Hartford Foundation Trustees Authorize Two Grants Totaling $3.7M
The John A. Hartford Foundation has awarded two grants totaling $3.7 million to improve the health of older adults. Foundation Trustees approved a $2,068,500, three-year grant to the Partners in Care Foundation to develop two large-scale, prototype networks that link community-based, social service agencies to the health care sector. Also, the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), the leading organization working to improve the quality of jobs for direct-care workers, was awarded a $1.6 million, four-year grant as part of a $9 million “Philanthropic Equity Campaign” to more than double PHI’s mission impact.
The John A. Hartford Foundation Trustees approved a $2,068,500, three-year grant to develop two large-scale, prototype networks that link community-based, social service agencies to the health care sector, with the goal of establishing an integrated health care and social services delivery system. The Partners in Care Foundation, of San Fernando, CA, will be the direct grantee and primary project leader, building a regional network in Southern California, with Elder Services of Merrimack Valley and Hebrew SeniorLife acting as subcontractors to develop a Massachusetts collaborative. The project will develop exportable tools and lessons that will be shared with seven other agency networks supported by the Administration for Community Living (formerly the Administration on Aging) with technical assistance and training to enable the social service providers to collaborate and contract with each other, as well as with health care providers and health insurance plans. The Hartford grant is part of a $4,010,846 million, three-year project that includes funding from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation and California funders.
The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), the leading organization working to improve the quality of jobs for direct-care workers, was awarded a $1.6 million, four-year grant by John A. Hartford Foundation Trustees as part of a $9 million “Philanthropic Equity Campaign.” The Campaign, co-led by the F. B. Heron and Hartford Foundations, aims to more than double PHI’s mission impact. The Hartford Foundation’s investment of $1.6 million will immediately leverage a $1.5 million grant already approved by the F.B Heron Foundation. The “Philanthropic Equity” investment will enable PHI to improve the jobs of more than 200,000 direct-care workers—also known as aides or paraprofessionals—per year, thereby improving care annually for at least 400,000 low-income older adults and people living with disabilities. Direct-care workers, who provide an estimated 70 to 80 percent of paid, hands-on, long-term care and personal assistance, are critical to older Americans and people living with disabilities.