Children's Defense Fund - New York
$50,000
To develop community health profiles that synthesize data on child health outcomes and barriers to care such as environmental risks and the lack of access to health providers
Recognizing the critical importance of health and mental health care to individuals, families, and communities, the Foundation invests in programs or projects that achieve results aligned with the objectives outlined below. Please note that the "Results Sought" reflect the specific outcomes of highest interest to us at this time.
Promote access to care for underserved and/or uninsured populations.
Children's Defense Fund - New York
$50,000
To develop community health profiles that synthesize data on child health outcomes and barriers to care such as environmental risks and the lack of access to health providers
Increase the capacity of New Yorkers to be active and educated health care consumers who are able to make informed choices about their own health and effective use of the health care system.
Within this focus area, priority is given to primary, preventive and other non-disease-specific services.
Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc.
$150,000
For nurse recruitment and retention and to design and launch a clinical rotation program that will increase the number of nurses interested in the NYC Nurse-Family Partnership
The Institute for Family Health, Inc.
$100,000
To help enhance the usability and usefulness of MyChart-MyHealth, the Institute’s electronic health records system, and develop a related patient training program that will enable patients to access and understand their health information
Literacy Assistance Center, Inc.
$150,000
To help support the Health Literacy Resource Center
Promote the development and delivery of quality and responsive care for the most vulnerable populations.
Within this focus area, priority is given to the creation and demonstration of promising models and the training of practitioners.
The Big Apple Circus, LTD.
$25,000
To help support the Clown Care program at hospitals in New York City
Calvary Hospital, Inc.
$150,000
To help support the Calvary @ Home Nursing Home Hospice Program and to help support the Inpatient Level of Care program that provides an alternative level of care for those at the very end of life
CaringKind, The Heart of Alzheimer's Caregiving (formerly Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter)
$50,000
To help support the Professional Home Care Workers Dementia Training Program
Community Health Care Association of New York State
$85,000
For general support of CHCANYS’s work with community health centers across New York City
Montefiore Medical Center
$375,000
To expand the Healthy Steps program to another Montefiore pediatric primary care site
Northside Center for Child Development, Inc.
$50,000
To provide a third year of support for the Comprehensive Evaluation Program
St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan
$250,000
To help support for the Hospital’s Palliative Care Center for Service, Education, and Research
United Hospital Fund of New York
$275,000 (over two years)
To help lauch the Next Step in Care campaign, designed to stimulate effective partnerships between family caregivers and health care professionals to ensure safer and smoother transitions between care settings