FY 2017 Grants
$50,000 | The Actors' Fund of America
Susan Latham
Sustaining Long-Term Case Management
This bridge grant will help maintain the expanded staffing of the Senior Care Program until pledged funding is received.
$207,000 | Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Jessica Zwerling
Post-doctoral Cognitive Neurology and Neuropsychology Fellowships
This grant will fund a two-year neuropsychology fellowship and a one-year geriatric cognitive neurology fellowship.
$150,000 | Bridge Street Development Corporation
Emilio Dorcely
Assistant Director Position at Quincy Senior Residence
This grant will fund the Assistant Director position to expand the existing senior services and develop new programs.
$75,000 | CaringKind
Jed Levine
Train-the-Trainer: Home Care for Dementia
This grant will co-fund with the Altman Foundation a “train the trainer” pilot program to increase the number of home care workers trained in dementia care.
$180,000 | Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Xiomara Pedraza
"Healthy Aging in Affordable Housing Demonstration, Phase 2"
This grant will support a demonstration project that will implement housing unit modification and/or relocation to facilitate healthy aging-in place.
$114,000 | Fordham University
Cathy Berkman
Palliative Care Fellowship Phase II
This grant will allow the palliative care social work fellowship at Fordham to expand.
$200,000 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Theresa Soriano, MD, MPH
Expanding Palliative Care at Mount Sinai St. Luke's
This grant will fund a physician to expand the Palliative Care Program
$170,000 | Lifetime Arts
Maura O’Malley
Catalyzing Creative Aging in NYC Senior Service Organizations
This grant will facilitate senior service organizations to develop and implement Creative Aging programming.
$178,000 | New York Legal Assistance Group
Randye Retkin
Older Veterans Legal Clinic
This grant will fund a full-time attorney to expand legal services for older veterans.
$163,000 | New York University Langone Medical Center
Corita Grudzen
Nurse-led Telephonic Palliative Care
This grant would fund a nurse-led telephone palliative care case management program.
$150,000 | North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc.
Mitchell C. Jacobs
Expansion of Palliative Medicine at Forest Hills Hospital: Improving the Care of Older Patients with Advanced and Chronic Disease
This grant will expand palliative care services and programs.
$150,000 | Osborne Association
Linda Roan
Elder Re-Entry Initiative for Rikers Island Jail
This grant will support the expansion of the Elder Re-Entry Initiative.
$142,000 | Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Inc.
Jodi Sturgeon
Piloting Palliative Care for Long-Term Care Clients
This grant will allow PHI to collaborate with CAPC to implement a program in three home care agencies to provide and improve palliative care for individuals and older adults living with disabilities.
$165,000 | Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation
Lorraine Breuer
Companion Till the End
This grant will fund a program of volunteer doulas to help older patients and families through the process of dying.
$130,000 | Project Renewal, Inc.
Robin Berman
Helping Older People Engage (HOPE)
This program provides services in supportive housing to formally homeless, low-income older adults with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
$145,000 | Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC)
Lisa Veglia
Supporting Seniors with Autism: Phase II
This grant will fund the expansion of a Samuels funded pilot program, which provides tailored support to older people with autism.
$110,000 | Queens Library Foundation
Madlyn Schneider
Expanding Older Adult Service 2.0
This project will expand older adult service programs to additional libraries.
$73,000 | Riverstone Senior Life Services
Ilana Dunner
Health Home Program
This grant will fund the hiring of a dedicated social worker as a link between Riverstone and NYP’s Health Home.
$170,000 | Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center
Ellen Birenbaum
Ensuring Quality Care for Elderly and Aging Patients
This grant will fund geriatric training to current staff and a dedicated geriatric social worker.
$166,000 | Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
Nancy Harvey
SAGE Clinic Satellite Site & Caregiver Support
This grant will provide support for the development of a satellite at SAGE and add caregiver mental health services at various senior centers.
$164,000 | Union Settlement Association
David Nocenti
Senior Services Volunteer Coordinator
This grant will fund a Volunteer Coordinator to expand their Senior Services program.
$100,000 | VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Diane Weiss
Improving the Capacity of VISIONS Staff to Address Needs of Blind Older Adults
This grant will help fund two staff training programs to enhance client services and increase revenues.