June 15, 2010

Dear Colleague:

I am very pleased to share with you some significant improvements at CHFWCNY that are intended to enhance our ability to achieve positive health outcomes for Western and Central NY’s people and communities. These refinements fall into three categories: 

1. Sharpened focus within our programmatic priorities of frail elders and children in communities of poverty and an added priority on growing community health capacity;
   
2. Increased effort to spread our programmatic learnings, including stronger emphasis on policy change and replication of effective programs; our revamped website is one example of this strategic change; and
   
3. Program staff reorganization intended to more effectively address our priorities and increase our effectiveness across both regions.

The attached letter provides more detail on each of these changes. I welcome your feedback and suggestions as we implement this more focused direction.