May 29, 2012 > New York Life receives community service award New York Life receives community service award New York Life's Greater San Francisco General Office received the Alameda County Mental Health Board Award for Community Service in the business category. The East Bay Agency for Children in Oakland, a nonprofit that provides low-income students with emotional and behavioral difficulties with vital mental health and specialized educational services is a grantee of New York Life's Foundation and nominated New York Life. The award is given to mental health service consumers, family members, volunteers, professionals, businesses, media and other groups who have made an extraordinary difference in the lives of individuals whose lives are affected by mental illness.