United We Stand for Public Health Coalition
Funding for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health was reduced by
$30 million this fiscal year -- in two rounds of fiscal year 2009 emergency cuts implemented by Governor Patrick. The Governor's proposal for fiscal year 2010
calls for an additional $40 million cut to DPH – totaling $70 million in cuts.
While we acknowledge that these are tough economic times - these cuts are disproportionately high compared to other Executive Office of Health and Human Services cuts.
Without continued action, without new and dedicated revenues, public health will
be even further weakened and remain disproportionately cut.
GET INVOLVED: Join the UWSPH coalition
TAKE ACTION: Email your legislators to urge them to fully fund public health and support new revenues
For more information, or to get involved, please contact: MPHA@mphaweb.org or 617-524-6696, ext. 104.
(3/12/2009)
Coalition Members
(3/12/2009)
Academy First
Action for Boston Community Development
Affordable Care Today (ACT!!) Coalition
AIDS Action Committee
AIDS Housing Corporation
AIDS Project Worcester, Inc.
Al Ozonoff, Boston University School of Public Health
American Cancer Society
American Heart/Stroke Association
Anna Benyo, Harbor Health Services, Inc.
Anthony Schlaff, Tufts University School of Medicine
Baystate Health
Blair Cushing, AIDS Housing Corporation
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program
Boston Living Center
Boston Public Health Commission
Boston University Department of Family Medicine
Cambridge Cares about AIDS
Center for Community Health, Education & Research (CCHER)
Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital Boston
Citizens for Citizens Inc., Family Planning
Clean Water Action
Codman Square Health Center
Community Change
Community Outreach Workers Network and Training Coalition (COWNT)
Community Research Initiative (CRI)
Diosdado Lopez, Holyoke City Council
Dorchester House Multi Service Center
DotWell
Epi Bodhi, Amherst Health Department
Fenway Community Health
First Academy
Friends of Brookline Public Health
Friends of the State Laboratory Institute
Grafton Health Department
Harold Cox, Boston University School of Public Health
Health Awareness Services
Health Care for All
Health Care of Southeastern Mass., Inc.
Health Quarters
HIV/AIDS Services of Greater Love Tabernacle
Hope Coalition
hopeFound
JRI Health
Luis Prado, Chelsea Health and Human Services Department
Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers
Massachusetts Coalition of School Based Health Centers
Massachusetts Family Planning Association
Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
MAPA Translations & Language Solutions
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
Massachusetts Association of Health Boards
Massachusetts Community Action Network
Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium/Infant Toddler Advocates, Inc.
Massachusetts Health Council
Massachusetts Health Officers Association
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery
Massachusetts Public Health Association
Melinda Arredondo, Upham's Corner Health Center
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts, Inc.
MIRA Coalition
Multicultural AIDS Coalition
NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts
Neponset Health Center
New England Aftercare Ministries, Inc.
North Shore Health Project
North Suffolk Mental Health Association
Northern Educational Service
Oral Health Advocacy Task Force
Partners for a Healthier Community, Inc.
Partners HealthCare
Project ABLE
Project Aware at Stanley Street Treatment & Resources (SSTAR)
Project Right, Inc.
Public Policy Institute
Raskey Baerlein
River Valley Counseling Center, Inc.
Roberta Gianfortoni, Harvard School of Public Health
Span, Inc.
Springfield Department of Health and Human Services
Tapestry Health
The Center for Health Promotion and Research at UMass Lowell
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, Inc.
The Medical Foundation
The Public Health Advocacy Institute
Tobacco Free Massachusetts
Upham's Corner Health Center
Victory Programs
Watertown Health Department
Western MA Center for Healthy Communities
Women's Health Institute
Worcester Department of Public Health