"Harlem's Iris House:Inspiring Women worldwide"  an article published on June 26, 2008 by Audrey Adams.  Read more.

"Clinic Helps Women Live with HIV" an article published on June 19, 2008 by Voices from the Frontlines.  Read more .

“Despite H.I.V., Fighting to Maintain Health and a Positive Attitude" 

Iris House was profiled in the May 18, 2008 Sunday New York Times. Read the article by clicking here. 

"Safe Haven: A Champion for Women Living with HIV and AIDS continue to provide help and hope" by Rachel Grumman, a NY Post article published on February 2007. Click here to read more about.

Diana L. Taylor, Superintendent of Banks

One State Street, New York 10004

Press Office: 212-709-1691                                                                    

FOR RELEASE: Monday, November 13, 2006

http://www.banking.state.ny.us                                         

Iris House Receives New York State Banking Department Grant for Financial Education Program

New York, N.Y.: The New York State Banking Department has awarded Iris House with a grant of $91,697.07 to fund financial education programming.  Iris House, a social and health center serving HIV-positive women and their families in New York City, will use this Banking Department grant to provide two financial life skills curriculums for their clients in New York City.

New York State Banking Superintendent Diana L. Taylor said, “With this grant, Iris House will be able to provide HIV-positive women and their families with financial life skills training.  The curriculums developed by Iris House will meet the spectrum of the needs of clients—from those with questions about retirement savings, to those who are struggling to cover basic costs—and will help all participants improve their financial management skills.  I am so pleased that we can enable such opportunities for financial education throughout New York State.

Iris House began conducting financial life skills training since the fall of 2005, and quickly realized a need for two separate, expanded curriculums to meet the differing educational needs of Iris House clients.  The Banking Department will fund the implementation of two sets of financial life skills classes.  One set of classes will teach basic financial life skills to low-income or unemployed clients who are struggling to meet basic survival needs or who are on the verge of financial distress.  A second set of classes will teach more advanced topics to clients who have somewhat greater resources and a grasp of financial management concepts but who have secondary financial issues, such as credit card debt.  The Banking Department grant will allow Iris House to provide its clients with personal financial management skills and the ability to stabilize and improve their financial well-being.

The grant proposal submitted by Iris House was one of eleven selected from a group of more than 180 proposals submitted to the Banking Department.  On November 28, 2005, the Banking Department issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for financial education training programs.  The Department dedicated a total of $1,000,000 to grants for organizations that provide sustainable financial education programs throughout New York State.  The funding comes from settlement agreements negotiated by the Banking Department in which proceeds are earmarked for consumer financial education. 

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The RFP sought programs that would promote and enable financial literacy through creative and innovative initiatives in the categories of “direct provider” or “train-the-trainer”.  The former provides financial education directly to the public, while the latter is designed to train an educator to provide financial education directly to the public.  In response to the RFP, the Department received 151 direct provider proposals and 32 train-the-trainer proposals, for a total of 183 proposals. 

These awards are conditional subject to successful contract negotiations with the Banking Department and the approval of the Office of the State Comptroller.

The New York State Banking Department is the regulator for all state-chartered banking institutions, virtually all of the United States offices of international banking institutions, all of the State’s mortgage brokers, mortgage bankers, check cashers, money transmitters and budget planners. The aggregate assets of the depository institutions supervised by the Banking Department are more than $1.5 trillion.

In addition to regulating banking institutions, the Banking Department is active in informing and educating all New Yorkers on banking matters. To contact the Banking Department, please call 1-877-BANK-NYS or visit our Web site at www.banking.state.ny.us.                 

  

Iris House: Ingrid Floyd, Executive Director

646-548-0100 x238

Read this article:"Iris House Cooks Up Good Nutrition For HIV/AIDS Patients" from NY1 News. (June 13)

Newsday featured a wonderful article highlighting several Iris House's program participants read more. (June 7)

In May 2006, featured an article about Iris House condom distribution program read more by clicking here

 

If you are a media outlet or reporter and want information and/or an interview contact the Development Director or the Development Coordinator at 646-548-0100.