Focus Area: Young Children Impacted by Poverty

Communications Toolkit

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,…

A Blueprint for Change

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…

Pediatric Asthma Initiative

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…

PEDALS Toolkit

The PEDALS toolkit has tip sheets, checklists and materials that enhance the PEDALS curriculum and outcomes for both teachers and children. PEDALS coaches and teachers have used these documents, and...

School-Based Health Center Readiness

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…

Improving Quality Improvement

Overview A Quality Improvement Collaborative is a short-term learning program that brings together teams from multiple sites for improvements in specific area. The goal is to raise the bar on…

Addressing Children’s Oral Health in Buffalo, NY

Dental disease is the most common chronic childhood disease in the United States but it’s almost completely preventable. Children in low-income families are especially at risk, and due to disparities...

Early Childhood Connections

Overview We designed the Early Childhood Connections Pilot Program to help doctors identify developmental and behavioral problems in children up to age five and connect their families to the services…