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.
Expand access to health care for underserved, uninsured, or vulnerable populations or communities.
(Priority will be given to projects aimed at systems-change or that are systemic or community-wide in scale or approach.)
Fund for the City of New York, Inc.
$200,000
To launch a pooled fund to help support the private-match requirements of community-based organizations partcipating in the federally funded NYC Connections to Care program, a program aimed at developing and integrating mental illness prevention, screening, and treatment capacity into the work of fifteen community organizations
Expand and strengthen quality out-of-hospital health care for the most underserved and vulnerable populations.
(Priority will be given to programs capable of being sustained with earned or public sector revenue, producing outcomes of long-term value in a short time, and/or of reducing cost to the system while maintaining or improving quality of care to the individual.)
CAMBA, Inc.
$150,000 (over eighteen months)
To help support the introduction of a stratified model of care coordination into CAMBA’s Health Link Program for Medicaid enrollees with multiple, complex chronic illnesses, and allowing CAMBA to employ and evaluate the more intensive and evidence-based "Critical Time Intervention" approach with high-acuity high-need clients in crisis or confronting significant social or functional barriers to health
The Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. (aka Carter Burden Network)
$75,000 (over fifteen months)
To help develop a strategy and business case for sustainability of the Metro East 99th Street Hybrid Social Adult Day Program
Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens
$100,000 (over fifteen months)
To further the development and implementation of the Call Center and Walk-In Center programs as efficient points of entry to appropriate agency (and external) services, and an all-client database and IT-based referral tracking system designed to support an integrated approach to case management
Center for Urban Community Services, Inc.
$65,000
To help strengthen the infrastructure needed to maximize billing efficiency and achieve financial sustainability through Medicaid reimbursement for primary care services under newly executed Medicaid Managed Care contracts
Children's Defense Fund - New York
$50,000 (over fourteen months)
To support the development of a report and recommendations that could shape the City's approach to addressing the significant health needs of some of its most vulnerable children -- e.g., homeless children/youth and unaccompanied immigrant minors -- through school-based health programs
Community Health Care Association of New York State
$50,000 (over six months)
To support capacity building and planning aimed at strengthening its Center for Primary Care Informatics and related data-analytics support services for member clinics as they move toward the creation of Independent Practice Associations, and generally prepare for an era of value-based payment within NYS Medicaid
Human Services Council of New York City, Inc.
$100,000
To create a value-based payment roadmap for the human services sector, charting a path towards sustainability, viability, and quality in the coming managed care system
The Institute for Family Health, Inc.
$65,000
To support the refinement of a protocol to screen for adverse social conditions in a primary care setting, and to initiate analysis of referrals and progress made in order to assess impact on patient status and, ultimately, on patient health
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged
$75,000 (over fifteen months)
As a final grant to help increase program and service capacity through the development and implementation of a Universal Client Record System (UCRS)
Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services, Inc.
$150,000 (over eighteen months)
To help support the Value-Based Payment Pilot Project, an 18-month project to plan, identify, implement, and evaluate the organizational systems and changes needed to transition to value-based payment under NYS Medicaid, while developing a model and a learning tool/blueprint for change to be shared across the sector and statewide
The New York Academy of Medicine
$150,000 (over eighteen months)
To conduct and report on the results of an applied research study examining best practices, recurrent challenges, and lessons learned in an effort to forge sustainable partnerships between hospitals/health systems and community-based organizations/providers
Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc.
$35,000
To provide support for policy and advocacy efforts to address challenges and maximize opportunities arising from New York State's interest in supportive housing as one strategy to strengthen health outcomes and reduce health costs in the care of homeless and recently homeless Medicaid enrollees
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.
$150,000 (over eighteen months)
To enable UJA-Federation of New York, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA), and Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New York to offer a program of learning labs and customized technical assistance to nonprofit agencies in their networks that are confronted with significant challenges, opportunities, and uncertainties related to New York State's Medicaid redesign
Urban Pathways, Inc.
$50,000 (over fifteen months)
To help support the implementation and evaluation of a Medical Wellness Program that introduces basic health education and monitoring on site at its supportive housing residences, to connect residents to community-based health care, and by so doing, engage clients in primary care and reduce reliance on emergency services
Promote development and expansion of the workforce needed to support delivery of primary, community-based, and at-home health care and care management for the most vulnerable populations.
Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.
$100,000
To help support a targeted initiative to demonstrate the value of home care workers to the clinical outcomes prioritized by NYS's Medicaid strategy—and to enhance the training, roles, and funding needed to support this effort
ReServe Elder Service, Inc.
$40,000
To pursue strategies and partnerships that will help to ensure the sustainability of ReServe's Dementia Care Coach (DCC) program
Sunnyside Community Services, Inc.
$85,000
To support the Spanish Language Home Health Aid (HHA) Training Program and to help support capacity-building efforts to develop a "value proposition" for home health care within a continuum of care for seniors