"We see this grant program as a natural extension of our company’s long-term commitment to be there for people when they need us most-including when the unexpected strikes." "Unfortunately, a rising number of communities across America are confronting upheaval and grief in the aftermath of tragedy-whether natural or human-made," said Heather Nesle, vice president of corporate responsibility at New York Life and President of the New York Life Foundation.
New York Life will work in partnership with the Change in Mind Institute at the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities to administer the program. The program, Building Resilience in the Face of Disaster, will fund and administer efforts among nonprofit community-based organizations providing long-term trauma and grief support to those in geographic areas impacted by major weather-related disasters in 2017 1, including Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma and the California Wildfires as well as some of the deadliest mass shootings that have occurred in the last year and a half 2, including Las Vegas, NV, Sutherland Springs, TX, and Parkland, FL. The partnership will serve as the first-ever disaster-focused grant for the New York Life Foundation, the charitable arm of the company. WASHINGTON, D.C.-New York Life and the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities today announced the launch of a new grant program to support children, adults, families, and communities experiencing trauma resulting from natural disaster or community-wide tragedy.