March 19, 2012
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Program Result
Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked changes in the nation's health care system and developed policy analyses describing how those changes affect patients, providers, and others in their communities.
February 11, 2009
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Program Result
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is one of the world's largest local public health agencies, with approximately 6,000 employees and an annual budget of more than $1.5 billion.
July 31, 2008
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Program Result
The Charles B. Wang Community Health Center expanded its mental health services to address the needs of the Chinese-American community following the September 11th terrorist attack in Manhattan.
August 1, 2006
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Program Result
The Apollo Theater Foundation, in partnership with North General Hospital and Affinity Health Plan, sponsored a series of health fairs for Harlem residents.
April 1, 2006
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Issue Brief
While the new Medicare drug benefit has helped alleviate concerns about prescription drug access for elderly and disabled Americans, many low-income, uninsured people under age 65 continue to rely on community safety nets to get needed medications. ...
July 1, 2004
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Program Result
In 2002-03, the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, New York, provided and trained other community groups to provide, group mental health sessions to Latinos affected by the September 11th attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.
May 1, 2004
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Program Result
In 2002–03, the Asian American Federation of New York, a non-profit leadership organization, conducted a mental health needs assessment of Asian American World Trade Center victims' families as well as vulnerable populations in New York City's Chinatown district — namely, children, elders and dislocated workers — to document the mental health status, needs and actual service use following the September 11th...
April 1, 2004
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Program Result
From 2002 to 2003, the Medicare Rights Center, New York, created and began pilot testing Medicare Interactive, a comprehensive online Medicare counseling, training and assistance system that primarily helps community-based agencies access health care benefits and services for their elderly and disabled clients.
August 1, 2003
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Program Result
From 1994 to 1999, the New York State Department of Health, Albany, N.Y., made a number of grants to sites throughout the state to develop prospectively paid, integrated delivery systems of regional health care providers — i.e., provider-sponsored networks of hospitals, physician groups and other provider groups.
December 1, 2001
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Program Result
The Horticultural Society of New York hired a project coordinator a horticultural program that provides education, counseling, job training, and transitional employment to New York City inmates.