Ounce of Prevention Conference
CHNA 15 is pleased to offer scholarships to up to 6 people
interested in attending this year’s Ounce of Prevention Conference:
“Communities - Taking Charge – Making Change”. The scholarship covers the registration fee of $50.
The annual conference will be held on October 4th
at the Best Western Royal Plaza in Marlboro, MA
and is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
To apply for a scholarship
The first six people applying will receive the scholarships.
Limit one person per agency.
To review conference information go to:
