Primary Care: Expanding Access and Advancing Racial Health Equity in New York

For programmatic or technical questions:
212.664.7656
PCRFP@nyhealthfoundation.org

For questions about the online application system:
gm@nyhealthfoundation.org

The New York Health Foundation will provide grants for projects in New York that work to expand access to primary care and/or advance racial health equity through primary care. Priority is given to communities of color and rural areas.

Project examples include, but are not limited to:

• Creating policy and regulatory changes that direct a greater share of total healthcare spending to primary care
• Implementing and testing payer- or purchaser-led initiatives that create incentives for high-quality primary care delivery
• Piloting new models of integrated primary care and specialty care to inform evolving New York state regulations
• Spreading telehealth and other digital tools for disease management equitably among marginalized populations
• Testing and scaling care delivery models in non-clinical, community-based settings
• Elevating patients and communities of color in health system oversight and practice redesign to have meaningful and measurable impact
• Developing and testing racial equity-focused quality metrics or payment incentives
• Conducting practice improvement initiatives to improve patient experience and quality of care for marginalized patient populations
• Providing technical assistance to providers to screen and refer for health-related social needs under new Medicaid value-based care models

Eligible applicants:

• Nonprofit organizations
• Government agencies
• For-profit organizations
• Academic organizations
• Healthcare systems and providers
• Independent practice associations
• Professional member organizations
• Community-based organizations
• Patient advocacy organizations
• Policy organizations
• Research organizations

Award ceiling: $250,000
Project period: 2 years

A link to the application instructions is available on the program website.

Submit the online letter of intent by June 13, 2023. Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, with a deadline of August 24, 2023.