The YMCA of Middletown’s programs focus on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. This YMCA serves all of Orange County and southern Sullivan County from four branch locations and an outdoor education center. In Middletown, the Center for Youth Programs houses a preschool, Universal Pre-Kindergarten program, summer day camp, and many other youth programs.…
Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood is a critical provider of sexual and reproductive health services, education, and advocacy. It is the only provider of abortion services in Columbia and Greene counties, and one of very few providers of contraceptives and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). More than three quarters of UHPP patients are…
Affordable Housing Pre-Development Fund Grants Hudson River Housing (HRH) and RUPCO, both long-time Dyson Foundation grantees, are two of the Mid-Hudson Valley’s most important housing and community development organizations. Organizations like these need access to dollars for the critical pre-development expenses associated with most housing projects, such as appraisals, land surveys, and architectural and engineering…
Amid adult and youth mental health and substance abuse crises and acute provider shortages, the Dyson Foundation awarded technical assistance funding to leading Mid-Hudson Valley behavioral healthcare providers to increase access to care, enhance internal administrative and clinical systems, improve professional development and retention, and support organizational sustainability. More than $150,000 was awarded to five…
Columbia-Greene Habitat for Humanity’s mission is to create opportunities for average income individuals and families in Columbia and Greene counties to own safe, efficient, affordable homes. Columbia-Greene Habitat has built twenty-seven homes for families throughout Columbia County, and with the recent expansion into Greene County, is poised to increase the number of homes and homeownership…