Making your giving matter more... since 1924 June 2012 Newsletter
grants
You know that good feeling you get when you help make things better? This newsletter looks at grants that were made possible in large part by generous New Yorkers who wanted to make a difference—and set up endowed funds with us. To find out how you can leave your own legacy, contact our general counsel, Jane Wilton at (212) 686–2563 or janewilton@nyct-cfi.org.
table of contents 2 Three-Years-Old, Not Talking Yet, In Need of Advocate 3 Tapping Offshore Wind Energy 4 Nourishing New York’s Cultural Roots 6 Other Grants
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Crisis Can’t Wait
sychiatric emergencies need to be taken care of immediately, but where in the City does someone in trouble get help?
Regular outpatient clinics cannot provide urgent care and emergency rooms are expensive, overburdened, and not equipped to refer patients to longer-term treatment. St. Vincent’s Medical Center had an urgent psychiatric clinic, but the hospital closed in 2010. Bellevue has a walk-in clinic that is so crowded that patients must show up by 8:00 a.m. to be seen that day.
Psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and administrators at the International Center for the Disabled make sure patients visiting their new psychiatric walk-in clinic get emergency care.