With a goal of supporting the workforce of tomorrow, the Health Foundation joined 24 of Western New York’s top funders to launch a joint initiative to improve early childhood health…
Recognizing that lead poisoning permanently reduces a child’s ability to learn and is completely preventable, the City of Buffalo and early childhood funders in western New York commissioned a report…
Too many of New York’s youngest children are living in families experiencing severe economic hardship, facing adversities that reduce their chances of succeeding in school and beyond. While New York…
If you’re a nonprofit looking to strengthen your organization’s marketing communications, we’ve partnered with The John R. Oishei Foundation to develop these informational communications tool kits. Topics include communications planning,…
Since our founding in 2002, we have worked closely together with our partners to spark real, lasting change in the health and health care of older adults and young children…
Overview In Buffalo, three or four out of every five children live in poverty. One of those also suffers from asthma, a condition that often results in missed school, lethargy…
Overview School-based health centers can be an effective alternative for providing health care to school-age children who lack access in a traditional setting, providing primary care, mental health, dental, preventive…
Overview Nuts and Bolts was a $2.2 million, three-year program designed to improve physical, mental and oral health outcomes for children in selected communities of poverty in western and central…
In 2010, we analyzed data from 2005-2007 births in western New York to identify “hot spot” communities with high poverty rates and a high risk of poor maternal and child health…