NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Improving the health and well-being of people in underserved communities is what Bronx-based managed care plan Affinity Health Plan has stood for from inception. Following the sale of its operations late last year, and now renamed as Affinity Legacy, Inc., the organization has established a grant program to build on that legacy.
The program provides one-time grants to non-profit community based organizations that offer programs in the areas of mental health, food insecurity, formerly incarcerated individuals and consumer health education and workforce advancement.
The Affinity Legacy Community Grant Program, which officially kicks off today, recognizes the role that community based organizations play in helping to ensure that people have access to necessary social services and care that can make a sustainable, positive impact on their quality of life.
Commenting on the new program, Paloma Hernandez, Chair of the Affinity Legacy Board of Directors, affirmed, “Through the Grant Program, Affinity Legacy is able to remain true to our community based roots. The Program embodies our mission, and is our way of positioning Affinity Legacy to continue to make extraordinary contributions throughout the community, where we can make the greatest impact.”
The one-time grants will be awarded through an application process. Eligible community programs must serve residents within Affinity’s 10-county service area consisting of the Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester.
Interested non-profit community based organizations are invited to visit https://affinitylegacy.org/ for more details.
