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3-4-50 Framework aligns existing efforts to create healthier community

Improving the health and well-being of our community will require the collective effort of everyone living in it. Today, three behaviors (tobacco use, poor diet and sedentary lifestyle) contribute to…

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…

Grantee Reports

Funding supports health-related programming at WBFO, WRVO

The Health Foundation for Western and Central New York has awarded grant funding to WBFO-FM in Western New York and WRVO Public Media in central New York to support health-related…

Health Foundation awards $50,000 grant to establish healthy aging framework

The Health Foundation for Western and Central New York has awarded a $50,000 grant to the New York State Department of Health to establish a healthy aging framework within Governor…

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…