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Grants Awarded

The Fund for Public Health in New York has raised and managed over $100M in public and private sector grant funding for the NYC Health Department in the last eight years. Private sector funding allows the Health Department to test new and innovative approaches to public health challenges and bring new knowledge to scale quickly. Managing the public funding portfolio for the Health Department helps the agency achieve its public health goals faster. Below is a list of recent grant awards made to the Fund on behalf of the Health Department.

December 2011:

Community Transformation Grant

This 5-year federal grant supports public health efforts to reduce chronic diseases, promote healthier lifestyles, reduce health disparities, and control health care spending. DOHMH is working to implement policy, environmental, programmatic, and infrastructure changes that focus on five strategic directions: Tobacco-Free Living; Healthy Eating; Active Living; High Impact Quality Clinical Preventive Services; and Healthy and Safe Environments.

July 2011:

AIDS Testing at Rikers Island

A grant to continue the Point of Service HIV Testing Project at Rikers Island. The program tests a new approach to identifying cases of HIV at Rikers Island by offering HIV testing to inmates who refused HIV testing upon prison entry. Public health advisors are providing inmates with group educational sessions with information on HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases, and hepatitis. Each inmate is then seen individually in a confidential area by a staff member who offers HIV rapid testing and provides appropriate pre- and post-test counseling including harm reduction and other appropriate health education.

Big Cities Health Coalition

A one-year grant to support the transition of the Big Cities Health Coalition to NAACHO. The Big Cities Health Coalition allows leaders of the largest municipal health departments in the U.S. to exchange best practices and discuss the issues affecting big urban populations through conference calls.

Brooklyn HIV Testing

A one-year grant to support the development and production of a Brooklyn-specific HIV testing kit, in conjunction with the Brooklyn Knows initiative, which aims to have all Brooklyn residents know their HIV status.

PCIP training

A one year grant from Small Business Services to implement a medical billing and coding training program for employees at physician offices enrolled with PCIP.

Technical Assistance Workshops

A grant to support a series of technical assistance workshops for faith-based organizations to build their capacity to apply for funding that will then enable them to develop and implement health programs in their communities.

April 2011:

Community Pharmacist-led Medication Therapy Management (MTM)

A one-year grant to support building the framework to introduce community pharmacist-led medication therapy management to high-risk communities. Community pharmacists are among the most highly accessible and trusted health care professionals and have great potential to improve the goals of chronic disease care. Medication Therapy Management (MTM) as a pharmacist-delivered intervention has been shown to improve outcomes in several chronic diseases, including hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes, improve medication adherence, and reduce medical costs.

Falls Prevention Coalition

The DOHMH, as part of the Age-Friendly NYC initiative, established by Mayor Bloomberg and the NYC Council, is convening a NYC Falls Prevention Coalition to combat the problem of falls among NYC’s older adults. A Steering Committee, made up of leaders from NYC government agencies, medical centers, and social service agencies, has met to lay out the Coalition’s mission and activities. The Coalition will build an online information sharing forum that promotes evidence-based falls prevention practices adapted to work within NYC’s unique multi-cultural, urban environment.

Hepatitis C Testing & Outreach

A grant to implement a testing and outreach project to raise awareness and increase treatment of the Hepatitis C Virus.

Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) Expansion

  • One-year grant to pilot the Nurses' Heart's Desire Scholarship Fund, a scholarship program that enables NFP nurses to pursue professional development opportunities.
  • One-year grant for general operating support for NFP.
  • Eighteen-month grant to continue the Targeted Citywide Initiative, a special team of NFP nurses that serve the most high-risk moms, including those who are homeless, incarcerated, or in foster care and pregnant for the first time.

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Obesity

A subcontract from New York State Department of Health to increase physical activity and improve nutrition in children’s day care organizations in targeted NYC communities.

January 2011:

Primary Care Information Project (PCIP)

A one-year grant to support PCIP’s efforts to help physicians better manage patients with diabetes and achieve recognition for excellence in diabetes care.

Quality Assurance in Care Delivery & Coordination for Children

A grant to support a research project to develop and test measures to assess the delivery of care and care coordination for children.