Recent Updates
Bringing More Doulas — And Better Birth Experiences — To Central New York
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. All people…
Stronger Social-Emotional Skills And More Resilient Kids: PEDALS Impact Continues To Grow
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. The data…
Health Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million to Programs and Projects Across Western and Central New York in the Second Quarter of 2022
Funded projects include urgent community needs following May 14 shooting; doula coordination; and infant and child safety in the Southern Tier. In the second quarter of 2022, the Health Foundation…
Health Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants in the Second Quarter of 2021
Funded projects include early childhood programs; expanded services for older adults living at home; and an innovative approach to highlighting caregiver issues Between March 10 and June 16, 2021, the…
Cavity Free Kids hubs spread good oral health habits throughout the region
While some preschoolers formed lines and patiently waited a turn, others excitedly ran from one oral health activity to the next, each child eager to blurt out a tooth-healthy food…
Ready or Not prepares organizations for success in rapidly changing times
The name says it all for this program. Through Ready or Not, our goal is to assist health and human services organizations coping with a shifting economic and regulatory environment….
Capacity building efforts help practices expand access to midwifery care
A growing number of U.S. mothers are turning to midwives for prenatal care, labor and birth. And current research may tell us why – it shows that the midwifery model…
PEDALS: Preparing Kids for Kindergarten
Singing to the tune of the well-known French children’s rhyme Frere Jacques, the sound of more than a dozen little voices filled the classroom at Bethel Head Start in Buffalo,…