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Comprehensive health care for adults with developmental disabilities

The Special Hope Foundation has been looking back at the grants that we have awarded over the years, and in doing so, we’re seeing the possibilities for the future of healthcare for adults with disabilities. Today we end our retrospective with grants awarded–so far–in 2017.

The Special Hope [Read more…]

Special Hope Foundation Grants from 2016

The Special Hope Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations that promote the establishment of comprehensive health care for adults with developmental disabilities designed to address their unique and fundamental needs. We’ve been looking back at the grants that we have awarded over the years, and in doing [Read more…]

2015 was a pivotal year for the Special Hope Foundation

Not only did we provide funding to a record number of organizations, but we issued a Telemedicine RFP for our Fall grant cycle, our first RFP since our inception. Telemedicine, or Telehealth, is the provision [Read more…]

Special Olympics New York athlete and coach

The Special Hope Foundation is looking back at the grants we have provided over the years.

We have been fortunate to have connected with like minded people and organizations that support our mission. This week, [Read more…]

Conversations with Self-Advocates: Part V

Katie Murphy (Description:Woman with beige skin and red hair pulled back with a half-smile wearing dark framed glasses)

WITH is very proud of our Self-Advocate Advisory Committee, and for the value its members add to our organization. The committee reviews the proposals [Read more…]

The Special Hope Foundation was busy in 2013.

Part III of our retrospective series will show you how. But first:

About Us

The Special Hope Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations that promote the establishment of comprehensive health care for adults with developmental disabilities designed to address their unique and fundamental needs.

We support programs [Read more…]

Meet Yolanda Vargas, a member of WITH’s Self-Advocate Advisory Committee.

Yolanda Vargas

Individuals with disabilities are disability experts, after all, so we feel lucky to have a committee of experts that can help us with projects that improve access to healthcare for individuals with developmental disabilities.

How did you [Read more…]

The Special Hope Foundation is taking a look back at the history of the grants we have awarded since our beginning. Today, we’re featuring our grants from 2012. As we mentioned in Part I of our retrospective series, we have truly evolved as a foundation, and are proud of the organizations we have supported [Read more…]

The Special Hope Foundation was created to provide financial support to organizations that promote the establishment of comprehensive health care for adults with developmental disabilities designed to address their unique and fundamental needs.

In the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing the history of the grants we have awarded since our inception, starting with 2011. [Read more…]