Health Program Grants: Transition Year Grants 2001

Transition Year Grants 2001

Highlighted in blue are grants that were awarded in 2001 under old funding guidelines, but are illustrative of grants that could be awarded under the new funding guidelines.

Applied Research Center Grassroots Welfare Policy Briefing Oakland, CA	To offer an opportunity for the staff members of national policy organizations and Congressional policy staff to learn about the impact of welfare reform on poor and working class people and to hear ideas for policy changes from former and current welfare recipients.	$50,000 1 year
Center for Community Change National Campaign for Jobs and Income Support (NCJIS) Washington, DC	To reduce poverty, increase economic security, and improve the health and well-being of families with children.	$150,000 1 year
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities State Low-Income Initiative Project Washington, DC	To assure that national and state resources for government-supported health-related programs are invested to protect the health and well being of low-income children.	$90,000 1 year
Community Catalyst, Inc. Prescription Access Litigation Project	SEE OCTOBER 2001 INTERPROGRAM LIST
Community Catalyst, Inc. Quality of Care Initiative Washington, DC	To strengthen the learning community that has developed among the Foundation's Access to Quality Care Initiative grantees.	$84,775 1 year
Families USA Foundation, Inc. Quality of Care Initiative Boston, MA	To mobilize broad-based support for expanding healthcare coverage for individuals and families with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level.	$200,000 1 year
Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights Involving Business in Creation of a Universal Health Care Model Santa Monica, CA	To organize a network of executives from large and small businesses in California who are interested in discussing, publicly commenting on, and promoting models of universal health coverage.	$30,000 1 year

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Good Jobs First	SEE OCTOBER 2001 INTERPROGRAM LIST
Interfaith Education Fund, Inc. Arizona Project	SEE OCTOBER 2001 INTERPROGRAM LIST
National Health Law Program, Inc. Child Health Law and Policy Project Los Angeles, CA	To strengthen the capacity of state-based advocates who work to improve the accessibility and the quality of government-supported healthcare for children.	$90,00 1 year
National Women's Law Center Women and Taxes Project Washington, DC	To ensure that the current national debate on taxes is responsive to the health-related needs of low-income women and their families	$50,000 1 year
Public Policy & Education Fund of New York, Inc. Your Savings and Your Health Albany, NY	To reform the approach to asset limits in Medicaid in three states: New York, California, and Washington.	$100,000 1 year
Stand for Children Leadership Center General Support Washington, DC	To provide Stand for Children members with the information, training and technical assistance they need to assure that all children have an opportunity to grow up healthy, educated and safe.	$50,000 1 year
USAction Education Fund Medicare Education and Advocacy Project Washington, DC	To keep those who will be affected by changes in the Medicare program informed and involved in public debates as they unfold	$75,000 1 Year

CAH Grants

Center for the Advancement of Health

General Support
Washington, DC

To bring psycho-social and behavioral approaches to health and healing into the mainstream of medicine.

$300,000
1 years

End of Life

Albert Einstein Healthcare Foundation Community Ethics Program Philadelphia, PA	To work collaboratively with leaders in the Latino community of Philadelphia to identify end-of-life issues of concern, and to test the appropriateness of end-of-life materials developed for and used with Caucasian populations.	$33,000 6 months
Missoula Demonstration Project, Inc. General Support Missoula, MT	To research the experience of dying and the determinants of quality at life's end, and to demonstrate that a community-based approach of excellent physical, psycho-social, and spiritual care improves the quality of life for dying persons and their families.	$100,000 1 year
Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University Influence of Ethnicity and Social Class New York, NY	To develop a better understanding of the factors that may lead to disparities in healthcare delivery throughout the dying process.	$48,500 9 months
National Senior Citizens Law Center PACE: Promoting Development in Integrated Care Washington, DC	To maximize federal and state healthcare agencies' encouragement of PACE programs in the coming decades.	$50,000 1 year
North General Hospital A Training and Education Program in Palliative Care and EOL Care for Clergy New York, NY	To improve the quality of palliative and end-of-life care available to medically underserved areas of New York City.	$300,000 2 Years
Partnership For Caring, Inc. General Support Washington, DC	To build a strong consumer voice at the national and state level in support of improving end-of-life care.	$75,000 1 year

Out of Program

American Institute for Social Justice, Inc. ACORN Living Wage Resource Center Washington, DC	To address the problem of economic inequality and its impact on health by conducting research, providing technical assistance and conducting training for community, faith-based and labor organizations developing living wage policies.	$100,000 1 Year
Environmental Health Fund, Inc Health Care Without Harm	SEE OCTOBER 2001 INTERPROGRAM LIST
Fordham University Institute for Innovation in Social Policy Bronx, NY	SEE OCTOBER 2001 INTERPROGRAM LIST
Government Accountability Project, Inc. Nuclear Weapons Worker Compensation Project	SEE OCTOBER 2001 INTERPROGRAM LIST
Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights General Support Greenville, MS	SEE OCTOBER 2001 INTERPROGRAM LIST
Proteus Fund, Inc. State Strategies Fund Amherst, MA	To increase support within the funding community for and explore the strengths and weaknesses of state-based strategies to increase citizen participation and promote democratic reform.	$50,000 1 year

Beginning of Life

Boston Medical Center Corporation Learning, Not Waiting Initiative Boston, MA	To launch a pilot Learning, Not Waiting room in the Department of Pediatrics subspecialty clinic.	$32,000 1 year
Communications Consortium Media Center Communications Strategy To Support Family-Centered Health Care Washington, DC	To design and implement a communications strategy to increase awareness of family/patient-centered healthcare.	$200,000 2 years
Institute for Family Centered Care, Inc. General Support Bethesda, MD	To establish family-centered approaches to care as the standard for maternal and pediatric care.	$100,000 1 year
Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center Family-Centered Care As The Organizing Force Bronx, NY	To incorporate family-centered approaches into all aspects of the pediatric care delivered by Montefiore Medical Center.	$50,000 1 year