All Older Americans Deserve a Strong Social Security Program
Originally published in October 2024, this post has been updated to include new information as a result of the 2024 presidential election. The Social Security Act of 1935 was one…
Health Foundation Awards More Than $140,000 in Grant Funding for a New Program Focused on Firearm Safety and Violence Prevention
The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has awarded more than $140,000 in grants to 15 community-based organizations in western and central New York through its new program,…
Applications being accepted for Health Equity Innovation Award Funding
The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has announced a new partnership with Univera Healthcare on the health plan’s 2024 Health Equity Innovation Awards, which provide funding to…
Health and Social Care Professionals Encouraged to Apply to Health Leadership Fellows Cohort 12
No-fee program aims to strengthen network of collaboration, solve health care challenges in western and central New York (BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, NY) The Health Foundation for Western & Central New…
Protecting and Strengthening Medicare Must Be a Priority Issue in the 2024 Election
What You Need to Know Medicare is a public health insurance program that was established in 1965 for older adults and people with disabilities Medicare insurance includes both public and…
Announcing Our Age-Friendly: Go Local 2.0 Cohort for 2024-2025
We are pleased to announce the 18 grantees in our newest cohort for Age-Friendly: Go Local 2.0, a program designed to help neighborhood-level groups and organizations build equitable and age-friendly…
Eight Organizations Receive Funding Through Close the Gap, Phase One of Imagine Nonviolence
The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York is proud to announce the 2024 grant recipients for Imagine Nonviolence: Close the Gap, the first phase of our initiative to…
Community Service Society Report Examines Local Outreach Methods to Increase Health Insurance Enrollment
Pilot program yields scalable methods that could be applied statewide to engage uninsured New Yorkers With the goal of addressing barriers to insurance enrollment faced by uninsured New Yorkers across…
Franca Trincia, CPA, Joins Board of Trustees of Health Foundation for Western & Central New York
(Buffalo and Syracuse, NY) The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has announced that Franca Trincia, CPA, of North Tonawanda, NY, has joined the Board of Trustees. Her…
Access, Poverty, Underfunded Services: Social Factors Lead to Poorer Health Outcomes in Rural Central New York
New report outlines challenges, opportunities in Cayuga, Cortland, Madison and Oswego counties (SYRACUSE, NY) The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has released a new report highlighting the…