At the end of 2020, Archstone Foundation’s Board of Directors approved four new grants. Two grants will help build the effectiveness of California nonprofits serving older adults; one grant will spur innovation in healthcare for older Latino patients. Separately, its Board approved a grant to increase medical residents’ knowledge about elder abuse and build upon its legacy funding in this area.
New Grants Support Capacity Building, Innovations
In August 2020, Archstone Foundation developed two new funding opportunities targeting California nonprofits directly serving adults 65 and older, and with a preference for geographic and population diversity. One focused on capacity building, the other on innovations. Three grants from this new, semi-annual RFP were awarded in November 2020:
Capacity Building:
St. Barnabas Senior Services
Archstone Foundation awarded $27,390 to St. Barnabas Senior Services over nine months to support its board and leadership development in an effort to improve its organizational effectiveness and ensure mission- and values-driven approaches to governance, leadership, and programming.
Coalition for Compassionate Care of California
Archstone Foundation awarded $43,494 to the Coalition for Compassionate Care of California (CCCC) over nine months to support a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tool for greater mission impact. CCCC is a statewide collaboration of health care providers, organizations, state agencies and individuals working to improve care for those who are seriously ill and at the end of life. The primary (capacity building) goal is to streamline administrative functions and enhance member and partner engagement. Implementation of the new integrated CRM system will dovetail with CCCC’s parallel effort to identify and enhance its earned income capabilities and support long-term sustainability.
Innovations:
Via Care Community Health Center, Inc.
Archstone Foundation awarded $50,000 to Via Care Community Health Center, Inc. over one year to expand its Medication Therapy Management (MTM) program to improve the health and quality of life of low-income, Latino older-adult patients with multiple chronic diseases. MTM is an evidence-based, patient-focused care management program. It incorporates a clinical pharmacist as a key component of the medical care team to reduce the risk of poor health outcomes and negative medication reactions due to inappropriate prescribing and polypharmacy. The MTM program will be tailored to address the unique needs of the Latino older adult patients through cultural and linguistic competency, caregiver support, at-home telehealth visits, medication delivery, and referrals to services that will positively impact older adult patient’s health and quality of life. The overall goal of the program is to improve the quality of life of low-income, Latino older adults by helping them and their caregivers make the best use of medications.
New Training Grants to Develop Elder Abuse Curriculum (Legacy Program Area)
In December 2020, Archstone Foundation awarded $401,970 to the University of Southern California (USC) over two years to support the Elder Abuse Curriculum for Medical Residents project, which builds off the Foundation’s legacy work to address elder mistreatment. The Department of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine and its project partners, the University of California, San Francisco, the University of California, Irvine, and the University of California, San Diego will work collaboratively to develop an elder abuse curriculum for family, internal, and emergency medicine residents and geriatric fellows. Currently, medical schools do not have a dedicated standardized curriculum educating their residents on the signs and risk factors of abuse, treatment protocols, and mandatory reporting requirements. With patient care at the forefront, residency is the ideal time to train physicians in the signs and risk factors of abuse and response protocols. This project builds upon Archstone Foundation’s decades-long legacy to address and prevent elder mistreatment.
