Posted on August 24, 2012
Deadline: September 14, 2012

Health Foundation for Western and Central New York Announces Capacity-Building Grant Program

The Health Foundation for Western and Central New York (formerly the Community Health Foundation of Western and Central New York), which focuses its funding and initiatives on improving health outcomes for frail elders and young children living in communities of poverty, has announced Ready or Not, Here it Comes: Preparing for Success in Rapidly Changing Times, a funding opportunity designed to provide eligible organizations with financial and expert assistance to help them respond strategically to the changing economic and policy environment.

Selected organizations will focus on improving their capacity in order to position the organization for future success as well as lead to improved health outcomes for children between birth and the age of five living in poverty and/or community-based elders.

The program is designed to support organizations or collaborations in carrying out a plan that will move them along a continuum from "reactive" to "strategic" in response to the ever-changing economic, policy, and regulatory environment. Ready or Not's strategy is to provide an infusion of resources that will give organizations time and breathing space needed to step outside their day-to-day activities and execute a strategy that will position them as stronger and more capable of effectively serving children in poverty and frail elders.

To be eligible, an applicant must currently offer programming, services, or care to children from birth to age five living in communities of poverty, or frail elders living in the community; and currently be located in and serve one of these populations in one or more of the sixteen counties in HFWCNY's funding region. HFWCNY's funding region includes the eight western New York counties of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, and Wyoming; and the eight central New York counties of Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, and Tompkins.

The foundation expects to make awards ranging from $25,000 to $50,000 to twelve to fifteen organizations for up to an eighteen-month period beginning in December 2012.

Complete program guidelines and application procedures are available at the HFWCNY Web site.

Contact:
Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Health
Geographic Funding Area: National

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