Recent Updates

Honoring, Mourning, and Remaining Committed to Action
img credit: CNN By Nora OBrien-Suric, PhD, President On Sunday, May 14, the Buffalo community will mark one year since a shooter, driven by hatred and the vicious lies of…

Health Foundation Announces New Initiative and $500,000 in Funding to Advance Rural Health
Funding, advocacy, forthcoming report made possible by gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in 2022 BUFFALO AND SYRACUSE, NY – The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York announced a…

Don’t Defund Community Health Care; Stop the 340B Carveout
Read this post on our blog here. By Nora OBrien-Suric, PhD President A regulatory change that has been in the works for several years in New York State has gone…

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…

Community Birth Doulas Can Save Lives and Improve Maternal Health Outcomes
An edited version of this piece was originally published in The Buffalo News on April 12, 2023 By Darcy Dreyer, Director, Maternal Infant Health, March of Dimes NY/NJ and Nora…