Grant Cycle | Grantee | Amount |
Winter 2020/21 | Visiting Nurse Services of Westchester | $42,000 |
To provide transportation to home health aides so that they can care for seniors living in hard-to-reach locations | ||
Winter 2020/21 | CoveCare Center | $35,000 |
To expand the current program, which assists seniors who are unable to access traditional services for mental health and/or substance abuse | ||
Winter 2020/21 | Food Bank of the Hudson Valley | $25,000 |
To expand their senior food delivery program in Dutchess and Putnam Counties | ||
Winter 2020/21 | My Sisters’ Place | $25,000 |
To enhance their systemic response to domestic violence among older adults through senior-focused services and community education and outreach | ||
Winter 2020/21 | A-HOME | $15,000 |
To install safety devices and systems in their senior residences | ||
Winter 2020/21 | Dutchess County Dept. for Community & Family Services | $15,000 |
To provide short-term emergency supportive services to seniors, including home-based care, transportation, and medication/personal care items | ||
Winter 2020/21 | Putnam County Housing Corporation | $15,000 |
To provide minor home repairs and accessibility modifications to senior homeowners in Putnam County | ||
Winter 2020/21 | Rebuilding Together Dutchess | $15,000 |
To provide minor home repairs and accessibility modifications to senior homeowners in Dutchess County | ||
Winter 2020/21 | Dutchess County Office for the Aging | $14,545 |
To reduce senior isolation by providing technology, IT support, and virtual educational and social programming | ||
Winter 2020/21 | Solace House | $10,000 |
To provide free therapy to older adults experiencing isolation, depression or thoughts of suicide | ||
Spring 2021 | Pace Women’s Justice Center | $50,000 |
To expand the Elder Justice Unit, which provides free legal services to seniors experiencing elder abuse in Putnam and Westchester counties | ||
Spring 2021 | Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc. | $50,000 |
To expand their Geriatric Care Management Program, which helps low-income seniors age safely and well in Westchester County | ||
Spring 2021 | Cornell Cooperative Extension-Dutchess County | $37,500 |
To support the Relatives as Parents Program, which provides assistance to seniors raising their grandchildren in Dutchess county | ||
Spring 2021 | Catholic Charities Community Services of Westchester | $35,000 |
To provide case management, eviction prevention assistance and technology skills to seniors directly affected by the pandemic in Putnam and Westchester counties | ||
Spring 2021 | City of Yonkers’ Office for the Aging | $30,000 |
To pilot a program that will administer bill management services to Yonkers seniors who are struggling to manage their household bills | ||
Spring 2021 | Long Term Care Community Coalition | $15,000 |
To equip families with the information and resources to advocate for better care for their loved ones in nursing homes in Dutchess, Putnam and Westchester counties | ||
Spring 2021 | United Way of Westchester and Putnam, Inc. | $10,000 |
To include senior-specific essential goods with their home-delivery program to seniors in Putnam and Westchester counties | ||
Spring 2021 | The Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry | $5,000 |
To support their home-delivery program to seniors in the Mt. Kisco area | ||
Spring 2021 | Second Chance Foods, Inc. | $5,000 |
To support their meal and grocery delivery program to homebound seniors in Putnam county | ||
Summer 2021 | VISIONS/Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired | $75,000 |
To expand their vision therapy services to visually impaired older adults and their families to Dutchess and Putnam Counties | ||
Summer 2021 | Alzheimer’s Association of the Hudson Valley | $40,000 |
To provide free, high-quality care and support services to underserved families impacted by dementia | ||
Summer 2021 | Family Service Society of Yonkers | $35,000 |
To sustain and expand the Kinship program, with a focus on eviction prevention and advocacy for affordable housing policy changes | ||
Summer 2021 | Cabrini of Westchester | $30,000 |
To provide respite to caregivers of frail, low-income, older adults | ||
Summer 2021 | Cancer Support Team | $25,000 |
To provide critical in-home nursing, counseling and case management services for low-income, elderly cancer patients | ||
Summer 2021 | CancerCare | $15,000 |
To provide direct emergency financial assistance to caregivers and cancer patients for treatment-related expenses | ||
Summer 2021 | Greystone Programs | $15,000 |
To replace the roof for a group home in Hyde Park that houses seniors with developmental disabilities | ||
Summer 2021 | HOPE Community Services | $15,000 |
To provide and deliver groceries to low-income, homebound seniors | ||
Summer 2021 | Human Development Services of Westchester | $10,081 |
To provide an accessible, safe place for seniors experiencing a mental health crisis | ||
Summer 2021 | Pawling Resource Center | $5,000 |
To address and relieve food insecurity for seniors living in the Pawling community | ||
Fall 2021 | Catholic Charities of Dutchess | $50,000 |
To alleviate food insecurity and address healthcare needs through a case manager run mobile food pantry | ||
Fall 2021 | Community Action Partnership for Dutchess County | $50,000 |
To provide transportation for seniors to the Beacon Senior Friendship Center and local grocery stores | ||
Fall 2021 | Legal Services of the Hudson Valley | $50,000 |
To prevent homelessness for low-income seniors due to unwarranted evictions or foreclosures | ||
Fall 2021 | Westhab, Inc. | $30,000 |
To combat digital inequity and social isolation by providing seniors with technology and internet education services | ||
Fall 2021 | Community Center of Northern Westchester | $20,000 |
To lessen food insecurity among seniors in northern Westchester | ||
Fall 2021 | Gilda’s Club of Westchester | $15,000 |
To provide clinical counseling, peer support groups and educational workshops to older adults and their caregivers living with cancer | ||
Fall 2021 | Habitat for Humanity Dutchess | $15,000 |
To install handicap accessible entrance ramps at eligible seniors’ homes | ||
Fall 2021 | Hillside Food Outreach | $15,000 |
To increase the amount of fresh, nutritious foods to homebound seniors in Putnam and Westchester counties | ||
Fall 2021 | Maryknoll Sisters | $15,000 |
To purchase assistive devices that will increase older Sisters’ safety and independence | ||
Fall 2021 | North East Community Center | $15,000 |
To provide home delivered food pantry services to seniors in the rural areas of northeast Dutchess county | ||
Fall 2021 | Caring for the Hungry & the Homeless in Peekskill | $10,000 |
To support Fred’s Pantry’s program for food insecure seniors | ||
Fall 2021 | Meals on Wheels of New Rochelle | $10,000 |
To support the Meals on Wheels program | ||
Fall 2021 | Meals on Wheels of Hyde Park | $7,500 |
To support the Meals on Wheels program and provide emergency financial assistance to eligible clients | ||
Fall 2021 | United Hebrew | $7,500 |
To expand the Music & Memory Program for residents and patients diagnosed with dementia |