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Challenge People living in poverty have higher rates of chronic health conditions, including mental illness. The lack of access to care contributes to gaps in employment, income loss, and expensive medical bills. Too many families suffer under the crushing burden of medical debt. For many New Yorkers, having an illness leads to a lifelong battle against disadvantage and hardship. Research tells us that acquiring pre- and post-natal care, giving birth to a healthy child with a normal birthweight, avoiding exposure to trauma, seeking treatment, and receiving preventive care for mental and physical health conditions can reduce the risk of going into poverty and mitigate against the impacts of poverty. Response Robin Hood champions many public health solutions that enrich the lives of people living in
poverty. Your support in 2024 made it possible to focus on the needs of young, low-income mothers acting to prevent underweight births and improve outreach to at-risk mothers while connecting them with doctors and mental health professionals. In NYC, Black women are eight times more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts, and Black infants are three times more likely to die before their first birthday compared to white infants. Because of your support, we’re shifting the tide. In addition to funding maternal health initiatives, your contribution to Robin Hood is expanding access to primary care physicians and mental health services for several at-risk populations, including the homeless, undocumented and uninsured immigrants, LGBTQ+ youth, and public school students being served at school-based mental health clinics across the City.
IN 2024
GRANTS TOTALED $8.9 MILLION
Here’s What You Made Happen Through Robin Hood’s participation in the statewide Medicaid Task Force, an additional 66,177 CHILDREN will now be continuously enrolled and insured through Medicaid from birth to 6 years old. Previously, eligible families had to recertify their children every year, leaving many lower-income children uninsured and without health care.
Provided medical intervention for 17,230 leading to improved birth outcomes and reduced rates of morbidity, mortality, and postpartum depression. AT-RISK, LOW-INCOME MOTHERS AND INFANTS, Thanks to your support, 3,025 of these children under age 3 were connected to therapies and are now on track to meet developmental milestones. Identified risks of negative health and learning outcomes for 18,272 CHILDREN.
Nearly half (48%) of low-income New Yorkers have a chronic health or work-limiting condition.
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