Yawkey Foundation Grant - Mobile Health Program

Geographic Scope: Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts (Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, and Lowell)

Focus Areas: Access to healthcare for vulnerable and underserved populations, mobile health services, substance use disorder support, social services

Program Overview

This high-impact grant supports GLFHC's Mobile Health Program (MHP), which brings healthcare to the most vulnerable and overlooked populations in the Merrimack Valley. The grant was used to purchase a new clinical vehicle to expand services that currently serve more than 1,100 patients annually.

Mobile Health Program Services

• Primary care and medical intervention
• Substance use disorder support
• Social services
• Health insurance enrollment assistance
• Housing and shelter support
• Addiction recovery support

Service Delivery

• Operations: Five days per week
• Service locations: Day shelters, soup kitchens, and community locations
• Service areas: Lawrence, Haverhill, Methuen, and Lowell
• Target populations: Both housed and homeless patients and non-patients

Grant Impact

The $100,000 grant, coupled with other donations, enabled GLFHC to purchase an additional mobile clinic with two state-of-the-art exam rooms, effectively tripling mobile services patient capacity. This clinic became operational in spring 2024.

About Yawkey Foundation

• Mission: Perpetuate the philanthropic legacy of Tom and Jean Yawkey
• Total grants awarded to date: More than $550 million
• Focus areas: Health Care, Education, Human Services, Youth and Amateur Athletics, Arts and Culture, Conservation and Wildlife
• Values: Providing resources, opportunity, and dignity to vulnerable and underserved populations
• Geographic focus: Massachusetts and Georgetown County, South Carolina
• Website: www.yawkeyfoundation.org

Announcement Date: December 15, 2023