Grants

Day of Transition Initiative

Grant Date: 03.11.2013
Amount: $150,000 total

To improve the transition process from hospital to other care settings by addressing the needs of patients and family caregivers for information, education, and support, and by ensuring that information about the transfer and follow-up is shared among providers, as well as with family caregivers.

Aging in New York Fund/New York City Department for the Aging

Grant Date: 03.11.2013
Amount: $25,000

To evaluate a pilot project to provide diabetes-friendly meals in senior centers and for homebound seniors.

Medicare Rights Center

Grant Date: 03.11.2013
Amount: $65,000

To prepare two reports focused on the Medicare program, including one on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on Medicare Advantage Plans in New York, and the other on previously unidentified issues raised by consumers.

Community Health Action of Staten Island

Grant Date: 03.11.2013
Amount: $25,000

To engage residents of underserved Staten Island communities that were severely affected by Hurricane Sandy and connect them to needed medical, mental health, and social services.

PICC Line Initiative

Grant Date: 03.11.2013
Amount: $100,000 total

To assist home care professionals in reducing the incidence of infection and improving care practices for home care patients who are discharged from the hospital with a central line.

Fund for Public Health in New York/New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $75,000
To increase rates of breastfeeding in New York City by engaging hospitals in a Breastfeeding Learning Collaborative and supporting them in achieving the Baby-Friendly Hospital designation.

Greater New York Hospital Association

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $125,000
To enhance the quality improvement infrastructure developed by the Greater New York Hospital Association and the United Hospital Fund.

The New York City Veterans Fund

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $25,000
To support a veteran’s grantmaking collaborative in New York City.

United Hospital Fund’s Together on Diabetes Initiative/City Harvest

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $10,000
To enhance the capacity of diabetes support services to seniors in Washington Heights and Inwood through an expanded cooking and nutrition program provided by City Harvest.

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $25,000

To recruit and train volunteers to assist patient satisfaction navigators, focusing specifically on patient comfort and satisfaction.

Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital and Nursing Facility

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $30,000

To recruit and train volunteers to work one-on-one with residents to provide mentoring in areas such as managing medical care, personal finances, food shopping and meal preparation, as well as emotional support.

Harlem Hospital Center

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $20,000

To launch the Harlem Healthy Hearts Club, focusing on reducing the high readmissions of the hospital’s  chronic heart failure population.

Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $40,000

To recruit 10-15 volunteers with backgrounds in nursing or other health professions to meet with patients at high risk of readmission.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Grant Date: 11.06.2012
Amount: $40,000

To expand the Care and Respect for Elders with Emergencies program to include 50 volunteers serving unaccompanied adults ages 65 and older.

Fund for Public Health in New York/New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Grant Date: 07.02.2012
Amount: $42,000

To engage medical providers and community-based organizations in one New York City neighborhood in designing and pilot testing a model that allows providers to use electronic health records to refer patients to community programs supporting the management of chronic disease.