Grantee Name
EHS Inc. dba Evergreen Health Services of Western New York (formerly AIDS Community Services of Western New York, Inc)
Funding Area
Special Projects Fund
Publication Date
April 2013
Grant Amount
$161,184
Grant Date:
October 15, 2009 – October 14, 2010
Four distinct nonprofit agencies aligned and affiliated under the Evergreen Health Services of Western New York (Evergreen) provide HIV screening and prevention services to thousands of residents in the Buffalo area: AIDS Community Services of WNY, Inc. (ACS); Alianza Latina Inc.; PRIDE Center of WNY, Inc; and the Evergreen Foundation.
In 2009, ACS and its service partners were struggling to maintain and improve the quality of their programming in the face of growing consumer demand; a shrinking and/or inadequately skilled labor pool; diminishing resources amid local, State, and national fiscal crises; and increased dispersion of clients in the community.
In an effort to help the four agencies achieve efficiencies that would assist in overall quality improvement, outcomes administration, long-term cost savings, and consumer and employee satisfaction, NYHealth awarded ACS a grant to consolidate the financial management services of the four Evergreen agencies so they could integrate and share one comprehensive financial system.