Grants

Brooklyn College

Grant Date: 11.09.2011
Amount: $25,000
To conduct a survey to assess the range and scope of substance abuse treatment services currently available at community health centers in New York State and develop recommendations for interventions to expand their capacity to provide  these services.

Greater New York Hospital Association

Grant Date: 11.09.2011
Amount: $125,000
To continue and enhance the quality improvement infrastructure developed by the Greater New York Hospital Association and the United Hospital Fund.

Montefiore Medical Center

Grant Date: 11.09.2011
Amount: $75,000
To pilot test a multidisciplinary “care map” to reduce the incidence of adverse obstetrical and neonatal events associated with obesity in pregnancy.

The New York City AIDS Fund

Grant Date: 11.09.2011
Amount: $10,000
To support an AIDS grantmaking collaborative in New York City.

New Alternatives for Children

Grant Date: 11.09.2011
Amount: $50,000
To implement and evaluate three engagement strategies to increase medical and mental health service use by low-income families with a child who has special medical needs.

Preventable Hospital Readmission Initiative

Grant Date: 09.22.2011
Amount: $140,000

To assist seven hospitals in their efforts to study targeted groups of readmitted patients through analysis of data, charts reviews, and interviews with patients, their family caregivers, and community-based physicians in order design effective interventions.

PHI/Isabella Geriatric Center

Grant Date: 06.15.2011
Amount: $75,000

To enhance the delivery of person-centered care at Isabella Geriatric Center’s nursing home and home- and community-based services by implementing an organization-wide staff training program.

Coalition for Medically Fragile Children

Grant Date: 06.15.2011
Amount: $75,000

To identify the features critical to high-quality care coordination for medically fragile children and to recommend relevant policy changes.

Beth Israel Medical Center

Grant Date: 06.15.2011
Amount: $34,000

To use volunteer health coaches to help patients manage their diabetes.

Metropolitan Hospital Center

Grant Date: 06.15.2011
Amount: $40,000

To use volunteers to provide intensive support to a group of patients with poorly controlled diabetes and help them better control their disease.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center

Grant Date: 06.15.2011
Amount: $40,000

To use volunteers to assist elderly patients who arrive at the emergency department unattended in order to prevent avoidable health complications and hospital admissions.

New York Methodist Hospital

Grant Date: 06.15.2011
Amount: $40,000

To use volunteers to help patients with congestive heart failure and their family caregivers before and after discharge so that they are knowledgeable about staying healthy and managing care at home.

Medicare Rights Center

Grant Date: 02.16.2011
Amount: $65,000
To assess the policy implications of the Affordable Care Act for Medicare Advantage Plans in New York.

Montefiore Medical Center

Grant Date: 02.16.2011
Amount: $100,000 (over two years)
To demonstrate the effectiveness of a coordinated care management program for patients with chronic medical and behavioral health conditions.

The Urban Institute

Grant Date: 10.21.2010
Amount: $50,000

To provide an updated profile of health insurance coverage in New York State and to help inform policy choices for the implementation of health reform.