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.
Results Sought:
(Priority will be given to projects aimed at systems-change or that are systemic or community-wide in scale or approach.)
Brooklyn Communities Collaborative
$150,000 (over fifteen months)
To support Safe Access Health: Expanding Telehealth Access in Brooklyn
The Coalition for Behavioral Health, Inc.
$135,000 (over twenty months)
To assess financial vulnerabilities and provide technical assistance on financial and risk management strategies for community-based providers of mental health and addiction services
Legal Action Center
$50,000
To maximize access to healthcare for individuals soon-to-be-discharged from prisons and jails and those with conviction histories
Expand and strengthen quality out-of-hospital health care for the most underserved and vulnerable populations.
Results Sought:
(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.)
AIRnyc
$25,000 (over three months)
To support its project, AIRnyc, and the responsible wind-down of Maternal Child Health client services and/or organizational planning to sustain Community Health Worker-led client care
Anthos Home Inc.
$100,000 (over eighteen months)
To develop a framework defining best practices and partnerships for supporting independent living of 'high health need' households placed in affordable housing
The Arab-American Family Support Center, Inc.
$100,000
To support mental health and wraparound services for immigrant and refugee communities in NYC
Brownsville Community Development Corporation (dba BMS Family Health and Wellness Centers)
$110,000
For patient navigation at the BMS Express Care @ Dumont Urgent Care Services Center
CAMBA, Inc.
$52,000
For oversight and implementation of internal client screening and referral systems
Community Health Care Association of New York State
$150,000
To strengthen the financial, operational, and strategic capacity of New York's community health centers
The New York Community Trust (Care Coordination Fund)
$400,000 (over two years)
To improve care coordination and care for homeless New Yorkers with serious mental illness
Primary Care Development Corporation
$100,000 (over fifteen months)
To strengthen safety net primary care in NYC through improved operations, scenario planning, and technical assistance in uncertain times
Urban Health Plan
$50,000 (over fifteen months)
To support an assessment of services for older adults, and development of a plan to enhance and integrate them under one umbrella
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.
Results Sought: