Ferrufino Consulting & Associates is humbly honored to have been trusted to lead the one year planning process heading the Living Safely in Jackson Square Coalition, culminating on the successful awarding of a three years $1M implementation funding selection.  What a great way to start this 2021!!! The Children’s Health Equity (CHEq) Initiative, a part of Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health, will advance child health through place-based collective impact approaches. The CHEq Initiative will support collaborative projects within specific Boston communities to improve the health and well-being of children and families. The selected projects will foster new and long-lasting systems that promote and strengthen neighborhood cohesion. This initiative had two phases: One-year planning grants were awarded to six neighborhood or geography based, cross-sector collaboratives to plan projects with the potential to reduce inequities in children’s health and well-being. Boston Children’s has selected Living Safely in Jackson Square as one of four projects for phase 2 implementation grants because it demonstrated evidence of having strong implementation plans. Each will implement their project to help improve the lives of children and families in their neighborhood. Initiatives will address either 1) child and family health and well-being or 2) community, family, and child resilience.