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Project Title

Building Healthy Communities Conference Scholarship

Grant Amount

$1,600

Priority Area

Other

Date Awarded

August 14, 2017

Region

Central NY

Status

Closed

Website

http://www.oswegocounty.com/health/

In a state as large as New York, a steady stream of smart, innovative work is coming from NYHealth grantees and non-grantees alike that is relevant to NYHealth’s priority areas of Building Healthy Communities and Empowering Health Care Consumers and its focus area on Veterans’ Health.

These organizations should be elevating their work and informing key stakeholders at regional, statewide, and national conferences, meetings, and other convenings. Yet, because of a lack of resources, they are often unable to do so. To address this issue, NYHealth awarded grants through its Sponsoring Conference Participation in Support of Healthy Communities, Consumer Empowerment, and Veterans’ Health Request for Proposals (RFP). Through this RFP, NYHealth sponsoried low-resource organizations to attend and present at local, State, and national conferences related to these areas. In 2017, NYHealth awarded the Oswego County Health Department (OCHD) a grant to participate in this initiative as part of its efforts to support healthy communities.

With NYHealth funding, OCHD’s Director of Public Health attended the 2017 annual National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) conference. OCHD was selected to present at a conference session on its “Smoke Free for My Baby & Me” program, where it linked community resources to clinical interventions to promote smoking cessation. In addition, the conference provided the director with a chance to deepen and share local expertise, as well as create and improve collaborations with health care organizations and public health departments to advance population health.

View a complete list of conference participation grantees.