Fund For Public Health In New York Inc

Through an agreement with the nyc department of health and mental hygiene, fphnyc provides fiscal, administrative, and strategic implementation support for a range of high priority projects that enable the health department to respond rapidly to emerging public health issues, address disparities in health outcomes and access to care, and strengthen public health infrastructure. In fy24, these efforts included: the citywide doula initiative, which provides free access to home visitors and doula support for birthing people and parenting families; the naloxone vending machine project, which aims to reduce stigma for substance use disorder (sud) by providing new yorkers convenient, anonymous, and free access to naloxone, syringes, and a wide variety of other health and wellness supplies; and the youth suicide prevention project, which seeks to enhance monitoring, increase and diversify prevention services for youth and their support networks, and expand efforts to mitigate the socio-environmental risk factors for suicide through public health, urban planning, and urban design strategies.

The goal of the gus schumacher nutrition incentive program (gusnip), funded through the u.s. Department of agriculture, is to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by low-income consumers participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program (snap). With the funding, fphnyc and the new york city department of health and mental hygiene partner with independent supermarkets and their point-of-sales (pos) vendors to provide eligible shoppers with the opportunity to earn up to $10 in reward points per day on purchases of eligible fruits, vegetables and beans that can be spent on more eligible food at their next purchase.

Various activities and grants supporting the advancement of the health and wellbeing of all new york city residents and in support of the new york city department of health's programs and activities.