Grant history

Healthy Food AccessPolicy and Advocacy

2023|$120,000|One year

Increase access to nutrition assistance for older adults and newly arriving residents of Massachusetts through advocacy at the state and federal levels.

Healthy AgingHealthy Food Access

2022|$100,000|One year

Support ongoing SNAP advocacy, especially access improvements benefiting older adults. Mass. Law Reform’s leadership and collaboration make them well positioned to continue engaging older adults with low incomes.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2017|$60,000|One year

Older Adult Nutrition Access Project: To improve older people’s participation in the SNAP program by training enrollment agency staff and promoting systemic advocacy and coalition building to defend federal nutrition programs. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2018|$60,000|One year

Older Adult Nutrition Access Project: To increase older adults’ participation in the SNAP program by addressing policy and system level barriers. This will be accomplished through advocacy, training of enrollment agency staff and coalition building for stronger defense of federal nutrition programs. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Equity in Aging

2024|$360,000|Three years

Support policy change and advocacy efforts to expand access to SNAP and other nutrition programs for both older adults and immigrant families.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2019|$60,000|One year

Older Adult Nutrition Access Project: To implement the SNAP gap pilot, including leveraging the state’s expansion of the Medicare Savings Program to increase awareness of and enrollment in SNAP. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

COVID-19 Response Grants

2021|$50,000|One year

To expand COVID-19 vaccine education, awareness and outreach in communities of color. Funded jointly and equally by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Tufts Health Plan Foundation.

Equity in Aging

2024|$290,000|Three years

Support capacity to lead advocacy and community mobilization campaigns to transform the local public health system and advance policy for a healthier built environment with a focus on critical health equity and healthy aging issues.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2016|$130,000|Two years

Mobilizing for Prevention, Equity, and Age-Friendly Communities: To engage in statewide policy initiatives that support the development of age-friendly communities by addressing the social determinants of health such as access to affordable food, housing, and transportation. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.

Healthy AgingPolicy and Advocacy

2021|$210,163|Three years

Develop a corps of older adult advocates to strengthen local public health, and advance housing and transportation policy changes centered on equity. Tufts Health Plan Foundation grant.