The Kraft Center

Applications are open for the Kraft Prize for Excellence & Innovation in Community Health! The prize honors organizations improving health outcomes with scalable impact. 🏆 $100K award + opportunity to present at #WMIF 📅 Apply by 4/30 Learn more & apply:bit.ly/41793UX

2025 has been a landmark year for The Kraft Center! Read our Year in Review as we share about an exciting new portfolio of initiatives and the sustained impact of our ongoing programming. Full newsletter here: conta.cc/4pqx2IA

Our team is excited to join the Health is Wealth Summit today in Rosebud, SD! Sponsored by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Health Administration, our team looks forward to discussing opportunities for mobile health care to support hard-to-reach populations.

Want to make a difference for sickle cell patients in Boston? Donate blood – it’s quick, easy, and lifesaving! Join the MGH Bloodmobile for the World Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Day Blood Drive on 6/19 from 10a-3:30p at the Reggie Lewis Center. See flyer below for details!

Tomorrow 4/4 is the deadline to apply for the Kraft Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Community Health! All applications must be submitted by 11:59pm EST in order to be considered. For more information, and to submit an application, visit massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/advan…

The Mobile Addiction Services Virtual Conference is happening next Friday, April 11th! There's still time to register and join us for an impactful event. Use this link to register: lnkd.in/eT7BNbfx

When it comes to community health, innovation is needed more than ever. Robert Kraft, founder and CEO of The Kraft Group & Elsie Taveras, MD, MPH, @KraftCommHealth, share why this is the driving force behind the launch of the Kraft Prize: spklr.io/6014fZfE

Don't miss out!! The Kraft Center and @RIZEMass are hosting our second virtual Mobile Addiction Services Conference on Friday April 11th, 2025. To learn more about this event and to register please use this link: lnkd.in/eT7BNbfx

Register today for our 2nd Virtual Mobilizing Addiction Services Conference on Friday, April 11, 2025! CME credits available. Register at this link: cpdlearn.massgeneralbrigham.org/course/communi…

Huge congratulations to our Executive Director, Dr. @elsiemt, for her appointment by Mayor @wutrain as the new chairperson of the Boston Board of Health! Full press release here: boston.gov/news/new-appoi…

Save the Date! Join us for our 2nd virtual Mobilizing Addiction Services Conference on Friday, April 11, 2025. CME credits are available! Don't miss out- register now using the link below! cpdlearn.massgeneralbrigham.org/course/communi…

.@KraftCommHealth at @MassGenBrigham has launched a national prize to find the next big innovation in health care. The award will recognize impactful ideas that can improve health in all communities. Learn more at @WCVB: spklr.io/60132Ycl

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2025 from the Kraft Center team! As we look forward to the new year, we wanted to share our newsletter highlighting programmatic updates, events, and milestones from 2024, now available here: conta.cc/4iO76nY

Last month @TheLancet published a wonderful profile of Kraft Center alum Dr. Alex Keuroghlian on "upholding inclusive health care." Please read below! thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Our partners at @BNHCbrockton published in @FrontPubHealth about their Community Care in Reach mobile program and the importance of the model in addressing health inequities in substance use disorder. Check it out! frontiersin.org/journals/publi…

Research from Mass General Brigham shows surprising findings with sex-based disparities in outcomes after cardiac surgery. spklr.io/6015xILL

We had a wonderful time at the 5th Annual Deatrich Wise Block Party in Mattapan last week at the Josh Kraft Mattapan Teen Center! The Community Care team was on-site providing blood pressure & A1C checks, flu, & COVID vaccines. Many thanks to Reed Barker @bgcboston for the pics!

Check out this great article from NPR featuring our great partners at @BNHCbrockton!

Enjoyed celebrating at the Patriots pre-season game last Thursday with Kraft Center partners in community health, friends, and family! So thankful for our team and our partnerships, as well as the generosity of Mr. Kraft for welcoming us to Gillette Stadium!

It was great catching up with community partners and connecting with other leaders at the First Massachusetts Department of Public Health Harm Reduction Conference yesterday!