Impact Challenge
As the First Year Draws to a Close, Impact Challenge Teams Report Game-Changing Results
December 14, 2022–It’s been a little over a year since VNS Health held its Impact Challenge, where five final round teams presented ideas for reducing heath disparities in our communities. So how are the initiatives doing? All five teams have reported game-changing progress this past year, so let’s dive in! 16 New Nurse Residents – and Counting! Team Nurse Residency, whose goal is to expand VNS Health’s Nurse Residency program to serve health needs in underserved areas, launched its fifth cohort with nine new residents in October, including two based in the Bronx. The program has also recruited seven new hires for the April 2023 cohort. This makes a total of 16 new nurse residents recruited since the project launched—including three nurse residents for the Bronx, one of our areas of focus. To learn more, click here. A Medical Nutrition Therapy Pilot for the Bedbound Set to Launch Team Medical Nutrition Therapy,
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VNSNY Impact Challenge: The 3 Program Categories
June 10, 2021–The 3 Program Categories The VNSNY Impact Challenge has three categories as noted below. Contenders can submit as many separate proposals for consideration in each of the different categories as they wish. For example, you could submit three proposals in a single category, or one or more proposals in all three categories. Each contender can either submit proposals individually or as a team. Note that the Request for Proposal (RFP) fund — the total amount budgeted for the programs— is limited to $500K total. Here are the three categories: Category #1: Program Creation — New Program ($100-300K) The VNSNY Impact Challenge contender/team will identify and present a community benefit program in which VNSNY is not already active. The program will identify a need that’s based on health care disparities and social determinates of health impacting underserved communities. This innovative program will need to be built from the ground up, including
The VNSNY Impact Challenge
June 8, 2021–Do You Have a Great Idea for a Community Impact Program to Help Reduce Health Care Disparities in Underserved Communities? What is the VNSNY Impact Challenge? VNSNY employee contenders will submit ideas for new community and charitable care programs that are driven by the commitment, passion and belief in our mission to help those in need. Modeled on the TV reality show Shark Tank, where participants present their ideas for new businesses to a panel of potential investors Any VNSNY staff member, or team of staff members, can submit their proposals Finalists will be selected to pitch their proposals for a new VNSNY community impact program to our VNSNY Impact Challenge panel ___________________________________________________________________ 2021 VNSNY Community Impact Challenge — Theme 2021 Theme: Reducing Health Care Disparities in Underserved Communities What kind of proposals can I submit? Proposals should fall into one of these 3 program categories: Program Creation – a plan for an entirely new