After School: Connecting Children at Risk With Responsible Adults to Help Reduce Youth Substance Abuse and Other Health-Compromising Behaviors

Program to support a three-city demonstration project designed to connect at-risk urban youth with responsible adults in activities after school.

Program Sites

• United Way of Massachusetts Bay Inc.

  Boston, MA

  $2,250,000—(40 months).
  ID 49336

Other Program Activities

• Nonprofit Finance Fund

  New York, NY

  $649,942—Technical assistance and direction for After School (1 year).
  ID 48467

American Geriatrics Society Inc.

New York, NY

$50,000—Addressing the future of geriatric medicine (for 1 year).
ID 51378

Artistic Realization Technologies Inc.

Belle Meade, NJ

$50,000—Developing an art training center for people with disabilities (for 18 months).
ID 51390

Association for the Study and Development of Community

Gaithersburg, MD

$215,046—Technical assistance for a project to improve the health and well-being of isolated families and communities in Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana (2 years).
ID 50216

Brown University Center for Gerontology & Health Care Research

Providence, RI

$20,000—Workshop on improving the quality of science on aging (for 1 year).
ID 51350

Cash & Counseling

Expansion of a proven model of consumer-directed supportive services to more states, allowing thousands more older adults and people with disabilities to have choice and control over the care they receive.

Program Sites

• State of Alabama Department of Senior Services

  Montgomery, AL

  $250,000—(3 years).
  ID 52116

• State of Iowa Department of Human Services

  Des Moines, IA

  $250,000—(3 years).
  ID 52108

• State of Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services

  Frankfort, KY

  $250,000—(3 years).
  ID 52103

• State of Michigan Department of Community Health

  Lansing, MI

  $250,000—(3 years).
  ID 52102

• State of Minnesota Department of Human Services

  St. Paul, MN

  $350,000—(3 years).
  ID 52105

• State of New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department

  Sante Fe, NM

  $349,153—(3 years).
  ID 52106

• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor’s Office

  Harrisburg, PA

  $249,995—(3 years).
  ID 52100

• State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Department of Human Services

  Cranston, RI

  $250,000—(3 years).
  ID 52101

• State of Vermont Agency of Human Services, Department of Aging and Independent Living

  Waterbury, VT

  $249,416—(3 years).
  ID 52110

• State of Washington Department of Social and Health Services

  Olympia, WA

  $250,000—(3 years).
  ID 52109

• State of West Virginia Bureau of Senior Services

  Charleston, WV

  $250,000—(3 years).
  ID 52104

Other Program Activities

• Boston College Graduate School of Social Work

  Chestnut Hill, MA

  $906,646—Technical assistance and direction for Cash & Counseling (1 year).
  ID 49696

Children’s Futures

Program to employ a comprehensive set of interventions designed to improve the health of children in Trenton, New Jersey.

• Children’s Futures Support Fund Inc.

  Trenton, NJ

  $1,182,456—Technical assistance and direction for Children’s Futures (1 year).
  ID 48429

Coming Home: Affordable Assisted Living

Program to provide grant support, technical assistance and loan funds to states to create affordable models of assisted living targeted to low-income seniors and linked with existing community health care systems.

• NCB Development Corporation

  Oakland, CA

  $35,350—Transition planning for Coming Home (6 months).
  ID 51008

Community Partnerships for Older Adults

Program to foster efforts of local public-private partnerships to improve long-term care and supportive services systems for older adults.

Program Sites

• Atlanta Regional Commission

  Atlanta, GA

  $750,000—Improving the long-term care system in Atlanta (4 years).
  ID 50343

• Broome County Office for the Aging

  Binghamton, NY

  $750,000—Comprehensive planning for long-term care and supportive services for seniors (4 years).
  ID 50349

• Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes

  Juneau, AK

  $150,000—Developing a case management system of coordinated long-term care for Native American elders (18 months).
  ID 52261

• C.S.S. of Washtenaw County

  Ann Arbor, MI

  $150,000—Establishing an elder-friendly community that promotes improved long-term care and independence (18 months).
  ID 52257

• Easter Seals New Hampshire Inc.

  Manchester, NH

  $150,000—Redesigning community long-term care and supportive services for the frail elderly (18 months).
  ID 52262

• City of Fremont Human Services Department

  Fremont, CA

  $150,000—Creating a coordinated system of services for a culturally diverse population of frail elderly (18 months).
  ID 52259

• Hale Makua

  Kahului, HI

  $750,000—Strategic planning initiative for long-term care for Maui residents (4 years).
  ID 50346

• Haywood County Council on Aging

  Waynesville, NC

  $150,000—Developing a comprehensive continuum of care for older adults (18 months).
  ID 52265

• Jefferson Area Board for Aging Inc.

  Charlottesville, VA

  $150,000—Improving the coordination, quality and accessibility of long-term care and supportive services for older adults (18 months).
  ID 52256

• Milwaukee County Department on Aging

  Milwaukee, WI

  $750,000—Caring communities for people needing long-term care (4 years).
  ID 50348

• North Idaho College

  Coeur d’Alene, ID

  $150,000—Creating systems change to improve long-term care and supportive services for the elderly (18 months).
  ID 52255

• Olympic Area Agency on Aging

  Port Hadlock, WA

  $150,000—Developing comprehensive aging and long-term care services for a rural elderly population (18 months).
  ID 52264

• Rappahannock-Rapidan Community Services Board

  Culpeper, VA

  $150,000—Developing local and regional community awareness and action to address long-term care issues of the elderly (18 months).
  ID 52258

• Rio Grande Council of Governments

  El Paso, TX

  $750,000—Strategic planning and advocacy program for long-term care (4 years).
  ID 50351

• City and County of San Francisco Department of Aging and Adult Services

  San Francisco, CA

  $750,000—Community-wide strategic plan of long-term health care (4 years).
  ID 50345

• Sheltering Arms

  Houston, TX

  $748,664—Developing a strategic plan to improve long-term care and supportive services for elders and caregivers in Harris County (4 years).
  ID 50350

• Suburban Area Agency on Aging

  Oak Park, IL

  $150,000—Creating an integrated collaborative long-term care system for suburban elderly (18 months).
  ID 52263

• United Way of Northeast Florida Inc.

  Jacksonville, FL

  $150,000—Developing a coordinated and accessible long-term care system for older adults (18 months).
  ID 52260

• Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center Inc.

  Boston, MA

  $750,000—Consumer-focused, long-term care for the elderly (4 years).
  ID 50344

Other Program Activities

• University of Southern Maine, Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service

  Portland, ME

  $1,854,569—Technical assistance and direction for Community Partnerships for Older Adults (1 year).
  ID 47889

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Oakland, CA

$6,006,000—Taking Health Care Home: a national initiative to reduce chronic homelessness through the creation of supportive housing (for 2 years).
ID 51162

District of Columbia Developing Families Center Inc.

Washington, DC

$657,706—Neighborhood family support center (for 3 years).
ID 51174

Faith in Action®

Program to expand the continued replication of the Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Model, providing volunteer caregiving to people of all ages with chronic health conditions.

• Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital

  O’Neil, NE

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52503

• Central Presbyterian Church

  New York, NY

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52130

• Children of Our Future Inc.

  Alexandria, LA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52511

• Community Services Council

  Salt Lake City, UT

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50142

• Community Volunteer Connection

  McMinnville, OR

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52514

• Cooperative Extension Association in the State of New York, Sullivan County

  Liberty, NY

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51315

• Dove Inc.

  Decatur, IL

  $14,709—(1 year).
  ID 50552

• Economic Opportunity for Savannah–Chatham County Area Inc.

  Savannah, GA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50148

• Elder Network

  Rochester, MN

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52512

• ElderHelp of San Diego

  San Diego, CA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50146

• Eunice Pat Paddio-Johnson Foundation Inc.

  Greensburg, LA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51003

• Extended Hearts Resource Program

  Brooklyn, NY

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52129

• Faith in Action Pflugerville Caregivers

  Pflugerville, TX

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52500

• Fox Valley Hospice Inc.

  Geneva, IL

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52509

• Grant County Unified Community Resource Council Inc.

  Sheridan, AR

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51314

• Guardian Angel Homes

  Grand Rapids, MI

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51765

• Hart Felt Ministries Inc.

  Jacksonville, FL

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51313

• Hopkins County Community Action Network Inc.

  Sulphur Springs, TX

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52122

• Interfaith Coalition

  Bellingham, WA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50995

• Interfaith Council of Manchester and Dorset

  Manchester Center, VT

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51011

• Ivins House Resource and Referral Center

  Morrisville, PA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51769

• Junta for Progressive Action Inc.

  New Haven, CT

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51771

• Lena Mae Farris Foundation

  Washington, TX

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52501

• LIFESPAN Resources Inc.

  Atlanta, GA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52123

• City of Maumelle

  Maumelle, AR

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52507

• Mid-Willamette Valley Senior Services Agency

  Tillamook, OR

  $28,472—(2 years).
  ID 50475

• Mojave Valley Volunteer Hospice

  Barstow, CA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51000

• Montgomery Cancer Wellness Foundation

  Montgomery, AL

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52124

• Mt. Calvary Baptist Church

  Prichard, AL

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51312

• Moxham Ministerium Inc.

  Johnstown, PA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50999

• Neighborhood Service Center Inc.

  Winter Haven, FL

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50996

• Northside Inter-Church Agency Inc.

  Fort Worth, TX

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52506

• Northwest Piedmont Council of Governments

  Winston-Salem, NC

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51317

• Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services dba Senior Independence

  Columbus, OH

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52505

• Prairie du Chien United Methodist Church

  Prairie du Chien, WI

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52499

• Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital

  Hood River, OR

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51768

• St. John the Evangelist Church

  Jackson, MI

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50128

• St. Luke Community Clinic Inc.

  Front Royal, VA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51004

• SEM-SEA-FISH

  Rochester, NY

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51316

• Senior Friendship Centers Inc.

  Sarasota, FL

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52502

• Sunburst Community Service Foundation Inc.

  Eureka, MT

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 52121

• United Center for Caring

  Jackson, MI

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50152

• Vietnamese Buddhist Association of San Francisco

  San Francisco, CA

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50134

• City of Wanamingo

  Wanamingo, MN

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50998

• County of Washburn Unit on Aging

  Spooner, WI

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51002

• Way Station

  Columbiana, OH

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 51770

• Your Neighbors Inc.

  New Hartford, NY

  $35,000—(30 months).
  ID 50138

Family Support Services Program

National technical assistance initiative to selected states to enable them to establish statewide networks of community-based family resource and support service centers.

Program Sites

• Parent Trust for Washington Children

  Seattle, WA

  $40,781—Family Support Services Program for the Washington state initiative (11 months).
  ID 50192

Other Program Activities

• Family Support America

  Chicago, IL

  $50,000—Promotional activities for the family support model aimed at enhancing family health and safety (4 months).
  ID 50283

Foundation for the Mid South Inc.

Jackson, MS

$125,030—Engaging stakeholders and leaders to develop strategies for improving the health status of people in the mid-south (for 1 year).
ID 52345

Grantmakers in Aging Inc.

Dayton, OH

$20,000—Grantmakers in Aging 2004 Annual Conference (for 9 months).
ID 51855

Injury Free Coalition for Kids®: Dissemination of a Model Injury Prevention Program for Children and Adolescents

Program to reduce and prevent injuries to children through a hospital-based, research-driven model, implemented in partnership with coalitions of community stakeholders.

• The Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University

  New York, NY

  $840,000—Technical assistance and direction for the Injury Free Coalition for Kids (1 year).
  ID 48389

Living Cities Inc.: The National Community Development Initiative

New York, NY

$3,000,000—National partnership to build healthier communities (for 3 years).
ID 51039

Local Initiative Funding Partners Program

A matching grants program designed to establish partnerships between RWJF and local grantmakers in support of innovative, community-based projects that improve health and health care for underserved and vulnerable populations.

Program Sites

• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health

  Birmingham, AL

  $243,000—Developing and disseminating a radio soap opera promoting healthy behavior messages to African Americans (3 years).
  ID 51424

• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

  Anchorage, AK

  $495,448—Developing a program to address the oral health needs of Alaska Natives (3 years).
  ID 51605

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

  Little Rock, AR

  $500,000—Continuing care program for low-income mothers and their families (4 years).
  ID 51439

• Brookline Community Mental Health Center Inc.

  Brookline, MA

  $300,000—Preventing relapse, school failure and out-of-home placement among high-risk adolescents (4 years).
  ID 51441

• Cape Cod Free Clinic in Falmouth Inc.

  Falmouth, MA

  $460,000—Region-wide program to identify and coordinate care for low-income, uninsured and immigrant adults with depression and anxiety (3 years).
  ID 51502

• Christ Community Health Services, Inc.

  Memphis, TN

  $395,386—Training church health representatives to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce preventable diseases among low-income African Americans (4 years).
  ID 51423

• Das Deutsch Center for Special Needs Children

  Middlefield, OH

  $411,297—Educational intervention to reduce the incidence of genetic disease among Amish families (4 years).
  ID 51426

• Franciscan Hospital for Children, Inc.

  Brighton, MA

  $500,000—Developing a school-based infrastructure to improve children’s mental and physical health (4 years).
  ID 51432

• Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation Inc.

  Hollywood, FL

  $500,000—School- and community-based efforts to combat childhood obesity through wellness education and physical activity (3 years).
  ID 51442

• MicheLee Puppets Inc.

  Orlando, FL

  $50,000—Planning project to promote healthy lifestyle choices among elementary schoolchildren using a puppet game show format (1 year).
  ID 51427

• Minnesota State University, Mankato, College of Allied Health and Nursing

  Mankato, MN

  $74,861—Creating a standardized, accredited community health worker training program (1 year).
  ID 51437

• Monadnock Family Services

  Keene, NH

  $415,000—Improving the health of adults with severe mental illness through involvement in community wellness programs (4 years).
  ID 51433

• National Nursing Center Consortium Inc.

  Philadelphia, PA

  $495,203—Promoting health and self-esteem through a running program for middle and high school students (4 years).
  ID 51434

• Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation Inc.

  Annandale, VA

  $500,000—Reducing health disparities through community collaboration (3 years).
  ID 51425

• Seattle-King County Department of Public Health

  Seattle, WA

  $494,200—Expanding dental student training to provide oral health care services for low-income children and adults (3 years).
  ID 51431

• Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration Inc.

  Lakeville, CT

  $58,000—Guidance and technical assistance for a polling place vaccination program for the elderly (1 year).
  ID 51610

• The Thresholds

  Chicago, IL

  $474,000—Developing an integrated system to address the mental and physical health care needs of people with serious mental illness (3 years).
  ID 51430

• West Side Ecumenical Ministry

  Cleveland, OH

  $360,783—Educational outreach program to increase the number of bilingual health care professionals (30 months).
  ID 52569

• Women’s 12-Step Recovery Center Inc.

  Kansas City, MO

  $500,000—Multidisciplinary collaborative to address the needs of substance-abusing women and their families (3 years).
  ID 51436

• Youth ALIVE

  Oakland, CA

  $500,000—Providing case management and mentoring for low-income youth hospitalized with violence-related injuries (4 years).
  ID 51422

Other Program Activities

• Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey

  Princeton, NJ

  $1,295,445—Technical assistance and direction for the Local Initiative Funding Partners Program (1 year).
  ID 48371

  $43,338—Developing a Local Initiative Funding Partners Program storybook (1 year).
  ID 50342

University of Michigan Institute for Social Research

Ann Arbor, MI

$50,000—Conference on the impacts of "nonhealth" policy on population health (for 18 months).
ID 52522

National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Washington, DC

$1,598,000—Support of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (for 3 years).
ID 50963

NCB Development Corporation

Oakland, CA

$30,000—Development of replication strategy for nursing home alternatives (for 4 months).
ID 52576

New Jersey Health Initiatives

Program to support innovative community-based projects that address one or more of the Foundation’s goals in health and health care.

Program Sites

• Boat People SOS Inc.

  Pennsauken, NJ

  $323,924—Cancer awareness program for immigrant women (3 years).
  ID 51858

• Community Health Care Inc.

  Bridgeton, NJ

  $327,600—Reducing health disparities through outreach and education collaboratives (30 months).
  ID 51864

• Community Medical Center

  Toms River, NJ

  $254,206—Providing osteoporosis nutrition, education and screening for women (3 years).
  ID 51861

• Henry J. Austin Health Center Inc.

  Trenton, NJ

  $337,770—Providing a weight loss program for children and families (3 years).
  ID 51859

• HiTops Inc.

  Princeton, NJ

  $25,000—Building a business and development infrastructure for an adolescent health program (1 year).
  ID 50798

• The Jewish Renaissance Foundation Inc.

  Perth Amboy, NJ

  $95,494—Developing a healthy eating and physical activity program to help overweight Perth Amboy High School students (1 year).
  ID 50920

• State of New Jersey Judiciary–Morris County Superior Court

  Morristown, NJ

  $347,586—Enhancing a family drug court (3 years).
  ID 51866

• New Jersey Primary Care Association Inc.

  Princeton, NJ

  $50,000—Developing an information technology system to improve the quality and access of primary care in community health centers (1 year).
  ID 51860

• Plainfield Neighborhood Health Services Corporation

  Plainfield, NJ

  $281,655—Collaborative to increase pediatric fitness and reduce obesity (3 years).
  ID 51862

• Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey

  Shrewsbury, NJ

  $300,000—Outreach program to address barriers to reproductive health care for immigrants and underserved minorities (3 years).
  ID 51863

• Tri-County Community Action Agency, Inc.

  Bridgeton, NJ

  $142,686—Dental screenings and care for preschool and school-age children (2 years).
  ID 51865

Other Program Activities

• University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences

  Philadelphia, PA

  $207,320—Implementing the Phase II pilot of a management capacity-building program for the managers of small- to medium-sized health agencies in New Jersey (8 months).
  ID 51169

• Rutgers, The State University, The Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research

  New Brunswick, NJ

  $780,027—Technical assistance and direction for New Jersey Health Initiatives (1 year).
  ID 48489

  $323,922—Evaluating the success of the New Jersey Health Initiatives Workforce Agenda grantee projects (3 years).
  ID 51708

Rowell Foster Children Fund Inc.

Los Angeles, CA

$29,400—Enhancing and expanding support and direct services to youth in Los Angeles County foster care (for 1 year).
ID 51707

Shreveport-Bossier Community Renewal Inc.

Shreveport, LA

$1,200,000—Improving the health and well-being of isolated families and communities (2 years).
ID 49982

Southcentral Foundation

Anchorage, AK

$323,000—Addressing domestic violence, abuse and neglect among native Alaskan families (for 2 years).
ID 51870

Urban Health Initiative: Working to Ensure the Health and Safety of Children

Program to improve the health and safety of young people in urban areas by improving collaboration among youth-serving agencies and organizations.

Program Sites

• East Bay Community Foundation

  Oakland, CA

  $300,000—(2 years).
  ID 50050

• Mayor’s Time

  Detroit, MI

  $1,809,079—(29 months).
  ID 51717

Other Program Activities

• University of Washington, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs

  Seattle, WA

  $1,375,398—Technical assistance and direction for the Urban Health Initiative (1 year).
  ID 47994

Urban Institute

Washington, DC

$296,468—Understanding the nexus among prisoner re-entry, public health and substance abuse (for 3 years).
ID 51041

Vote and Vaccinate: A Community-Based Strategy to Promote Adult Immunization

Initiative to help public health agencies organize, promote and implement influenza vaccination clinics within easy reach of voting activities.

• Boston Public Health Commission

  Boston, MA

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51985

• Custer County Health Department

  Miles City, MT

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51989

• Erie County Department of Health

  Erie, PA

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51984

• Indian Health Service Pine Ridge

  Pine Ridge, SD

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51980

• State of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

  New Orleans, LA

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51982

• State of Maine Department of Health and Human Services

  Augusta, ME

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51975

• Marshall County Health Department

  Marysville, KS

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51977

• Niagara County Health Department

  Niagara Falls, NY

  $7,193—(4 months).
  ID 51976

• Pasco County Health Department

  New Port Richey, FL

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51979

• St. Louis County, Missouri

  Clayton, MO

  $7,995—(4 months).
  ID 51987

• San Francisco Public Health Foundation

  San Francisco, CA

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51978

• State of Utah, Utah Department of Health

  Salt Lake City, UT

  $8,000—(4 months).
  ID 51988

• State of Virginia Department of Health

  Richmond, VA

  $8,000—(17 months).
  ID 51986

• Worcester County Health Department

  Snow Hill, MD

  $1,900—(4 months).
  ID 51983

• Worth County Public Health Department

  Northwood, IA

  $6,047—(4 months).
  ID 51981

Weldon Management Associates LLC

Conyers, GA

$19,000—Technical assistance to the District of Columbia Developing Families Center (for 6 months).
ID 50563

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