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Category: 20th Anniversary
- Impact Snapshot: Strengthening Community-Driven Health Care
- Well is Being: 20 Years on the Path Toward Health Equity
- Impact Snapshot: “We Gain Strength by Joining Together”
- Strengthening Leaders and Building Partnerships Through Health Leadership Fellows
Category: Advocacy
- Catalyst for Change: Buffalo Center for Health Equity
- Response to President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address
- Better Maternal and Birth Outcomes: Why the Health Foundation Is Investing in Doulas
- Response to Governor Hochul’s 2024 State of the State Address
- MEDIA ADVISORY: Community Invited to Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion on the High Costs of Hospital Care
- ASA Blog: New York is Committed to a Master Plan for Aging
- A Head Start to Keep People Covered: “All hands on deck” collaboration builds on success of Health Foundation project
- Health Foundation Announces New Initiative and $500,000 in Funding to Advance Rural Health
- Don’t Defund Community Health Care; Stop the 340B Carveout
- Health Foundation Announces 18 Awardees for Age-Friendly: Go Local Projects
- Written Comment from Health Foundation for Western & Central New York in Response to 1332 Waiver Request
- Big Wins for Health Care in the Inflation Reduction Act
- Health Foundation President OBrien-Suric Named to State’s Master Plan for Aging Stakeholder Committee
- From AARP NY: Older Rural New Yorkers Struggle to Age in Place: Housing, Transportation Shortages Present Challenges
- Buffalo Center For Health Equity: Advocating For Community Voice In American Rescue Plan Allocations
- Statement in Response to the Inflation Reduction Act
- Health Foundation Awards Nearly $2 Million to Programs and Projects Across Western and Central New York in the Second Quarter of 2022
- Better Health Coverage, Better Outcomes: The Urgent Need to Make ACA Improvements Permanent
- Public Comments on Proposed 1115 Medicaid Waiver Amendment
- Health Foundation Funds Programs Across WNY and CNY in the First Quarter of 2022
- New Report from Health Foundation Highlights Disparities, Systemic Needs for Community Health in WNY’S Southern Tier
- Older Rural NYers Sicker & More Disabled, Have Less Access to Healthcare, Nutritious Food, High-Speed Internet: Report
- Congress Has the Chance to Change Lives with the Build Back Better Act
- Strengthening Medicare is More Important Than Ever
- Advocacy Priorities: Submitted to the NYS Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Health and Medicaid
Category: Age Friendly
- Health Foundation Awards Over $1.7 Million in Funding for the Last Half of 2023
- WNYICC Receives National Recognition for Social and Health Care Collaborations
- An Oasis on Lake Erie for Family Caregivers: Exhale spurs innovation for respite programs
- Health Foundation Announces Age-Friendly: Go Local Program to Support Groups Making Neighborhoods More Livable and Equitable
- Building Bridges To Community Care For Older Adults In Genesee County
- Supporting Healthy Aging Across New York State
- The Health Foundation Awards Over $1 Million in Grants in the Last Quarter of 2021
- The Health Foundation Awards $674,950 in Grants in the Third Quarter of 2021
- A Closer Look at Our Strategic Plan: Communities and Health Systems are Working Collaboratively to Become Age-Friendly
Category: Aging By Design
- Navigating Programs and Services at Age 65
- Ken-Ton Meals on Wheels: Handyman Program is “More than a Meal”
- Expanding Participation at The Parkway Center
- Improving Rural Transportation Options in Orleans County
- Gathering Around with InterFaith Works
- Co-Design at Academy Place & Community Place
- Street Team Training: Preparing to listen
- Field Trip: ‘Pulling’ Need Statements and Insights
- Postcards and Empathy Maps Across WNY and CNY
- Journaling Webinar Wrap-up
- Webinar: Identifying Needs & Insights
- Needs and Insights Webinar Wrap-up
- Design Days: A Facilitator’s Reflection
Category: American Rescue Plan
Category: Caregiving
- National Family Caregivers Month: Caring for Caregivers
- National Family Caregivers Month: Exploring the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers
- Exhale, the Family Caregiver Initiative, Announces 12 New Grantees for 2022 Program Spanning Local Western New York Counties and Washtenaw County, MI
- An Impact Across Generations: Respite Pilot Connects Older Adults And Students, Giving Caregivers A Chance To Exhale
- Ralph C. Wilson. Jr. Foundation and HFWCNY Announce “Exhale: The Family Caregiver Initiative” Program Launch
- A Closer Look At Our Strategic Plan: Family Caregivers of Older Adults Are Valued and Supported
- Older Americans Month: Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness During and Beyond the Pandemic
- Grantee Spotlight: West Falls Center for the Arts Memory Café
- Grantee Spotlight: Relatives as Parents Program at PEACE, Inc.
- Health Foundation Announces New Grants Totaling More Than $2.8 Million in Second Half of 2020
- National Family Caregivers Month: Supporting Caregivers Through Crisis
Category: Children
- Health Foundation Invests in Rural Maternal Health Care Through New Approach to OB/GYN Staffing at Universal Primary Care
- From Surviving to Thriving—Together: Trauma-informed program in Onondaga County helps parents and kids grow
- Community Birth Doulas Can Save Lives and Improve Maternal Health Outcomes
- A Welcoming Place to Play — and Find Support — for Cayuga County Families
- Stronger Social-Emotional Skills And More Resilient Kids: PEDALS Impact Continues To Grow
- A Closer Look At Our Strategic Plan: All Mothers Are Served by Trusted, Unbiased, High-Quality Infant and Maternal Health Care
- A Closer Look At Our Strategic Plan: Children Have Access to High-Quality Social-Emotional Learning Support.
- HFWCNY Announces 13 CCWB Grant Recipients, Investment of More Than $1.7 Million in Projects on Trauma-Informed Care for Children
Category: Community Health Capacity
- Making Connections for Better Human Service Delivery
- Eight Nonprofits Selected for StoryGrowing WNY 2024
- Combating an Oral Health Crisis #TransformRuralHealth
- Apply Now for Health Leadership Fellows Cohort 11
- Connecting The Dots And Closing Loops: Data That Drives Health
- Building a Stronger Health Care Workforce
- Health Foundation Announces Micro-Grant Fund to Address Health Disparities in Rural Communities
- Conversations on Rural Health Disparities – Micro-Grant Funding
- Eight Local Non-Profits Selected for 2022 StoryGrowing WNY
- Health Foundation Selects 34 for Cohort 10 of Health Leadership Fellows
- Q&A: How the Health Leadership Fellows Program Can Change Your Career
- Our View: Better Health by the Numbers
- Our View: Building Better Communities for Better Health
- Ready or Not prepares organizations for success in rapidly changing times
- Our View: The American Health Care Act—Status and Stakes
- Our View: Helping organizations survive and thrive through capacity building
- Presentations from March 24 WNY DSRIP update meeting now available
Category: COVID
Category: COVID-19
- Another Voice (The Buffalo News): Relief plan will strengthen health coverage in New York
Category: Grantee Spotlight
- “Whatever they need, they can call us” – RISE breaks down barriers to bring trusted care management to New Americans
- At Community Health Center of Buffalo, ‘What Matters’ Comes First
- Health Foundation Awards Over $1.5 Million to Programs and Projects Across Western and Central New York in the Last Quarter of 2022
- Bringing More Doulas — And Better Birth Experiences — To Central New York
- Grantee Spotlight: Fellows Action Network’s DEIJ Committee
- Grantee Spotlight: Erie Niagara Area Health Education Center
- Grantee Spotlight: CBO Consortium of Upstate New York
- Grantee Spotlight: Say Yes Buffalo
- Grantee Spotlight: Early Childhood Alliance of Onondaga County
- Grantee Spotlight: Parkway Center
- Grantee Spotlight: Hearts & Hands – Faith in Action
Category: Health Technology
Category: Job Posts
- Now Hiring: Program Officer
Category: Loneliness
Category: Maternal Health
Category: News
- Imagine Nonviolence: Close the Gap Request for Applications
- Health Foundation Awards $150,000 Grant to Bolster Health in Rural Counties Through New York State Association for Rural Health
- Now Accepting Proposals for Age-Friendly: Go Local
- Health Foundation Welcomes Two New Staff Members to Advance Vision of Health Equity
- Now Hiring: Program Officer
- Transform Rural Health Campaign Raises Awareness of Disparities, Calls for Systemic Change Through Firsthand Stories
- Health Foundation funds new programs and projects in first half of 2023
- Health Foundation Board Names New Chair, Welcomes Four New Trustees
- Honoring, Mourning, and Remaining Committed to Action
- Health Foundation Announces Staff Promotions
- Funding Opportunity: Fellows Action Network Micro-Grants
- Response to the 2023 NYS State of the State Address
- Celebrating 20 Years on the Path Toward Health Equity
- Request for Proposals: Equity in Communications Review and Recommendations
- Response to Executive Order for a NYS Master Plan for Aging
- Health Foundation Welcomes Health Care Attorney Catherine Diviney to Board of Trustees
- Health Foundation for Western & Central New York Receives $9 Million Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott to Support Health Equity Initiatives
- Health Foundation Awards Over $1 Million to Programs and Projects in the Third Quarter of 2022
- Age-Friendly: Go Local Request for Proposals
- A Caring Network Of Neighbors: Love Living At Home
- Health Foundation Welcomes McDuffie and Paul to Board of Trustees
- A Statement from Cheryl Smith Fisher, Chair, and Nora OBrien-Suric, President
- Cross-Sector Coalition Shares Key Issues to Consider in Gov. Hochul’s Master Plan for Aging
- Statement in Response to Gov. Hochul’s 2022 State of the State
- Leaders from More than 80 Organizations Call on Governor Hochul to Launch a Master Plan for Aging in New York State
- The Case for a Master Plan for Aging in New York
- Health Foundation Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants in the Second Quarter of 2021
- Roxanne Cuebas Joins Health Foundation as Program Manager
- A Closer Look at Our Strategic Plan: Equipping Communities with Trauma-Informed Practices
- Health Foundation Welcomes Four to Board of Trustees
- Valerie Gaydosh Joins Health Foundation as Director of Finance and Administration
- Health Foundation Awards Over $900,000 in Grants in the First Quarter of 2021
- Sign-On Letter – Tell AG James: Highmark/HealthNow Must Commit More to Western New Yorkers
- HealthNow Affiliation with Highmark Misses the Mark for Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
- Black History Month Spotlight: Marie Cannon, a Leader in Community Health
- A Message for the New Year: Seeking Hope When We Need it Most
- In Your Own Words: The Impact of COVID-19 on Community-Based Organizations
- NYS Office for the Aging Announces Launch of New Online Tool to Help Older New Yorkers and Other High-Risk Individuals Protect Themselves from COVID-19
- Health Foundation Statement on Blackbaud National Data Breach
- Key Takeaways: Election 2020 & Your Health Care
- Health Foundation Announces New Vision and Strategic Plan
- National Falls Prevention Awareness Week 2020: How Clinicians and Community-Based Programs Play a Role
- Applications Now Accepted for Health Leadership Fellows Program Cohort 10
- WNY COVID-19 Response Fund Announces Funding to Support Collaborative Solutions to Regional Challenges
- Kent Olden Named Health Foundation Communications Content Manager
- Grandparents Day 2020: Being There for Kinship Caregivers in Exceptional Times
- Our View: Support Home Care Programs to Protect Older Adults, Caregivers and Front-Line Care Workers
- Our View: Congress Must Pass a New Comprehensive Relief Package ASAP
- Health Foundation Invests More than $1.6 Million in January – June 2020 to Improve Health of Community, Address COVID-19 Needs
- Chionuma and Williams Join Health Foundation Board of Trustees
- WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund Seeking Ideas from Nonprofits to Address Challenges
- Heeding the Call to Do Their Part
- World Elder Abuse Awareness Day: Being Together While Staying Apart
- Now Hiring: Communications Content Specialist
- Race, Health and the Work We Must Do Together
- How Congress Can Act Now in Response to COVID-19 to Save and Improve Lives
- Older Americans Month Round-Up: Lessons from COVID-19 and More
- Health Leadership Fellows Cohort 10 Postponed
- Complicated Grieving: How Faith Leaders Can Provide Support in Uncertain Times
- WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund Awards Additional $1 Million to Support Nonprofits Addressing Immediate Needs
- Western New York Community Leaders are Pledging their Personal Financial Support in Response to COVID-19 Crisis
- COVID-19 Updates from the Health Foundation
- WNY COVID-19 Community Response Fund Announces Grants Totaling $4.5 Million to 74 Nonprofit Organizations
- Health Foundation Partners on Central New York COVID-19 Response Fund
- Advocacy Update: Legislation to Support Nonprofits in Difficult Times
- A Message to Our Grantees
- WNY Philanthropic Community Announces Fund to Support Immediate Needs In Response to COVID-19
- Updates to Health Foundation Events and Programs In Response to COVID-19
- Our COVID-19 Response
- Health Foundation Selects Population Health Collaborative to Provide Network Support to Fellows Action Network
- StoryGrowing WNY: Nonprofits Invited to Hone Their Communications Skills with National Storytelling Expert
- Our View: Shifting Medicaid Costs Will Hurt the Health of New Yorkers
- Connecting Social Needs to Health Care for Better Outcomes
- Health Foundation Awards Nearly $1.9 Million in Recent Grants
- Looking Ahead: Health Care for All New Yorkers
- Health Foundation Awards Grants to Three Counties to Develop Age-Friendly Centers of Excellence
- Celebrating and Supporting Caregivers in Our Community
- Health Foundation Leadership to Share Knowledge with National Audience at Grantmakers in Aging Conference
- Our View: What to Know About the DSRIP Extension, and How You Can Help Shape It
- Equity and Livability: Health Foundation Hosts Workshop with AARP New York
- Our View: Making Our Communities Livable for All New Yorkers
- Health Foundation Names Kerry Jones Waring Communications and Public Relations Officer
- Health Foundation Board of Trustees names Lisa Alford as Vice Chair
- Health Foundation Board of Trustees names Cheryl Smith Fisher as Chair
- Our View: Eligible, But Not Enrolled: Overcoming Barriers to Accessing Health Insurance
- Our View: Early Victory Helps Build Momentum for Kids Can’t Wait Initiative
- Program investments totaling $3.1 million announced
- HFWCNY funds multiple health-related projects for older adults and children
- Our View: Confronting Elder Abuse Together
- Our View: Celebrating, Supporting Older Adults During Older Americans Month
- Our View: What New York Can Learn from Maryland Law to Start Closing the Gap
- HFWCNY Impact Profiles
- Thirty Health Leadership Fellows Graduate in April 29 Ceremony
- “Numbers and Stories” Inform Profile of Health Coverage in Western & Central NY; Many Uninsured in 16 Counties Likely Eligible for Help
- Our View: Bringing affordable health care to every New Yorker
- Tapping into the Power of Storytelling in Western New York
- Our View: Building A New Conversation About Caregiving
- CNY registration for Co-Creating Well-Being training opportunities now live!
- Applications now being accepted for StoryGrowing WNY!
- HFWCNY Funds 17 Programs to Support the Health and Wellbeing of Children
- Program investments and grant awards totaling over $2.2 million announced
- StoryGrowing WNY is Returning!
- Our View “Co-Creating New Approaches to Trauma-Informed Care”
- Our View: “No Need to Wait: Investing Early for Lifelong Success”
- Announcing two training opportunities:” Trauma, ACEs and Early Childhood”, and the innovative engagement model “Human-Centered Design”
- Health Foundation announces 2018 class of Health Leadership Fellows
- Introducing a new initiative to support children and families through trauma
- “Innovations in Children’s Health and Well-being in WNY & CNY” RFP
- Looking Toward the Future, A Review of Western New York’s Early Childhood System
- Health Foundation Promotes Diane Oyler to Vice President of Programs
- Grants Totaling Over $1.5 Million Approved by HFWCNY Board of Trustees at June 2018 Meeting
- Registration Open: AARP Leading on Livability Pre-Conference Summit
- Foundation engages community leaders to discuss Health Across All Policies approach
- Health Leadership Fellows teams tackle tough issues in final projects
- Panel focuses on importance of partnerships at ‘Health System of the Future’ event
- Seventh class of Health Leadership Fellows graduates at April 23 ceremony
- Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation endows new program officer for caregiving position
- ‘Pathways to School Readiness’ event to focus on barriers, opportunities facing young girls in WNY
- ‘Health System of the Future’ presentation, panel discussion April 11
- Health Foundation partners with state to spread Aging Mastery Program across WNY
- 3-4-50 Framework aligns existing efforts to create healthier community
- Our View: CHIP is critical for children’s healthy development
- Funding supports health-related programming at WBFO, WRVO
- Health Foundation awards $50,000 grant to establish healthy aging framework
- A look back at 2017 with Health Foundation President Nora OBrien-Suric
- StoryGrowing Class of 2018 includes 15 non-profits from WNY, CNY
- Health Foundation accepting applications for ninth class of Health Leadership Fellows
- Health Foundation awards more than $500,000 in grants in first half of 2017
- Cavity Free Kids hubs spread good oral health habits throughout the region
- Central New York StoryGrowing Information Session July 19
- Health Foundation selects 34 for eighth cohort of Health Leadership Fellows
- Sixth class of Health Leadership Fellows graduates at April 24 ceremony
- Request for Applications: Aging by Design
- A message from the president of the Health Foundation
- Foundation kicks off community conversation on caregiving at ‘Families Caring for an Aging America’ event
- Help Me Grow awarded $1.8 million grant from Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
- Scholarships available for rural health professionals interested in geriatric and palliative medicine
- Grant advances policy efforts to support trauma informed care
- Health Foundation names Nora OBrien-Suric as new president
- Application deadline for Health Leadership Fellows program EXTENDED to January 13
- Behavioral Health Value Based Payment conference presentations, video available
- Health Foundation unveils new logo for ‘Step Up to Stop Falls’ program
- WNY DSRIP Performing Provider presentations now available to download
- Ann F. Monroe announces plans to retire as president of Health Foundation in December 2016
Category: Older Adults
- Elder Abuse Awareness campaign encourages public to take action
- Health Foundation Partners with Jewish Federations of North America for May 31 Webinar on Older Adults and Trauma-Informed Care
- Stay Informed About New York’s Master Plan for Aging – Add Your Name
- Older Americans Month Spotlight: Dr. Sharon A. Brangman, a Champion for Older Adults
- Autumn Means Focusing on Another “Fall”
Category: Opinion
- Our View: Protect programs that provide access to care
- Our View: Trauma-informed care helps build resilient children, families
- Our View: Failure to fund community health centers tears hole in safety net
- Our View: Help children build resiliency to reduce lasting impact of trauma
- Success in school requires more than the three R’s
Category: Press Release
- Kristen Luppino-Gholston Joins Health Foundation as Program Officer
- Local Non-Profits Selected for StoryGrowing Western New York
- New Multi-Year Program Aims to Provide Training for Agencies Supporting Children and Families Through Trauma
- Health Foundation appoints Whitwood and McCall to Board of Trustees
- Save the date! ‘Leading on Livability: Innovation for an Age Friendly New York’ August 1-3
- Health Foundation names four new members to Board of Trustees
- Health Foundation announces two new team members join Syracuse office
- Health Foundation selects 10 organizations for next phase of Aging by Design initiative
- Health Foundation Board of Trustees re-elects members and leadership
- Health Foundation names Fasolo Frishman as senior program officer
- Oyler joins Health Foundation staff as program officer
- Health Foundation Board of Trustees elects new members and leadership
- Health Foundation promotes Quarantillo, Williams
- Board of Trustees retains Isaacson, Miller to assist in presidential search
- Health Foundation selects seventh cohort of Health Leadership Fellows
- New StoryGrowing initiative building community capacity in storytelling
- Report shows overall improvement in stakeholder ratings for Health Foundation
- Cavity Free Kids teaching preschoolers healthy dental habits
- News from the Health Foundation: Spring 2016
- Policy brief introduces Triggers of Decline model
- The Health Foundation graduates fifth class of Health Leadership Fellows
- Health Foundation expands Cavity Free Kids initiative
- Grantmakers in Aging selects Ann F. Monroe as Board chair
- Health Foundation hires Rosenthal as new policy fellow
- Hospitalization rates for falls decrease significantly for counties in Step Up to to Stop Falls program
- Health Foundation welcomes Kosmerl as new administrative assistant
- Health Foundation selects sixth class of Health Leadership Fellows
- Felton and Frank appointed to Board of Trustees
- Copps joins Health Foundation staff
- Health Foundation graduates fourth class of Health Leadership Fellows
- McLaughlin named Communications Director for Health Foundation
- Health Foundation for Western and Central New York announces grants awarded for second half of 2014
- The Health Foundation expands children’s oral health project across western and central New York
- Williams selected as 2014 Terrance Keenan Institute fellow
- Postolovska joins Health Foundation staff as new program associate
- Health Foundation names four new members to its Board of Trustees
- Health Foundation names 2014 class of Health Leadership Fellows
- Health Foundation, JSI release final draft of 2013 CNY Primary Care Safety Net Assessment
- Health Foundation adds new staff members Brown and Carswell-Sheline
- Health Foundation awards more than $2.9 million in grants in second half of 2013
- Monica Brown joins Health Foundation team as new program officer
Category: Program Spotlight
- Capacity building efforts help practices expand access to midwifery care
- PEDALS: Preparing Kids for Kindergarten
Category: Rural
- #TransformRuralHealth: “We need to make sure youth have hope in themselves”
- #TransformRuralHealth: “These disparities have been discussed for years. We need solutions.”
- #TransformRuralHealth: “Trust is so important in a small town”
- #TransformRuralHealth: “Transportation is becoming a nightmare”
- #TransformRuralHealth: “It’s not just about care. It’s the health of the community.”
- #TransformRuralHealth: EMT Shortages Can Mean Life or Death
- #TransformRuralHealth: “Some people’s only option is to pitch a tent while they wait for services”
- #TransformRuralHealth: “I hear, ‘Should I quit my job so I can afford health insurance?'”
Category: Social Isolation
Category: Strategic Plan
Category: Trauma-Informed Care
Category: Young Children Impacted by Poverty

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