Recent Updates
Our View: Better Health by the Numbers
By Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D. President Creating better community health is complex work. But here in Western New York, we’re hoping that focusing on a simple set of numbers—3-4-50—will make a…
Our View: Building Better Communities for Better Health
By Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D. President When we talk about improving health, communities matter. Expanding access to high quality, affordable medical care and health services is certainly important, but where we…
Our View: Protect programs that provide access to care
By Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D. President While spring is officially here, it’s looking like sunny skies may not be in the forecast for New York state’s budget. As lawmakers grapple with projected…
Our View: Trauma-informed care helps build resilient children, families
By Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D. President For better or worse, when celebrities speak, society pays attention. With this power, those living in the limelight can draw our attention to important issues….
Our View: Failure to fund community health centers tears hole in safety net
By Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D. President More than 27 million Americans are facing a new health care crisis. When Congress voted to restore funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program as…
Our View: CHIP is critical for children’s healthy development
By Nora OBrien-Suric, Ph.D. President Health care for millions of American children is being held hostage. The Children’s Health Insurance Program covers nearly nine million children nationwide, and right now…
A look back at 2017 with Health Foundation President Nora OBrien-Suric
With the holidays nearly here, I wanted to take a quick look back at what we have accomplished with our partners in 2017 and share with you a little bit about…
Our View: Help children build resiliency to reduce lasting impact of trauma
By Monica Brown Program Officer As a colleague of mine says, “our collective goal is to help our youngest people grow into the greatest older people they can become.” As…
Our View: The American Health Care Act—Status and Stakes
By Diane Oyler Program Officer The American Health Care Act was passed by the House of Representatives on May 4 and is now being taken up by the U.S. Senate. …
Our View: Helping organizations survive and thrive through capacity building
By Lisa Fasolo Frishman Senior Program Officer I have spent a great deal of time recently thinking about nonprofit resiliency in the wake of the current political climate at the…