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Healthy Lives: Health and Behavioral Health / Older Adults and People with Disabilities Grant Program is sponsored by The New York Community Trust. This program aims to enhance health services for older adults and individuals with disabilities in New York City.
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Healthy Lives: Health and Behavioral Health / Older Adults and People with Disabilities Grant Program — THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST | Grantable Healthy Lives: Health and Behavioral Health / Older Adults and People with Disabilities Grant Program Foundation Healthcare Grants Grants for Seniors Grants for Disabled Grants for Nonprofits Healthy Lives: Health and Behavioral Health / Older Adults and People with Disabilities Grant Program Funder: The New York Community Trust Last Updated: November 21, 2025 The Healthy Lives Grant Program by The New York Community Trust aims to enhance health services for older adults and individuals with disabilities in New York City.
It focuses on creating an equitable healthcare system by supporting projects that improve access to care, reduce health disparities, and empower individuals through skill development. The program prioritizes innovative solutions that foster independence and community engagement, ensuring that vulnerable populations receive comprehensive support tailored to their needs.
We help providers deliver efficient, patient-focused, equitable, and cost-effective health and behavioral health services to all New Yorkers. We support projects that develop the skills and independence of four groups of people with special needs: the elderly, the blind or visually impaired, children and youth with disabilities, and people with developmental disabilities.
We also support biomedical research and projects for animal welfare. Health and Behavioral Health Program goal: to promote an equitable, patient-focused, and cost-effective health and behavioral health care delivery system.
Advocate for successful health care reform implementation to ensure: maintenance of a strong and viable health and behavioral health care safety net;access to comprehensive and coordinated care for those who remain uninsured or underinsured; andavailability of screening, early intervention, and referral for effective treatment of disease.
Build the capacity of New York City’s health, behavioral health, and human service sectors to succeed in a reformed health care system by: developing effective skills training for the professional and paraprofessional health care workforce; andstrengthening financial and information technology systems to allow transition to value-based payments.
Reduce health disparities between low- and higher-income neighborhoods through investments in disadvantaged communities that: improve indoor and outdoor air quality;provide safe and inviting parks and open space;promote access to affordable and healthy food; andengage residents in efforts to encourage physical activity and healthy diets.
Foster the independence of people with mental illness and substance use histories by: expanding innovative programs that offer clinical care as well as practical services, such as housing, employment, and education; andadvocating for expansion of participant-led or informed service models that are sustainable and effective. Read the background paper that informed this grantmaking strategy here.
Older Adults and People with Disabilities The Trust has a coordinated approach that reflects the common challenges and opportunities for the following groups of people: older adults, children and youth with disabilities, people with blindness and visual disabilities, and people with developmental disabilities. We support projects that target low-income individuals and communities.
Make New York City communities—especially those that are under-resourced—accessible, welcoming, and inclusive for people with special needs by: supporting research and pilot efforts that demonstrate these principles; andensuring that laws that fund services and expand opportunities are implemented fully and effectively.
Ensure that health, social, education, and vocational services allow people with special needs to live up to their fullest potential by: supporting and replicating proven strategies that help these populations receive appropriate education, high quality vocational preparation, and equal employment opportunities;testing new approaches that use technology and other innovations to help people with special needs remain as independent as possible; andsupporting families and caregivers of people with special needs.
Build the capacity of nonprofits serving people with special needs by: ensuring the workforce serving these populations is provided effective training, better career pathways, and increased job quality;helping agencies create appropriate financial and management systems, and partnerships to benefit from new financing mechanisms through Medicaid and Medicare. Read the background paper that informed this grantmaking strategy here.
You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Most of our competitive grants go to public charities, or groups sponsored by one. Grantees (or fiscal agents) should have a board of directors with at least five members, and no more than one paid board member.
We fund programs that promote change in policy or systems, build capacity of organizations, and expand and/or improve direct service. We do not make grants to individuals, or for general operating support, capital and building campaigns, endowments, equipment, deficit financing, or religious purposes.
Focus Areas & Funding Uses healthcare seniors disabled nonprofits mental-health Browse similar grants by category Healthcare Grants Grants for Seniors Grants for Disabled Grants for Nonprofits Grants for Mental Health Similar grants from this funder and related organizations The Fabulous Find Monthly Partnership Grant Putting Stewardship into Medical Education and Training Grant Misinformation Challenge Grant $110,000 (total pool for 2022) High School Nursing Scholarship Jefferson's Ferry Employee and Dependent Nursing Scholarship Ready to apply for Healthy Lives: Health and Behavioral Health / Older Adults and People with Disabilities Grant Program?
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Public charities or fiscally sponsored groups with a board of at least five members (no more than one paid). Supports health and behavioral health programs in New York City. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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New York City Ongoing Competitive Grants (2026) is a grant from The New York Community Trust that funds nonprofit programs and projects serving the five boroughs of New York City. The Trust accepts competitive proposals year-round across a broad range of issue areas, with grants typically ranging from $5,000 to $200,000. Applicants should review the Trust's published guidelines to ensure alignment before submitting a Proposal Cover Sheet through the Grants Portal, followed by a full hard-copy proposal. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) public charities with programs and activities serving New York City communities. The application window remains open through December 31, 2026.
Youth Development Program is sponsored by The New York Community Trust. Aims to help young, low-income New Yorkers up to the age of 24 overcome obstacles and succeed in life and careers. Grants are made to expand leadership opportunities, improve employer-driven youth workforce programs (e.g., healthcare, technology), and enhance the capacity of youth development organizations.
Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II is sponsored by Administration for Community Living. Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II is a forecasted funding opportunity on Grants.gov from Administration for Community Living. Fiscal Year: 2026. Assistance Listing Number(s): 93.433. <p>The purpose of the Federal SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small business in meeting Federal research or research and development (R/R&D) needs, and improve the return on investment from Federally-funded research for economic and social benefits to the nation. The specific purpose of NIDILRR's SBIR program is to improve the lives of people with disabilities through R/R&D products generated by small businesses, and to ...
The J.M.K. Innovation Prize is a grant from The J.M. Kaplan Fund recognizing early-stage social entrepreneurs working on environmental, heritage, and social justice challenges. The prize rewards individuals and organizations demonstrating innovative, entrepreneurial approaches to enduring problems. Applications for the 2025 prize were accepted February 11 through April 25, 2025 via an online portal. Spanish-language applications are welcomed, and a Spanish application form is available for download. The prize is biennial and open to a broad range of applicants across the United States working on forward-thinking solutions at the intersection of environment, community, and cultural heritage.