Health Association of Niagara County, Inc.
Health Association of Niagara County, Inc.
Grant Status
Completed
Project Title
Merging Agencies to Advance Disease Prevention in Niagara County
Award Amount
$79,795
Location
Niagara Falls, NY
Website
Date Awarded
October 9, 2009
Niagara County AIDS Task Force and Center for Joy, two organizations in Niagara County that are working to fight childhood obesity, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS, are at risk of closure or have ceased operations. Accordingly, the Health Association of Niagara County, Inc. (HANCI) will fully merge these two organizations into its own operations.
Areas of Niagara County are highly impoverished and demonstrate high rates of chronic illness. Niagara County’s rates of diabetes and hospitalizations for diabetes exceed those of New York State and the nation. It also has high rates of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. While HANCI has weathered the recent economic crisis relatively well, other agencies in Niagara County have suffered. NYSHealth support will allow HANCI to preserve and operate two vital programs whose survival is otherwise unlikely.