Abstract

As earlier reported in Weaving Well-being: A New Paradigm for Community Mental Health and Wellness, immigrant communities in Boston continue to care for one another in holistic ways, supporting the mental health and well-being of community members through nonclinical, culturally rooted programming. Weaving Well-being: A Case for Immigrant Community-Driven Mental Health details outcomes and findings from the second iteration of the City of Boston Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement’s (MOIA) Weaving Well-being Initiative.

In Weaving Well-being 2023-2024, MOIA funded 18 immigrant-led and/or -serving community-based organizations to provide mental health programming to community members in Boston. Incredibly, these 18 organizations reached a total of 2,177 immigrants in the Greater Boston area with mental health resources and services—highlighting both the success of community-based organizations in serving immigrants and the ongoing need for mental health supports. Findings from the participant survey include that 91% of respondents felt that they could be themselves in their program, 89% learned to identify supportive resources in difficult times, and 94% reported learning a skill or practice. Beyond participant outcomes, Weaving Well-being: A Case for Immigrant Community-Driven Mental Health highlights the need for coalition-driven upstream work that addresses the social determinants of health and creates systems change.

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