Recent Updates
Health Leadership Fellows Applications Now Accepted
Applications for Health Leadership Fellows Cohort 13 are now being accepted. The goal of the Health Leadership Fellows program is to develop and strengthen a diverse network of collaborative leaders with organizations and systems...
Announcing Our Age-Friendly: Go Local 3.0 Cohort for 2026-2027
We are pleased to present the newest members of our Age-Friendly: Go Local program. These 19 organizations, which make up the program’s third cohort, will focus on projects that advance…
How New York Can Help More Caregivers After the 2027 Medicaid Changes
The 2025 budget reconciliation package—also known as H.R.1 or the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—will force changes to the Medicaid program in less than a year. Beginning in January 2027,…
Health Foundation Welcomes Braxton and Nicolson to Board of Trustees
BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, NY – The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York has named Derien Braxton, MD, MPH, and Karen Nicolson, Esq., to its Board of Trustees. Along...
Response to President Trump’s 2026 State of the Union Address
On Tuesday, February 24, President Donald J. Trump delivered the annual State of the Union address to the nation. Nora Suric, President of the Health Foundation for Western & Central…
Announcing the Winners of the 2026 Social Connection Grants
The USAging’s Strengthening Social Connection in Communities (SSCC) has announced funding for 11 organizations to replicate and sustain evidence-based and evidence-informed social connection programs, partnerships, and referral processes in communities….
Ten WNY Nonprofits Selected for StoryGrowing WNY 2026
Program offers communications expertise to help accelerate nonprofit impact and influence narrative change (Buffalo, NY) Ten nonprofit organizations have been selected from a field of more than 40 applicants to...
New York State’s Medicaid 1115 Waiver: Building Stronger Social Care Networks and Sustainable Community-Based Organizations
Established in 1965, Medicaid was designed as a federal-state medical insurance program for people with low incomes. Today, the program in New York State is poised to be so much…
Response to Governor Hochul’s 2026 State of the State Address
On Tuesday, January 13, Governor Kathy Hochul presented her annual State of the State message to fellow New Yorkers, through both an online State of the State book and a…
Daemen and Health Foundation Announce Partnership on Fellows Program
Daemen University and the Health Foundation for Western & Central New York (HFWCNY) have partnered to offer graduates of the HFWCNY’s Health Leadership Fellows program six academic credits toward Daemen’s Leadership...