Van Ameringen Foundation Inc Grants

First-time funding for new york's aclu to enforce state law prohibiting solitary confinement in new york's prisons and jails.

Continued support for advocacy to curtail or abolish solitary confinement in pennsylvania.

Renewed support to advance supportive housing construction, service funding and improved safety in new york state.

Continued support to monitor implementation of the halt bill curtailing the use of solitary confinement in new york state.

New york city grassroots organization is returning to vaf for continuing support of its campaign to make supportive housing safe, stable, and accessible for the most marginalized mentally ill new yorkers.

Renewed support for a holistic wellness program serving traumatized refugees and immigrants settling in philadelphia.

First-time funding for albany-based advocacy entity to hire a policy director for its work to increase access to mental health care for all new yorkers seeking care through the states public mental health system.

First-time support for pennsylvania legal services agency seeking to end solitary confinement in state prisons and county jails for individuals with serious mental illness.

New support for roots of happiness, which provides culturally competent mental health support, cultural connection for isolated, often non-english speaking immigrant elders.

Renewed support for the mental health project at four community schools housed within the bushwick high school campus in brooklyn, ny.

New support for organizing to ensure full implementation of #lessismoreny, the most comprehensive parole reform legislation in the U.S.

New support to recruit and train physicians to provide expert testimony for incarcerated people with serious mental illness.

First-time vaf support for a national advocacy organization dedicated to driving policy change at the state and federal levels to improve americans' access to mental health care.

Renewed support for pennsylvania's education law center to advocate at the state and local level for public schools to make culturally affirming mental health supports available for students.

Renewed support for national legal advocacy center to ensure that under-represented people with mental health disabilities live with autonomy, dignity and opportunity in welcoming communities that allow them to reach their full potential.

Grassroots new york advocacy organization seeks renewed vaf funding for its campaign to advocate for urgently needed mental health services for the children of new york.

Renewed support for licensed mental health counseling and training center to fund a bipoc mental health fellowship program in new york city.

Renewed support to double the capacity of a culturally-competent counseling team serving philadelphias lgbtq youth.

First-time vaf funding for a national law center to bring new litigation against new york state to force implementation of the halt act, barring solitary confinement for justice-involved people with disabilities.

Continuing advocacy support for philadelphia-based public interest law firm fighting for the rights of children caught in juvenile justice and child welfare systems.