02 February 2022

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Mother Cabrini awarded $140M in grants toward low-income health gaps

Katherine E. Pfaff

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Private nonprofit, Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, has continued its efforts to aid New York state residents who are low-income or in underserved areas with grants amounting to $140 million. The grants were awarded to 450 programs at the end of 2021. Along with $20 million in funding for COVID-19 relief, the organization has grants $160 million toward 507 programs in 2021, and a total of $470 million in grants across 3 years. 

“As we look back at the compounding crises of the last few years, the health-related needs of vulnerable communities have only grown. Our grantees have demonstrated tremendous resilience, creativity, and dedication to serving those in need, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have such detrimental impact,” said Alfred F. Kelly, Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Visa and chair of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Board.

As part of the grant fundings, $14 million will be applied to 3-year efforts to improve access to healthcare, make health education available in underserved areas, and to improve oral healthcare access. 

“After nearly two years of recovery from a pandemic that has hit vulnerable populations the hardest, we must continue to address the challenges communities across New York State are facing: food and housing insecurity, lack of access to basic healthcare including vaccines, lack of equity within the healthcare professions, and racial and economic healthcare disparities made worse during COVID-19. We must continue to support the full range of services that make for healthy people and communities,” said Msgr. Gregory Mustaciuolo, chief executive officer of the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation.

Funding included $4 million in grants to support mobile dental vans and tele-dentistry through the University of Rochester, University of Buffalo, NYU Dentistry Oral Health Center for People with Disabilities, and Syracuse Community Health Center Inc. 

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mother-cabrini-health-foundation-awards-160-million-in-grants-to-support-vulnerable-communities-across-new-york-state-301464972.html