PHI Granted $50,000 Award to Commemorate Retirement of President of John A. Hartford Foundation

 

PHI (Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute) was recently awarded a $50,000 grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation in honor of Corinne H. Rieder, Ed.D., who as president led the Foundation for nearly 20 years until her retirement this spring. Dr. Rieder is widely credited with overseeing the private philanthropy’s expanding commitment to aging and health.

 

The John A. Hartford Foundation’s Board of Trustees gave Dr. Rieder the opportunity to select one of its grantees to receive the one-time award to commemorate her retirement; she chose PHI.

 

“Since I first came to know PHI more than a decade ago, I have always admired what you and your colleagues are doing to improve the lives of people who care for individuals who need home or residential care,” said Dr. Rieder in her award letter. “I am happy to be able to do this.”

 

PHI’s policy work to improve the quality of direct-care jobs and care for consumers, including creating career advancement opportunities for direct-care workers and integrating direct-care workers into interdisciplinary care teams, has also been made possible with funding from the Foundation.