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MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
Approach
Problem
Robin Hood focuses on ensuring access to quality health care and minimizing the traumatic experiences of New Yorkers across life stages, from pregnancy and early childhood through school-age years and into adulthood. We prioritize evidence-based models that promote lasting healthy changes in the lives of New Yorkers and their families.
The intersection of health and mental health with poverty is profound and reciprocal. Low-income New Yorkers, 48% of whom grapple with chronic and work-limiting conditions, only get medical care when there is an emergency. This results in inadequate short-term medical treatment, gaps in employment and income, and expensive bills — a nearly impossible spiral to escape.
Impact
In 2023, Robin Hood invested in programs that served 11,566 mothers and infants by improving birth outcomes and reducing rates of morbidity, mortality, and postpartum depression. Our advocacy efforts are helping to reform New York State’s Medicaid program. A state-mandated task force convened by Robin Hood, and $10 million in additional funding, expanded the Robin Hood- funded Healthy Steps program, which reduces maternal depression and supports early childhood development.
IN 2023
GRANTS TOTALED $14.7 MILLION
New Yorkers who faced poverty or material hardship were 1.5 times more likely to have high health care needs.
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