Index

Staff Access Index

What's New:
July

MGH ACO Flexible Services for 2025 has been redesigned and renamed HRSN (Health Related Service Needs) - see HRSN updated info

New MGH PowerPoint Template (see slides 19 and 21)

Realities of the Housing Crisis handout- translations now available

MA - Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Chinese

New England - Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese (coming soon), Chinese

Updated Immigration Clinics and Lawyers Handout- translations now available: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Chinese

Emergency Financial Assistance handout- translations now available: Spanish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese, Chinese

New Family Welcome Center Hours - updated 7/1/25

Quick Access Links

Recent Federal Actions/Executive Orders MGB Government Affairs Vitals Site - regularly updated

Immigrant Emergency Resources

MA Immigrant Defense Hotline 617-988-0606 - Lawyers for Civil Rights - free legal advice for immigrants facing imminent threats related to immigration enforcement, such as immigration raids or mass deportations. Callers who leave a message will receive a same-day response. More resources: see our Know Your Rights page

Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN) hotlines:

(617) 396-7143 for persons looking for a loved one who has been detained

(617) 637-8195 for persons who have been detained

If you spot ICE in the hospital: remember that ICE agents may bring people in custody for medical care, and their presence does not necessarily indicate that an enforcement action is occurring. Please follow hospital guidance.

MA 24/7 Behavioral Health Help Line and 25 Community Behavioral Health Centers With 24-Hour Crisis Intervention - phone and text at 833-773-2445, or at masshelpline.com (more info)

Fact Sheets: Behavioral Health Roadmap | Mass.gov

Printable Materials: Behavioral Health Roadmap | Mass.gov

MGH Social Service Department staff: resource specialist Epic referral tips

Please place an AMBULATORY referral

Select: MGH Social Work Community Resource Specialist – Main Campus

Please specify a Patient Type

Transplant: please use "Transplant/General" patient type

Patient Type: Transplant/General for Carolyn MacNair (call 617-726-8182 or email her with additional information)

Patient Type: Oncology for Gardy Hyacinthe (call 617-724-0295 or email him with additional information)

Patient Type: Inpt Med/Surg for Grace Santana (call 617-643-8327 or email her with additional information)

Patient Type: OB/Pedi for Caroline Rohnstock (call 617-643-8328 or email her with additional information)

Instructions for Inpatient staff

Instructions for ambulatory staff

Tip of the Month

Did you know there are "good cause" reasons for those subject to the SNAP work requirement to maintain benefits when unable to work. Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents ("ABAWDs") age 18 through 54 can only receive SNAP for 3 FULL months between May 1, 2025 and January 1, 2027, unless they are meeting work requirements, are exempt or have "good cause" reasons for not working temporarily. Months where the member is experiencing a good cause reason not to work, if reported and approved, should not count towards their 3 month limit. Examples of good cause:

TEMPORARY transportation issue - examples: car in shop, bus route shut down for a brief period

Family or personal emergency - death, illness or other crisis

Unreasonable employment -discrimination, pay below minimum wage, unsafe, excess travel time (Traveling to and from work takes over two hours, or, if your client walks, the round trip commute is over two miles - does not include the time to transport family members to school/care.)

More information: A Guide for Community Organizations see section on Good Reasons for Not Meeting the ABAWD Work Rules

See the Web Tip Archive

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