Adira launches $250k-plus grant program on caregiving, mental health and resource sharing
Adira Foundation launched its second round of competitive funding today, the Fall 2020 Pervasive Needs Grants. The program offers funding in direct response to priorities named by people impacted by ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis),…
Adira Foundation announces two board additions
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA — Adira Foundation announced today the appointment of two board members: Cynthia Gómez, behavioral health scientist and health equity consultant, and Todd Evenson, president of access.mobile, International and founder of…
Mental health and care coordination top list of concerns for ND organizations
Fourteen people representing 12 Fast-Track COVID-19 Grant Response grantee organizations joined Adira in July for a roundtable convening on how their projects have unfolded since April. The group offered rich discourse, highlighted what they’d…
Disability education program growing in pandemic
Before we had much shape or form, Adira saw a need and acted through a test pilot grant to the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) in 2019 so they could build a program to educate social workers and Huntington’s disease (HD) families…
New partnership to develop neurodegenerative disease resource directory
Adira Foundation and VirginiaNavigator partnership will build neurodegenerative disease resource directory for easier service access RICHMOND, VIRGINIA —access comprehensive information on programs and services for people diagnosed with…
Supporting Coloradans living with NDs during COVID-19
By Sara Froelich of the Chronic Care Collaborative Everyone is at risk of developing COVID-19. But, those with chronic diseases such as diabetes and dementia have a higher chance of developing severe symptoms—and of dying from the virus.…
Mothers are taking on even more caregiving. Let’s honor them
As the pandemic upends our social structures, the role of mothers—the way they are viewed or valued, as well as their responsibilities—is shifting. This shift comes from a pre-pandemic reality: women make up at least 75 percent of caregivers,…
VIDEO: Update from CEO on Fast-Track COVID-19 Response
This week we announced the 12 grantees for Adira's Fast-Track COVID-19 Response grants. And now we are asking for support to keep the project going. From my new home "office," I shared a little about this on Twitter, and I invite you to view…
Adira's fast-track grantees: Vital services amid COVID-19
Over the last two weeks, Adira Foundation awarded fast-track COVID-19 response grants to 12 organizations providing vital care and wellness services for people with Alzheimer’s disease, ALS, Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and…
Adira's Fast-Track Response to COVID-19
Hello— Today, Adira Foundation is rolling out our inaugural grants program. It isn’t the grants program we had planned to announce for April—grants that assemble different diagnosed populations together in joint services. We believe in that…