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Community Health Investments

Recent Grants

Here are some recent grants made by The John R. Oishei Foundation toward the goal of improving the health of residents in our community:

Beechwood/Blocher Foundation                                                           $60,000

To support research entitled "Testing Restorative Care within a Resident-Centered care model of Welcome Home." Beechwood will partner with the UB School of Nursing to implement research designed to show that the 'Welcome Home' model can promote better health and well-being with targeted interventions around restorative care. The study will build on preliminary data gathered by U. Maryland-Baltimore researcher Dr. Barbara Resnick. For more information about Beechwood/Blocher, please visit http://www.beechwoodcare.org.

Calspan UB Research Center                                                                 $160,000

To support the development of a comprehensive health and human services transportation plan in cooperation with existing planning bodies and organizations. The Calspan UB Research Center and the Center for Transportation Excellence propose to implement comprehensive services to over 25 non-profit partner organizations that need transportation services including fleet maintenance, driver training, scheduling, and economies of scale savings. Work is being done in cooperation with existing entities such as Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) and Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC). For more information, please visit http://www.cteny.com.

D'Youville College                                                                                    $100,000

To support "Promoting Health Literacy and Wellness Across the Lifespan" project in cooperation with The Belle Center and West Side Community Services. This project involves an expansion of the service-learning mission of the college to include addressing disparities in health literacy affecting the West Side, improving the cultural competency and sensitivity of students to health literacy issues, and providing wellness workshops that focus on major risk factors affecting Hispanics: heart disease, stroke, diabetes, asthma, and obesity. For more information, please visit http://www.dyc.edu.