Funding will support Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region's
Health & Wellness Division which serves thousands of Capital
Region residents with unmet needs
ALBANY,
N.Y., Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The KeyBank
Foundation is investing $400,000 to
help Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region expand its efforts to
provide more accessible, responsive, and comprehensive service to
community members facing food insecurity and acute crises. This
grant is part of KeyBank's commitment to invest $40 billion in the communities it
serves.
"All of us at KeyBank are proud to invest in the Trinity
Alliance, an organization that helps so many in our community who
are facing challenges," said KeyBank Capital Region Market
President Fran O'Rourke. "The family
focused work that the team at Trinity does lifts the Capital Region
up and provides everyone a chance to succeed. Our support of their
efforts is part of KeyBank's purpose to help the Capital Region and
all of the communities we serve thrive."
"This contribution allows us to enhance and deepen our ability
to reach hundreds more Capital Region residents," Trinity Alliance
CEO Harris Oberlander said. "This
year alone, we've had a 15 percent increase in requests for
services compared to last year. We are so grateful to Key Bank for
supporting our vision!"
Funding will support Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region's
Health & Wellness Division, which serves thousands of Capital
Region residents with unmet needs. Community members who seek out
services have often been denied services or care at other service
providers due to nuanced eligibility criteria. The Health &
Wellness Division is designed to be a low barrier, rapid engagement
center to address and solve complex and emerging social
determinants of health needs. Services range from supplying
emergency food, toiletries, and infant need supplies to health
insurance navigation, transportation assistance, ID/documentation
assistance, direct financial assistance, housing resource
navigation, winter coats, holiday toy programming, mass food
distributions, free IRS tax preparation, and more.
The project serves economically challenged residents in
New York's Capital Region, with
the largest footprint within the City of
Albany. Individuals served reside within food deserts,
pharmacy deserts, and banking deserts – communities faced with a
dearth of local resources. The majority of community members served
identify with marginalized groups, including people of color,
homeless, LGBTQ+, and/or immigrant populations.
On a programmatic and service level, Trinity Alliance of the
Capital Region goes beyond acknowledging the imperative of
diversity, equity and inclusion to enacting concrete strategic
steps by deriving its mandate from the community and being
responsive to it. Its integrated, collaborative, place-based, whole
family approach promotes micro- and macro-level change, building
neighborhood vitality, family stability and individual
resilience.
"Trinity Alliance assists in leveling the playing field in the
Capital Region by providing crucial help to people facing life
challenges," said Tamika Otis,
KeyBank Capital Region Corporate Responsibility Officer. "We are
proud to support and stand with Trinity Alliance as they continue
bringing much needed resources, hope and equity to our
community."
Since 2017, KeyBank has invested more than $1 billion in the Capital Region through its
National Community Benefits Plan, supporting affordable housing and
community development projects; small business and home lending;
and transformative philanthropy.
ABOUT KEYBANK
KeyBank's roots trace back nearly 200
years to Albany, New York.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio,
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) is one of the nation's largest bank-based
financial services companies, with assets of approximately
$188 billion at September 30, 2023. Key provides deposit,
lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals
and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National
Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and
approximately 1,300 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of
sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as
merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity,
syndications and derivatives to middle market companies in selected
industries throughout the United
States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For
more information, visit https://www.key.com/. KeyBank is Member
FDIC.
ABOUT TRINITY ALLIANCE OF THE CAPITAL REGION
Founded
in 1912, Trinity Alliance of the Capital Region offers a wide
variety of resources and support tailored to meet the unmet needs
of children, individuals, and families in the underserved community
it represents. From parenting and reading classes to food pantries,
anti-violence initiatives, housing assistance and much more,
Trinity seeks to holistically strengthen the community in ways
where it needs it, when it needs it and how it needs it. For more
information, visit TrinityAllianceAlbany.org or call
518-449-5155.
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