About Us:

MetroWest Shared Public Health Services (MWSPHS) was established in 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic through funding from the state's Public Health Excellence grant program. This grant allows for increased investment in local public health and aims to enhance capacity in the local public health infrastructure across Massachusetts.

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated many challenges in local health departments across Massachusetts, highlighting staffing and resource challenges that most Massachusetts local public health departments experience revealing the impact of under-investment and evolving community health risks. The idea of regionalizing and sharing services ultimately allows for more capacity to provide high-quality programs and services to more municipalities.

Shared service collaborations strengthen existing core public health services as well as fill gaps in essential services. These collaborations increase staff capacity and expertise, assist in attracting additional funding, and enhance delivery of better health protections, programs and outcomes.

MWSPHS consists of nine municipalities: Ashland, Framingham, Hopkinton, Hudson, Maynard, Medway, Milford, Millis and Natick.