Community Health Network Areas (CHNA) Configuration

DPH established the Community Health Network Area initiative in 1992. The original initiative involved all 351 towns and cities through 27 CHNAs. Since then, some CHNAs have become inactive while others have morphed into different areas.

For updated information about coalitions in Massachusetts, visit the Community Health Training Institute, which is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

EOHHS Region 1: Western

CHNA 1: Community Health Network of Berkshire County

Adams, Alford, Becket, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Dalton, Egremont, Florida, Great Barrington, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Lee, Lenox, Monterey, Mount Washington, New Ashford, New Marlborough, North Adams, Otis, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Sandisfield, Savoy, Sheffield, Stockbridge, Tyringham, Washington, West Stockbridge, Williamstown and Windsor

CHNA 2: Upper Valley Health Web

Ashfield, Athol, Bernardston, Buckland, Charlemont, Colrain, Conway, Deerfield, Erving, Gill, Greenfield, Hawley, Heath, Leverett, Leyden, Monroe, Montague, New Salem, Northfield, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston, Rowe, Royalston, Shelburne, Shutesbury, Sunderland, Warwick, Wendell and Whately

CHNA 3: Partnership for Health in Hampshire County

Amherst, Belchertown, Chesterfield, Cummington, Easthampton, Goshen, Granby, Hadley, Hatfield, Middlefield, Northampton, Pelham, Plainfield, South Hadley, Southampton, Ware, Westhampton, Williamsburg and Worthington

CHNA 21: Community Health Network of Chicopee-Holyoke-Ludlow-Westfield

Chester, Chicopee, Holyoke, Huntington, Ludlow and Westfield

CHNA 4: Community Health Connection

Agawam, Blandford, East Longmeadow, Granville, Hampden, Longmeadow, Monson, Montgomery, Palmer, Russell, Southwick, Springfield, Tolland, West Springfield and Wilbraham

EOHHS Region 2: Central

CHNA 5: South County Connects 

Brimfield, Brookfield, Charlton, Dudley, East Brookfield, Holland, North Brookfield, Oxford, Southbridge, Spencer, Sturbridge, Wales, Warren, Webster and West Brookfield

CHNA 6: Community Partners for Health 

Bellingham, Blackstone, Douglas, Franklin, Hopedale, Medway, Mendon, Milford, Millville, Northbridge, Sutton, Upton and Uxbridge

CHNA 8: Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worcester

Auburn, Boylston, Grafton, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Paxton, Shrewsbury, West Boylston and Worcester

CHNA 9: Community Health Network of North Central Massachusetts

Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer, Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton, Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton, Hardwick, Harvard, Hubbardston, Lancaster, Leominster, Lunenburg, New Braintree, Oakham, Pepperell, Princeton, Rutland, Shirley, Sterling, Templeton, Townsend, Westminster and Winchendon

EOHHS Region 3: Northeast

CHNA 10: Greater Lowell Community Health Network

Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough and Westford

CHNA 11: Greater Lawrence Community Health Network

Andover, Lawrence, Methuen, Middleton and North Andover

CHNA 12: Greater Haverhill Community Health Network

Amesbury, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury and West Newbury

CHNA 13 & 14: The North Shore Community Health Network

Beverly, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Manchester, Rockport, Topsfield and Wenham

Danvers, Lynn, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Peabody, Salem, Saugus and Swampscott

CHNA 16: North Suburban Health Alliance

Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham and Wakefield

EOHHS Region 4: Metro West

CHNA 7: Community Health Coalition of Metrowest

Ashland, Foxborough, Framingham, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Maynard, Medfield, Millis, Natick, Norfolk, Northborough, Plainville, Sherborn, Southborough, Stow, Sudbury, Walpole, Wayland, Westborough and Wrentham

CHNA 15: NorthWest Suburban Health Alliance

Acton, Bedford, Boxborough, Burlington, Carlisle, Concord, Lexington, Lincoln, Littleton, Wilmington, Winchester and Woburn

CHNA 17: Greater Cambridge/Somerville Community Health Network

Arlington, Belmont, Cambridge, Somerville and Watertown

CHNA 18: West Suburban Health Network

Brookline, Dedham, Dover, Needham, Newton, Waltham, Wellesley, Weston and Westwood

CHNA 20: Blue Hills Community Health Alliance

Braintree, Canton, Cohasset, Hingham, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate, Sharon and Weymouth

EOHHS Region 5: Southeast

CHNA 22: Greater Brockton Community Health Network

Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Holbrook, Stoughton, West Bridgewater and Whitman

CHNA 23: South Shore Community Partners in Prevention

Carver, Duxbury, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton and Rockland

CHNA 24: Greater Taunton Health & Human Service Coalition

Attleboro, Berkley, Dighton, Lakeville, Mansfield, Middleborough, North Attleboro, Norton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Seekonk and Taunton

CHNA 25: Partners for a Healthier Community

Fall River, Somerset, Swansea and Westport

CHNA 26: Greater New Bedford Allies for Health and Wellness 

Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, Rochester and Wareham

CHNA 27: Cape Cod and Islands Community Health Network 

Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Chatham, Chilmark, Dennis, Eastham, Edgartown, Falmouth, Gay Head, Gosnold, Harwich, Mashpee, Nantucket, Oak Bluffs, Orleans, Provincetown, Sandwich, Tisbury, Truro, Wellfleet, West Tisbury, Yarmouth

EOHHS Region 6: Boston

CHNA 19: Alliance for Community Health

Chelsea, Greater Boston, Revere, Winthrop

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