Expanding Midwifery
Overview How women deliver babies in the United States has changed dramatically over the past two decades. The cesarean delivery rate, for example, rose by nearly 60%, peaking at 32.9…
Improving Services for Pregnant Women and Children 0-1 in Central New York State: Environmental Scan and Recommendations
We began our Maternal and Child Health Initiative in central New York in 2009. But before investing in any one area or strategy, we wanted to better understand what local…
Southern Finger Lakes Fund – Overview and Impact
In 2007, we reached an agreement with the New York State Attorney General to create a specific fund to provide grants that address the needs of vulnerable older adults and…
Quality Improvement Collaboratives: A Qualitative Study
A Quality Improvement Collaborative is a short-term learning program that brings together teams from multiple sites across a region to seek improvement in a focused topic area. The goal is…
CHOMPERS! Portable Dental Care Initiative: Lessons Learned from Program Implementation
In 2010, we commissioned Harder+Company Community Research to evaluate CHOMPERS! Bringing Dental Care to Kids, a multi-year initiative designed to improve dental health among children living in poverty. The Portable…
Maternal and Child Health Initiative Evaluation 2011-2014
The R/E/D Group examined our three interrelated strategies for improving maternal and child health in central New York: expanding midwifery, maternal and child health systems improvement and coordinating services coordination…
Positive Emotional Development and Learning Skills Initiative: Summary
In partnership with The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation, we commissioned Harder + Company Community Research to evaluate the PEDALS: Positive Emotional Development and Learning Skills, a multi-year initiative…
CHOMPERS! and Children’s Oral Health
CHOMPERS! Bringing Dental Care to Kids: Findings from the Cavity Free Kids Program
In 2010, we commissioned Harder+Company Community Research to evaluate CHOMPERS! Bringing Dental Care to Kids, a multi-year initiative designed to improve dental health among children living in poverty. Cavity Free…
2015 Stakeholder Assessment Report
In 2015, we commissioned The Center for Effective Philanthropy to conduct an Assessment Report of our stakeholders.The STAR provides comprehensive analysis and comparative data that helps us understand how our…