(L to R) A doctor with EcoHealth Alliance looks for pathogens in illegal wildlife samples confiscated at JFK Airport; A volunteer learns how to adapt wheelchairs and other devices for disabled children at Adaptive Design Association. Photo: Karent Zorogastua; Wildlife corridors advocated by the Wildlife Conservation Society allow grizzly bears near Yellowstone to roam free. Photo: Steve Zack/WCS; Nurses at Isabella Geriatric Center are better able to help frail elders thanks to training by Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute; Historic Districts Council is helping preserve Bed-Stuy brownstones, religious institutions, and schools by working with residents to expand the areas protected by historic district and landmark status.
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Institute for Family Health, to determine if electronic medical records improve the care of people with heart disease who also have mental health and substance abuse problems. Mental Health Association of New York City, to develop and test protocols for integrating mental health services into primary care “medical homes.�
Children, Youth, and Families Girls and Young Women Borough of Manhattan Community College, for a program, now operating at other City colleges, that helps students graduate through tutoring and career, financial aid, and advisory services. NYC Housing Authority, to expand a literacy program for 4th- to 6th-grade girls in 11 Brooklyn public housing projects that includes field trips to literary events and readings by female and minority writers.
Hunger and Homelessness City Harvest, to make affordable fresh produce more available in Melrose and Mt. Hope in the Bronx, Stapleton on Staten Island, Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn, and Washington Heights.
Phipps Community Development Corporation, to hire a bilingual financial counselor to advise homeless families in seven shelters in the South and central Bronx.
Social Services and Welfare MFY Legal Services, for the Kinship Caregiver Law Project, which helps grandparents caring for their abandoned grandchildren get legal help to keep the children fed, healthy, and educated. Nontraditional Employment for Women, for apprenticeship programs in construction and green jobs.
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League Treatment Center, to help autistic children with speech and behavioral problems.
Outreach Project, to strengthen discharge planning in two outpatient programs for addicted Brooklyn and Queens youth. Staten Island Mental Health Society, for lifecoaching, crisis, and in-home counseling for addicted youth, and for rehabilitated youth to counsel groups of 10- to 14-year-olds on avoiding drugs.
Youth Development Fund for the City of New York, Center for Court Innovation, to strengthen educational services in Queens for juvenile delinquents with mental health problems. Public Allies, to provide paid apprenticeships to highly motivated, but cash poor, young adults who want to work for nonprofits.