FY 2024 Grants
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$75,000 | Bay Ridge Center
Promoting Healthy Aging in Southwest Brooklyn
This grant will help support the development of a health and wellness program that will be tailored to meet older adults’ biological, psychological, social, and cultural needs.
$180,000 | Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
Healthy Aging
This grant will support the creation of a healthcare program designed specifically for LGBTQ+ patients over the age 60.
$110,000 | Catholic Charities of Staten Island, Inc.
Case Support for Staten Island's Older Adults
This grant will be used to hire a dedicated caseworker who will provide added social service assistance at two Older Adult Centers.
$200,000 | Community Healthcare Network
Community Health Worker Program for Older Adults
This grant will support a new Community Health Worker (CHW) program to provide care coordination for at-risk and "rising-risk" geriatric patients.
$100,000 | Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
Cypress Hills East New York Older Adult Services
This project will enhance public benefits and housing opportunities for older adults as well as expand healthy programing.
$100,000 | Dances For A Variable Population
Highbridge Movement Speaks ®
This grant will fund a pilot dance and creative movement program for older adults and home healthcare workers with wraparound support in partnership with a housing provider.
$120,000 | The Educational Alliance, Inc.
Integrated Social Work Internship Program
This grant will support an older adult social work internship director to provide clinical supervision, facilitate ongoing training, and strengthen existing partnerships with academic institutions in educating social work students on aging.
$150,000 | Fund for Public Health in New York, Inc.
Medicaid Expansion for Older New Yorkers Proposed CBO Outreach Strategy
This grant will support outreach to low-income immigrant New Yorkers over 65 about the availability of Medicaid benefits and how to enroll.
$138,000 | Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State (HPCANYS)
Expanding Access to Palliative Care Services in New York State
HPCANYS will work with NYS DOH to develop a palliative care services benefit that supports those with serious illness regardless of coverage type, age, and setting.
$200,000 | Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Supportive Oncology at MediSys Queens Cancer Center
This grant will fund a Supportive Oncology Physician who will lead a team to provide: pain and side effect management, pharmacological support, mental health and social services, physical therapy, clinical nutrition services, spiritual support, advanced care planning and patient advocacy services.
$211,000 | Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA)
JASA and Maimonides Medical Center: A Clinical-Community Transitional Care Partnership to Support an AFHS
The proposed project will enhance JASA’s transitional care work with Maimonides by addressing the 4Ms post-discharge in the community.
$150,000 | Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Inc.
JCCGCI’s Medicaid Advocacy Program (MAP)
This grant will support the expansion of a program that provides individualized advocacy on behalf of frail older adults in need of intensive homecare.
$100,000 | Kings Bay YM-YWHA
Improving the Health and Well-Being and Capacity for Independence of Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Older Adults
This grant will help to expand an adult day program for deaf and hearing impaired older adults.
$300,000 | LiveOn NY
New York State Advocacy: Catalyzing a New Era for Aging
LiveOn NY will hire an Albany-based State Policy Director and will develop a policy plan to respond to the New York State Master Plan on Aging and building a NY State policy agenda.
$84,000 | Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC)
Improving Dementia Care Initiative
This grant will support the development of resources to improve dementia care for individuals accessing services within the community.
$90,000 | Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan
The Memory Project
This grant will enhance a program which provides direct support to families and caregivers, as well as to the older adults experiencing cognitive loss.
$150,000 | Met Council
Senior Services Outreach Project
This grant will support two culturally competent caseworkers to better meet the needs of a growing population of underserved older adults in the Bensonhurst and Boro Park communities of Brooklyn.
$231,000 | Montefiore Medical Center
Age Friendly Health System Performance Improvement Initiative
This grant will support a Performance Improvement initiative to assist inpatient and outpatient teams in implementing Age Friendly Health Systems initiatives.
$150,000 | New York Legal Assistance Group
Medicaid Home Care Advocacy Project
This project will support a bilingual paralegal to assist navigating the complex Medicaid and Medicare landscapes and challenging wrongful denials.
$115,000 | New York Legal Assistance Group
Project Assist: Legal Support for Family Caregivers Intake Paralegal
This grant will support a full-time paralegal who will manage a citywide intake line, offering legal assistance to caregivers in need of legal services.
$160,000 | New York University Langone Medical Center
Addressing Psychosocial Distress and Advance Care Planning for Older Patients with Serious Illness
This grant will support the addition of a full-time licensed palliative care social worker to NYU's ambulatory supportive care programs.
$182,000 | Northwell Health Foundation
Hospice Not Taken Under Care Intervention - For Older Adults Residing in Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island
This grant will help improve the hospice conversion rate and increase hospice utilization through targeted outreach and education on the goals and benefits of hospice care.
$150,000 | Northwell Health Foundation
Enhancement of Comprehensive Age-Friendly Care with a Dedicated Geriatric Social Worker
This grant will support a skilled social worker dedicated to addressing the complexities associated with transitions of care for older adults.
$200,000 | NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H)
Telemedicine Cognitive Geriatric Program
This grant will support H+H's cognitive geriatric program to increase the detection of dementia, improve quality of care and provide more support to caregivers.
$180,000 | NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H)
Implementation of Age-Friendly Health Systems (AFHS) in H+H
This grant will enhance Bellevue Hospital's ability to deliver high-quality care to older adults by utilizing the four essential elements of an Age-Friendly Health System.
$150,000 | Search and Care
Expanding Health Access Through Technology and Community Partnership
This grant will provide Metropolitan Hospital Geriatrics patients access to telehealth and computer coaching.
$215,000 | Service Program for Older People (SPOP)
Treatment for Older Adults Experiencing Trauma Symptoms or Substance Use Disorders
The goal of the program is to address a need for behavioral healthcare for older adults experiencing substance use disorders or symptoms relating to trauma.
$114,000 | VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Group Rehabilitation for Older Underserved Blind Persons (GROUP)
This grant will provide legally blind older adults with group training in order to shorten the wait for individual vision rehabilitation services.
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