Advancing Community Driven Mental Health, the Foundation’s grant program in behavioral health, utilizes a community-based intervention known as Problem Management Plus (PM+).
Donor Name: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/24/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
PM+ is designed to support community members exposed to adversity in their day-to-day lives to learn tools and skills to manage mental health stressors and provide community-based referrals for those who are at risk of developing or experiencing severe mental health challenges.
The PM+ intervention aims to overcome traditional barriers of access to mental health services, especially for economically, racially, culturally, or socially marginalized individuals. It allows staff members of community-based organizations to deliver support in the community, focusing on teaching basic concepts and skills that enable individuals to address and deal with issues of immediate concern to them.
The goal of this program is two-fold:
- Improve and increase access to community-based mental health services for individuals experiencing mild to moderate mental health distress and practical problems of daily living.
- Develop the skills of a non-clinical workforce to support community members in addressing mild to moderate mental health distress and practical problems of daily living.
Under this grant program, the BCBSMA Foundation and its collaborators (Partners in Health, The Family Van, and the Institute for Community Health) will provide training, technical assistance, and implementation support to organizations selected to develop and implement PM+ services through the grant program.
Funding Information
Up to $100,000 per organization.
Grant Period
The new cohort of the Advancing Community Driven Mental Health program is a two-year grant program beginning in December 2025 and ending in December 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
The Foundation will only consider organizations that meet the following criteria:
- 501 (c)(3) organizations – if an organization does not have its own tax-exempt designation, it must provide proof of tax-exempt designation for a fiscal agent.
- Nonprofit organizations that primarily serve people who have been socially, economically, culturally, or racially marginalized.
- Community-based non-clinical organizations that provide direct social or community services to individuals and families.
- Community-based organizations with strong, trusting relationships with community members and cultural and linguistic ability to connect with their populations.
- Community-based organizations whose staff are reflective of their service population.
For more information, visit BCBSMF.
