Pledging initiative – Submission form: Submission #2301

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Nombre del Estado o agente que presenta el compromiso (sírvase indicar el sitio web, si lo hay): The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of the City of Boston
Pledging entity: Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Is the country of the pledging entity a GCM Champion country?: {Empty}
Nombres y apellidos: Pablo Mariani
Puesto que ocupa: KMO
País: Estados Unidos de América (248)
Other country of implementation: Global (23641)
Region of implementation: {Empty}
Dirección de correo electrónico: pmariani@mayorsmechanism.org
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Título del compromiso: Mental Health Mini-Grants
Tipo de compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Individual (un solo Estado Miembro/ una sola parte interesada)
Is this a mirror pledge (pledge is also relevant to the Global Compact on Refugees) ?: {Empty}

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Naturaleza del compromiso (sírvase seleccionar): Financiero (p. ej., contribución al Fondo Fiduciario de Asociados Múltiples para la Migración); Participación en los procesos (p. ej., organización de procesos plenamente consultivos para elaboración de informes nacionales para el Foro de Examen de la Migración Internacional); structured

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Sírvase indicar el (los) objetivo(s) del Pacto Mundial para la Migración que este compromiso pretende promover: 7. Abordar y reducir las vulnerabilidades en la migración; 15. Proporcionar a los migrantes acceso a servicios básicos; 16. Empoderar a los migrantes y las sociedades para lograr la plena inclusión y la cohesión social; 23. Fortalecer la cooperación internacional y las alianzas mundiales para la migración segura, ordenada y regular

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Sírvase indicar qué principio(s) rector(es)1 es (son) particularmente pertinente(s) para este compromiso:
Centrada en las personas (738); Cooperación internacional (739); Soberanía nacional (742); Estado de derecho y garantías procesales (741); Desarrollo sostenible (740); Derechos humanos (259); Perspectiva de género (258); Perspectiva infantil (257); Enfoque pangubernamental (737); Enfoque pansocial (736)


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Sírvase describir el compromiso:
To enhance the wellness of immigrants in Boston, destigmatize mental health challenges, and encourage non-clinical, culturally and linguistically sensitive practices as a form of therapy, the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) awarded Mental Health Mini-Grants of $6,500 each to six immigrant-serving nonprofits who incorporate wellness activities in their programming. Non-clinical mental health practices are defined as peer-led and community-based interventions engaging with expressive arts, traditional medicine, spirituality, or body-centered activities. Examples include peace circles, storytelling, yoga, and meditation. These practices can promote well-being and reduce the potential escalation and severity of mental health conditions of immigrants, and act as alternatives to Western individual talk therapy. As part of the grant, MOIA will conduct an exploratory assessment to learn from each of these six programs in order to help guide the City’s future investments on mental health for immigrants.

The mental health struggles of immigrant communities are often ignored as they experience the stress of resettling in a different country and culture, face individual and institutional discrimination, endure traumatic events, and cope with isolation. As it has for many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has also exacerbated mental health issues for immigrant residents. While most immigrants do not need clinical services, many are likely to struggle to access effective non-clinical mental healthcare due to language barriers and cross-cultural differences surrounding beliefs, practices, and stigma around mental health.

Our mini-grants will support work already being done in the community to support immigrant mental health, at the same time as enhancing the City of Boston’s understanding of best practices for non-clinical mental health work for immigrants to hopefully inform our future practices and policies.

The Leah Zallman Center for Immigrant Health Research, a non-governmental community-engaged research and evaluation center, will conduct an exploratory assessment as part of our action evaluation. The exploratory assessment will be conducted by MOIA staff in collaboration with the awardees, and will include: 1) participatory observation, 2) standardized surveys distributed among participants to assess the mental health impacts of their projects, and 3) surveys to program facilitators on the initiatives’ best practices and challenges. Prior to the disbursement of funds there will be a required meeting with awardees to discuss this component and ensure it is a participatory process. 


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Sírvase señalar un plazo indicativo para el cumplimiento del compromiso: 30 Nov 2022

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