Category: Age Friendly

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…

Health Foundation Awards Over $800,000 in Funding for the Second Quarter of 2024

In the second quarter of 2024, the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York invested in a range of partnerships and programs to advance racial and socioeconomic health equity…

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Health Foundation Awards Over $1.7 Million in Funding for the Last Half of 2023

Funding decisions during the final half of this year included support for age-friendly health systems, a Buffalo nonprofit that works to address race-based health disparities, and a systematic process to…

WNYICC Receives National Recognition for Social and Health Care Collaborations

By President Nora OBrien-Suric, PhD Congratulations to our grantee partner, the Western New York Integrated Care Collaborative, for receiving The John A. Hartford Foundation Business Innovation Award from the Aging…

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ASA Blog: New York is Committed to a Master Plan for Aging

Please note this blog post first appeared on the website for the American Association on Aging. We thank them for the opportunity. In 2022, New York became the latest state…

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An Oasis on Lake Erie for Family Caregivers: Exhale spurs innovation for respite programs

This story originally appeared in our 2022 annual report. Located south of Buffalo on the shores of Lake Erie, Cradle Beach is known as the long-time home of an enriching…

Announcing 2023 Age Friendly Go Local Awardees

Health Foundation Announces 18 Awardees for Age-Friendly: Go Local Projects

Initiatives will help bring equity-driven, age-friendly projects to neighborhoods (Buffalo and Syracuse, NY) The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York, in partnership with The New York Academy of…

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Health Foundation President OBrien-Suric Named to State’s Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Committee

CONTACT: Kerry Jones Waring | Phone: 716-380-7319 | Email: kjwaring@hfwcny.org 28 Statewide Experts will Advise Plan for Healthy, Inclusive Communities for Aging New Yorkers BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Nora…

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Health Foundation Announces Age-Friendly: Go Local Program to Support Groups Making Neighborhoods More Livable and Equitable

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 26, 2022 CONTACT: Kerry Jones Waring | kjwaring@hfwcny.org | 716-380-7319 BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has…

Building Bridges To Community Care For Older Adults In Genesee County

At the Health Foundation, we truly enjoy highlighting our grantee partners and the amazing work that they do. Here is a spotlight from our 2021 annual report: Connections. In rural…