Van Ameringen Foundation

FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR NEW YORK'S ACLU TO ENFORCE STATE LAW PROHIBITING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN NEW YORK'S PRISONS AND JAILS.

CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ADVOCACY TO CURTAIL OR ABOLISH SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA.

RENEWED SUPPORT TO ADVANCE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, SERVICE FUNDING AND IMPROVED SAFETY IN NEW YORK STATE.

FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR ALBANY-BASED ADVOCACY ENTITY TO HIRE A POLICY DIRECTOR FOR ITS WORK TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS SEEKING CARE THROUGH THE STATES PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A HOLISTIC WELLNESS PROGRAM SERVING TRAUMATIZED REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS SETTLING IN PHILADELPHIA.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL LEGAL ADVOCACY CENTER TO ENSURE THAT UNDER-REPRESENTED PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES LIVE WITH AUTONOMY, DIGNITY AND OPPORTUNITY IN WELCOMING COMMUNITIES THAT ALLOW THEM TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

NEW SUPPORT TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN PHYSICIANS TO PROVIDE EXPERT TESTIMONY FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ADOPTION COMPETENT THERAPY PROGRAM FOR FOSTER YOUTH.

NEW SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZING TO ENSURE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF #LESSISMORENY, THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE PAROLE REFORM LEGISLATION IN THE U.S.

FIRST-TIME SUPPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA LEGAL SERVICES AGENCY SEEKING TO END SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN STATE PRISONS AND COUNTY JAILS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS.

NEW SUPPORT FOR ROOTS OF HAPPINESS, WHICH PROVIDES CULTURALLY COMPETENT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, CULTURAL CONNECTION FOR ISOLATED, OFTEN NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING IMMIGRANT ELDERS.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR PENNSYLVANIA'S EDUCATION LAW CENTER TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO MAKE CULTURALLY AFFIRMING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND TRAINING CENTER TO FUND A BIPOC MENTAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN NEW YORK CITY.

GRASSROOTS NEW YORK ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION SEEKS RENEWED VAF FUNDING FOR ITS CAMPAIGN TO ADVOCATE FOR URGENTLY NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE CHILDREN OF NEW YORK.

NEW SUPPORT TO EXPAND A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AMONG INDIGENOUS IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN PHILADELPHIA.

NEW YORK CITY GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION IS RETURNING TO VAF FOR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF ITS CAMPAIGN TO MAKE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SAFE, STABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THE MOST MARGINALIZED MENTALLY ILL NEW YORKERS.

FIRST-TIME VAF SUPPORT FOR A NATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DRIVING POLICY CHANGE AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO IMPROVE AMERICANS' ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE.

CONTINUED SUPPORT TO MONITOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HALT BILL CURTAILING THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN NEW YORK STATE.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR NYC ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY SERIOUS AND PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS BUILD BETTER LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY.

FIRST-TIME VAF FUNDING FOR A NATIONAL LAW CENTER TO BRING NEW LITIGATION AGAINST NEW YORK STATE TO FORCE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HALT ACT, BARRING SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR JUSTICE-INVOLVED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT AT FOUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS HOUSED WITHIN THE BUSHWICK HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS IN BROOKLYN, NY.

RENEWED SUPPORT TO DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF A CULTURALLY-COMPETENT COUNSELING TEAM SERVING PHILADELPHIAS LGBTQ YOUTH.

CONTINUING ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR PHILADELPHIA-BASED PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN CAUGHT IN JUVENILE JUSTICE AND CHILD WELFARE SYSTEMS.

FIRST-TIME SUPPORT FOR A NYC HOSPITAL SYSTEM SERVING HALF OF NYC'S MEDICAID-ELIGIBLE POPULATION TO LAUNCH A FAST-TRACK WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PATHWAY TO LICENSE CULTURALLY COMPETENT SOCIAL WORKERS IN NYC.

FIRST-TIME VAF FUNDING TO HIRE A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND STAFF IN A SOUTH BRONX CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM AT A TUITION-FREE PUBLIC K-8 PHILADELPHIA CHARTER SCHOOL.

NEW YORK CITY CHILD WELFARE AGENCY SEEKS RENEWED VAF SUPPORT FOR ITS PARENT-CHILD BONDING PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES WITH MEDICALLY NEEDY CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE, TRAUMA-INFORMED ART THERAPY PROGRAMS FOR IMMIGRANT LATINX WOMEN AND CHILDREN AT A LONGSTANDING SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY IN EAST HARLEM, NEW YORK.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR HARM REDUCTION AGENCY SEEKING TO SERVE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL, AND DUAL-DIAGNOSED VULNERABLE CITIZENS IN KENSINGTON, PHILADELPHIA.

NEW SUPPORT FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT PHILADELPHIAS WORKSHOP HIGH SCHOOL.

RENEWED FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OLDER, UNDERSERVED, VULNERABLE ADULTS IN MANHATTAN.

NEW SUPPORT TO LAUNCH NEW YORK CITYS FIRST RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT MODEL FOR LGBTQ YOUTH.

FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR A LARGE NEW YORK SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY TO ADD A CLINICIAN TO PROVIDE CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR 700 LATIN AMERICAN ASYLUM-SEEKING REFUGEES WHO RECENTLY ARRIVED IN NEW YORK CITY.

FIRST-TIME FUNDING FOR A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO HIGH-RISK MIDDLE SCHOOLERS IN BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TRAINER TO LEAD AN ONGOING TRAUMA INFORMED CARE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR 75 STAFF.

MIXTECA, A COMMUNITY-BASED BROOKLYN SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY SERVING IMMIGRANTS FROM LATIN AMERICA, SEEKS FIRST-TIME FUNDING FROM VAF TO ADD A SOCIAL WORKER TO ITS STAFF TO CREATE A MENTAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM FOR LATINX YOUTH IN NYC.

RENEWED FUNDING FOR A LARGE NYC SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCY TO SUPPORT A SOCIAL WORK RESIDENCY PROGRAM THAT ENTICES RECENTLY GRADUATED SOCIAL WORKERS TO REMAIN AT THE AGENCY TO SERVE DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS IN NYC.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ-AFFIRMING MULTI-SERVICE COMMUNITY CENTER TO LAUNCH AN ARTICLE 31 MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC IN MANHATTAN.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY PROVIDING SHELTER, HOUSING, AND COMPASSIONATE SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR ADULTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN PHILADELPHIA.

FIRST-TIME VAF FUNDING FOR A VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM SERVING DISADVANTAGED WOMEN IN NEW YORK CITY TO FUND A FULL-TIME SOCIAL WORKER TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.

RENEWED SUPPORT FOR A BROOKLYN-BASED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AGENCY SERVING WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD TO HIRE A LICENSED CLINICAL CARE LEAD FOR ITS MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING.

NEW SUPPORT TO LAUNCH A MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACCESS PROGRAM FOR YOUTH IN THE FAMILY REGULATION SYSTEM.

FIRST-TIME SUPPORT FOR A SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY PROVIDING A VARIETY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS FOR VULNERABLE, UNSTABLY HOUSED INDIVIDUALS IN NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA.

CONTINUING VAF FUNDING FOR A SENIOR FAMILY CLINICIAN TO TREAT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF HOMELESS MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN A BROOKLYN FAMILY SHELTER.

FIRST-TIME VAF SUPPORT FOR EAST-HARLEM-BASED ORGANIZATION OPENING AN ARTICLE 31 LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC FOR FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE OF COLOR.