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AIDS Interfaith Network, Inc.

To purchase winter clothing for special-needs families.  

Center City Churches

To provide funding for families in need of food, fuel and rental assistance.  

Child Health and Development Institute

To support the development of an implementation plan to reform the children’s behavioral health care delivery and financing systems in Connecticut.  

Christian Activities Council

To train community leaders to cope with stress and violence.  

Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of- Life Care

To create a systematic approach to end-of-life care.  

Emerge, Inc.

To fund domestic violence and transitional living programs.  

Fair Haven Community Health Center

To improve the education and care of diabetes patients.  

Hartford Action Plan on Infant Health

To fund a parent training program.  

Hartford’s Camp Courant

To provide nursing care for up to 2,000 Camp Courant children throughout the summer.  

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters

To help fund school-based mentoring for children ages 6-10 years.  

Operation Hope of Fairfield, Inc.

To provide transitional support services for the homeless living in the Fairfield area.  

Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, Inc.

To support program expansion into Hartford and other regions of the state.  

Regional Youth/Adult Substance Abuse Project

To promote positive youth development by building bridges and a greater understanding between adults and youth.  

St. Luke’s Services, Inc.

To provide health education outreach at their soup kitchen.  

Saint Philip House, Inc.

To fund AIDS education for special-needs children.  

Yale Child Study Center

To support caregiver relatives and their children through group interventions.  

AFCAMP

To establish a Hartford-area parent advocacy group to advocate for families of children with severe behavioral health problems.  

Child Health and Development Institute

To conduct a comprehensive evaluation of KidCare, the state’s community-based, family-centered and culturally competent mental health care delivery system.  

Families United for Children's Mental Health

To support and expand a statewide advocacy group operated by and for families of children with severe behavioral health problems.  

Cornell Scott Hill Health Center

To improve the oral health of New Haven-area women and children by increasing access to and utilization of oral health services.  

Hospital of Saint Raphael

To expand the reach of the Smiles 2 Go mobile dental clinic.  

Northeast District Department of Health

To support an oral health education campaign, Time for Teeth, which targets uninsured and underinsured women and children living in 12 towns in northeast Connecticut.  

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To establish an oral health advocacy organization that educates policy-makers, regulators, dental care providers and the general public about oral health issues and sound public … 

Connecticut Department of Public Health

To develop and implement the Oral Health Promotion & Disease Prevention through Marketing, Education, Training & Sealants program.  

Student Health Services of Stamford, Inc.

To implement a school-based sealant program and increase access to oral health care in Stamford.  

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Child FIRST [Child & Family Interagency Resource, Support, and Training Program]

To develop an integrated program that provides mental health consultation and early intervention to children at risk for mental and behavioral health problems.  

Bridgeport Oral Health Collaborative (ORBIT)

To increase access to and utilization of preventative and restorative oral health services among HUSKY A children in the Bridgeport area by 100 percent over five years (The … 

Center for Children’s Advocacy, Inc.

To expand the TeamChild Program, which helps children in the juvenile justice system receive appropriate mental health and special education services.  

Center for Hope

To provide mental health services for children and families affected by the World Trade Center terrorist attack.  

Child Guidance Clinic

To hire a Latino care coordinator to bridge Waterbury’s transition to KidCare, the state’s community-based, family-centered and culturally competent mental health care … 

Child Health and Development Institute

To establish a permanent Center for Effective Practice in children’s mental health diagnosis and treatment, with a focus on multi-systemic therapy.  

Children’s Health Council

To fund a statewide survey of families with children under age 19 who are currently enrolled in HUSKY A to determine differences in health care utilization associated with race, … 

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

To provide bridge funding for operating costs in November and December of 2001.  

Connecticut Voices for Children

To create and maintain two children’s mental health list servs.  

Family Services Woodfield Rescue

To fund its Rescue Program that provides long-term rehabilitation services for at-risk and adjudicated youth in Bridgeport.  

FAVOR, Inc.

To build a coordinated and effective family advocacy movement in Connecticut for families of children with severe mental health problems.  

Hartford/East Hartford Oral Health Collaborative

To increase access to and utilization of preventative and restorative oral health services among HUSKY A children in the greater Hartford area by 100 percent over five years (The … 

New Britain Oral Health Collaborative

To increase access to and utilization of preventative and restorative oral health services among HUSKY A children in New Britain by 100 percent over five years (The Children’s … 

New Haven Oral Health Collaborative

To increase access to and utilization of preventative and restorative oral health services among HUSKY A children in the New Haven area by 100 percent over five years (The … 

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To continue supporting an oral health advocacy organization that educates policy-makers, regulators, dental care providers and the general public about oral health issues and … 

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To develop a consumer-driven, family-focused, collaborative mental health delivery system for children ages birth to five years.  

Upper Room Unlimited, Inc.

To fund the Woman-to-Woman: Helping Ourselves conference to educate lower and middle-income African-American women about breast cancer and life-saving early detection methods.  

Waterbury Oral Health Collaborative

To increase access to and utilization of preventative and restorative oral health services among HUSKY A children in the Waterbury area by 100 percent over five years (The … 

Wheeler Clinic, Inc.

To create a local system of mental health care in Bristol through care coordination, system-of-care development and training for primary care physicians.  

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition

To address childhood obesity in students attending the Bridgeport school system and identify specific interventions for parents, students, and the school system.  

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Child FIRST [Child & Family Interagency Resource, Support, and Training Program]

To continue supporting an integrated program that provides mental health consultation and early intervention to children at risk for mental and behavioral health problems.  

Bridges… A Community Support System, Inc.

To provide planning grant funding to participate in a special two-day technical assistance workshop in January 2003.  

Capitol Regional Conference of Churches, Inc.

To establish a health ministry network to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in the Greater Hartford region and strengthen the capacity of local faith communities to … 

Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc.

To continue supporting the TeamChild program, which helps children in the juvenile justice system receive appropriate mental health and special education services.  

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

To hire a consultant to help hospital apply for Federally Qualified Health Center "Look Alike" status for a stand-alone health clinic.  

Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut, Inc.

To provide planning grant funding to participate in a special two-day technical assistance workshop in January 2003.  

Community Health Center, Inc.

To fund the New Britain High School-Based Health Center’s outreach worker/case manager during the 2003-2004 school year.  

Community Health Resources

To provide planning grant funding to participate in a special two-day technical assistance workshop in January 2003.  

Connecticut Advisory Commission on Multicultural Health

To retain a consultant for one year to assist the commission in its work of identifying barriers to care; developing a statewide strategic plan to eliminate health disparities; … 

Connecticut Association for United Spanish Action, Inc. [CAUSA]

To increase public awareness of the risks of diabetes among Latinos in Connecticut.  

Connecticut Center for Effective Practice

To continue supporting a Center for Effective Practice in children’s mental health.  

Connecticut Commission on Children

To provide funds for 2002 Commission on Children Media Roundtable.  

Connecticut Health Policy Project

To develop, test and launch a web-based health advocacy tool kit specific to Connecticut.  

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To continue supporting the education of decision-makers about sound public policy related to oral health.  

Connecticut Voices for Children, Inc.

To develop and implement a social marketing campaign to encourage support of children's health during the legislative session.  

Danbury Public Schools

To conduct a needs assessment; develop a community collaborative to plan for an integrated system of dental health care; and create a Medicaid billing system to sustain … 

Danbury Public Schools

To develop administrative structure to provide services; recruit, employ and credential HUSKY hygienists; create an integrated referral system; develop HUSKY outreach, and provide … 

Danbury Visiting Nurse Association, Inc.

To provide three months of bridge funding for the HUSKY-Healthy Start project.  

Dental Center of Stamford

To provide bridge funding for the Dental Center.  

Families United for Children's Mental Health

To provide planning grant funding to participate in a special two-day technical assistance workshop in January 2003.  

Funders’ Collaborative

To contribute to the Funders’ Collaborative, a partnership of CT Health, The Children's Fund of Connecticut, the Greater New Haven Community Foundation and the William Caspar … 

Generations Family Health Center, Inc.

To increase access to oral health care among Medicaid and uninsured children by providing mobile dental services.  

Hartford Behavioral Health

To upgrade computer hardware and software and enhance the skills of staff to work with the system.  

Hartford Community Partnership

To support critical community organizing activities.  

Hartford/East Hartford Oral Health Collaborative

To conduct a comprehensive community assets and needs assessment of oral health in Hartford and East Hartford.  

Hartford Hospital

To develop and evaluate a model dental program for HUSKY-eligible children in Connecticut.  

Hartford Youth Peace Initiative

To support individuals who address violence and gangs by keeping youth active during the summer.  

Community Health & Wellness/Health Ministry Partnership

To identify barriers that limit access to care among low-income, underserved, and ethnically diverse populations in the Meriden-Wallingford area.  

Cornell Scott Hill Health Center

To provide bridge funding for the Pharmacy Fund Program.  

Hispanic Health Council, Inc.

To conduct research of the current system of access to behavioral health services among Puerto Rican youth living in Hartford.  

Khmer Health Advocates Inc.

To increase access to medical care and information among the more than 3,500 survivors of Cambodian genocide living in Connecticut through the use of videoconferencing … 

Maria Seymour Brooker Memorial, Inc.

To provide bridge funding for the children's dental clinic  

Naugatuck Valley Community College Nursing Program

To increase the quality and quantity of a diverse health care workforce by expanding the number of African-Americans and Latinos eligible for admission into the NVCC's nursing … 

New Haven Family Alliance, Inc.

To reduce risk factors associated with chronic illnesses that are disproportionately represented among partner populations.  

Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, Inc.

To improve system capacity by integrating clinical and financial planning systems in PPC's 18 health centers and administrative offices.  

Prevent Blindness Connecticut

To provide vision screening and medically necessary treatment, including eyeglasses, for preschool children in selected Head Start Programs, School Readiness Facilities and … 

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics

To reduce racial and ethnic health disparities among children suffering from asthma, lead poisoning and other injuries.  

Sickle Cell Association

To provide bridge funding to continue serving patients and families with sickle cell disease in Fairfield County.  

Southeast Connecticut Oral Health Collaborative

To identify and assess the oral health of children living in New London County.  

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To provide planning grant funding to participate in a special two-day technical assistance workshop in January 2003.  

Stamford Oral Health Collaborative

To conduct a pediatric dental needs assessment of the Stamford area to identify and quantify gaps in the existing network of dental service providers.  

Stamford Oral Health Collaborative

To develop a seamless system of integrated oral health services for all Stamford children.  

Student Health Services of Stamford

To continue bridge funding at the Westhill Dental Clinic and the Dental Center of Stamford.  

True Colors, Inc.

To provide mentoring and support to gay, lesbian and transgender youth of color in the greater Hartford area.  

Tunxis Community College

To fund the Dental Hygiene Program over two years so that the college can hire additional staff to teach more courses and increase the number of dental hygienists in the community.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To increase the number of minority students in Connecticut pursuing an education in health sciences.  

Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc.

To provide planning grant funding to participate in a special two-day technical assistance workshop in January 2003.  

Witness Project of Connecticut, Inc.

To increase awareness and knowledge of breast cervical cancer, and early detection and screening techniques among African-American women in medically underserved areas of … 

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

To support the PREDICT Program, which develops policies, programs and practices that reduce diabetes related health disparities among African-Americans living in New Haven and … 

Yale University, Department of Pediatrics

To fund the Adopt-a-Doc Program, which provides pediatricians with the knowledge, skills, and expertise to address ethnic and cultural disparities in the health and development of … 

American Medical Association

To convene a panel of experts who will discuss patient-centered communication as a way to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. While this project is national, the AMA will … 

AFCAMP

To provide a planning grant to participate in a special two-day technical assistance workshop in January 2003.  

AFCAMP

To provide technical assistance and support so that the foundation’s local collaborative grantees can effectively engage parents in the mental health system and foster … 

Bridges...A Community Support System, Inc.

To strengthen the capacity of the local systems of care by developing a strategic plan. Once this plan is complete, Bridges may apply for future implementation funds.  

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition

To work with the board of education nutrition center to adopt more rigorous nutrition standards for school meal programs and with the physical education departments to adopt … 

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Child FIRST [Child & Family Interagency Resource, Support, and Training Program]

To develop the ChildFIRST program’s long-term sustainability by hiring a consultant and providing additional resources to improve clinical protocols.  

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation Child FIRST [Child & Family Interagency Resource, Support, and Training Program]

To develop an early childhood prevention/intervention system of care through identification and assessment, home-based interventions, and community education and referrals.  

Bridgeport Oral Health Collaborative (ORBIT)

To continue working toward the five-year goal of doubling access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in the Bridgeport area (the Children’s Fund of … 

Capitol Region Conference of Churches, Inc.

To establish a health ministry network to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in the Greater Hartford region and strengthen the capacity of local faith communities to … 

Capitol Region Council of Churches, Inc.

To increase pastor and clergy support of the health ministry program though a Clergy Self Care and Renewal Program and to provide educational materials to 10 churches on the north … 

Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc.

To continue supporting the TeamChild Program, which helps children in the juvenile justice system receive appropriate mental health and special education services.  

Center for Children’s Advocacy, Inc.

To enable the center to continue protecting and promoting legal rights of poor children. Under this two-year grant, the center must develop a sustainability plan by the end of the … 

Child Guidance Center of Southern Connecticut

To develop and implement a strategy for increasing parent involvement and satisfaction with the system of care, and to enhance the cultural competency of organizations which … 

Christian Activities Council

To support the Albany/Vine Street Task Force Block Party Initiative in August 2003.  

Community Partners in Action

To support the continuation of the Fitness Fun and Cardiovascular Health Project at Community Partners in Action's Juvenile Detention Center in Hartford.  

Community Health Resources

To develop and implement a strategy for increasing parent involvement and satisfaction with the system of care and to enhance the cultural competency of organizations that provide … 

Connecticut Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics

To create an education campaign for pediatricians about proposed changes to the state Medicaid program.  

Connecticut Association for United Spanish Action, Inc. [CAUSA]

To continue increasing public awareness of the risks of diabetes among Latinos in Connecticut.  

Connecticut Center for Effective Practice

To continue its work of identifying and promoting evidence-based practice in the diagnosis and treatment of children with serious and complex emotional behavioral disorders. The … 

Food Share, Inc.

To distribute food to more than 270 local programs that feed hungry people in Hartford and Tolland counties.  

Connecticut Health Policy Project

To track five to ten families who lost HUSKY benefits over a one-year period due to changes in eligibility requirements and to present findings to the community and policy-makers.  

Connecticut Legal Services

To support litigation and advocacy for HUSKY adults who will not receive oral health services due to state budget cuts.  

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To provide technical assistance to increase the number of federally qualified health centers (FQHC) who sign contracts with private dentists in order to expand dental health … 

Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP

To support the planning process surrounding a study that highlights the health status of African Americans in Connecticut.  

Connecticut Voices for Children

To conduct an educational campaign that will increase public understanding of the impact of state budget choices on children and other vulnerable populations.  

Danbury Oral Health Collaborative

To continue working toward the five-year goal of doubling access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in the Danbury area.  

Danbury Oral Health Collaborative

To expand the capacity for treating HUSKY children by purchasing an additional portable dental unit and supplies and using dental hygiene students to help treat HUSKY children.  

Eliminating Health Disparities Conference

To provide scholarships for 20 Connecticut residents to attend the Third New England Regional Conference in Boston, March 2-4, 2003.  

End Hunger Connecticut, Inc.

To support a Fellow from the Congressional Hunger Center to work on child nutrition needs in Connecticut.  

Environment and Human Health, Inc.

To assess how nutrition and physical activity programs affect obesity in school-aged children throughout the state and publish its report, “Understanding the Barriers to Good … 

Families United for Children’s Mental Health

To provide technical assistance and support so that the foundation’s local collaborative grantees can effectively engage parents in the mental health system and foster … 

FAVOR, Inc.

To modify and implement a national leadership training curriculum for parents of children with special behavioral health needs.  

Foundation for Educational Advancement

To provide scholarships to the May 8, 2003 conference, Unlocking Learning Potential: Relentlessly Pursuing Closing the Achievement and Health Disparities Gap for Connecticut’s … 

Griffin Health Services Corp.

To develop and implement a model cultural competency policy to meet the needs of its diverse patient population. The hospital plans to establish a community advisory group; … 

Hartford-East Hartford Oral Health Collaborative

To work toward the five-year goal of doubling access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in the Greater Hartford area during the second year of a … 

Naugatuck Valley Community College Nursing Program

To continue increasing the quality and quantity of a diverse health care workforce by expanding the number of African Americans and Latinos eligible for admission into the NVCC's … 

New Britain Oral Health Collaborative

To work toward the five-year goal of doubling access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in New Britain during the second year of a five-year … 

New Haven Family Alliance We Walk In New Haven

To increase physical activity levels in selected New Haven neighborhoods by purchasing equipment that encourages people to exercise indoors.  

New Haven Family Alliance, Inc.

To continue the work to improve the physical activity of selected New Haven residents initiated under the Multicultural Initiative through the We Walk/We WIN program.  

New Haven Oral Health Collaborative

To continue working toward the five-year goal of doubling access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in the New Haven area.  

New Haven Oral Health Collaborative

To increase collaboration and tracking through an inter-organizational data collection system.  

Northeast Food Collaborative

To support six food pantries in Windham County.  

O.N.E./ C.H.A.N.E.

To support the Zero Child Abuse Summit in Hartford on February 28, 2003, to make child abuse prevention a community priority.  

One Connecticut, Inc.

To support a strategic planning process mapping One Connecticut’s work and capacity building over the next three years and to develop an organizing and mobilization strategy.  

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics

To reduce racial and ethnic disparities among children suffering from asthma, lead poisoning and other injuries.  

Southeast Connecticut Oral Health Collaborative

To double access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in New London County over five years; develop a formalized care coordination program; increase … 

Southeast Connecticut Oral Health Collaborative

To increase efficiency of care coordinators and dental hygienists by enabling them to spend more time with clients and to expand community awareness of school-based oral health … 

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To develop and implement a strategy for increasing parent involvement and satisfaction with the system of care, and to enhance the cultural competency of organizations which … 

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To increase knowledge and skills of local collaborative members by sending them to National System of Care conference and expand KidCare curriculum training by utilizing KidCare … 

Stamford Oral Health Collaborative

To continue working toward the five-year goal of doubling access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in the Stamford area.  

Stamford Oral Health Collaborative

To increase the collaborative’s data collection and analysis capacity in order to more efficiently track HUSKY patients at oral health facilities.  

The Foundation for Mental Health

To support the foundation’s grassroots infrastructure through purchase of database development and donor tracking software.  

The Foundation for Mental Health

To underwrite the part-time salary of the site coordinator for the We Can Clubhouse in Manchester.  

University of Connecticut

To determine the best methods of increasing the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of historically underrepresented minority students in health care degree programs.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To increase the number of underrepresented minority students in Connecticut pursuing an education in the health sciences.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To conduct a comprehensive cultural competence audit and assessment of the Health Center through focus groups, interviews, and an analysis of current policies, practices and … 

Urban League of Greater Hartford

To maintain and enhance newly designed intake and tracking system.  

Waterbury Oral Health Collaborative

To work toward the five-year goal of doubling access to and utilization of oral health services among HUSKY children in the Greater Hartford area during the second year of a … 

Waterbury Oral Health Collaborative

To expand capacity to collect and analyze data across all collaborative organizations.  

Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc.

To develop a strategic plan for the Family Focus Partnership Advisory Board (FFPAB) that will increase parent satisfaction with services provided under KidCare, the state’s … 

Witness Project of Connecticut, Inc.

To continue increasing breast cervical cancer awareness, knowledge, screening and early detection behaviors among African American women in medically underserved areas of … 

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

To help support the semi-annual newsletter, Speaking of Health, and print an additional 40,000 copies of the October 2003 issue.  

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

To continue supporting the PREDICT Program, which develops policies, programs and practices that reduce diabetes-related health disparities among African Americans living in New … 

Yale University School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics

To integrate lessons learned into the Adopt-a-Doc Program by making improvements to the curriculum of those pediatric residents who participate in the program to improve outcomes … 

Yale University School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics

To continue funding the Adopt-a-Doc Program, which provides pediatricians with the knowledge, skills, and expertise to address ethnic and cultural disparities in the health and … 

Advanced Behavioral Health

To support uninterrupted children’s mental health services until state funding resumes in September.  

Asian Family Services, Inc.

To expand core services, strengthen operations and infrastructure, and diversity funding sources.  

Asian Family Services, Inc.

To recruit new board members and partially fund the executive director.  

Asylum Hill Family Center, Beat the Street program

To improve the health status of racial and ethnic community members living in this neighborhood adjacent to downtown Hartford through culturally specific health promotion and risk … 

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition

To promote healthy eating and exercise among Latino and African-American children attending early childhood programs, including child care providers, in Bridgeport.  

Bridges...A Community Support System, Inc.

To oversee the work of four local systems of care community collaboratives that are charged with providing families of children with severe mental health problems community-based, … 

Child Health and Development Institute

To fund the publication of a Spanish language edition of Caring for Connecticut’s Children: A Handbook of Parents and Caregivers of Young Children.  

Christian Activities Council

To support Albany/Vine Street Task Force Block Party Initiative in August 2004.  

Citizens for Quality Sickle Cell Care, Inc.

To support capacity building and strategic planning.  

Community Foundation of Greater New Haven

To support the New England Black Philanthropy conference in June 2004.  

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

To continue educating and organizing neighborhood residents who are at risk of suffering from environment-related health problems throughout Connecticut.  

Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP (National Organization for the Advancement of Colored People) Branches

To complete a comprehensive study of the status of African-American health in Connecticut. The report will provide an accurate picture of real and perceived barriers to health and … 

E.B. Kennelly Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization

To support the printing and distribution of "The State of Nutrition and Physical Activity in Our Schools" to Parent Teacher Association presidents and other members throughout … 

Faith Congregational Church, Living Well Health Ministries/Faith Community Initiatives, Inc.

To improve the health status of racial and ethnic community members living in this predominantly African-American church through culturally specific health promotion and risk … 

Family Services of Central Connecticut, Inc.

To support the Billing Enhancement Project.  

FAVOR, Inc.

To continue developing an effective parent advocacy movement in Connecticut to ensure that families of children with severe mental health problems have access to the best … 

Focus Alternative Learning Center, Inc.

To support the Focus on Parenting Program.  

Generations Family Health Center

To continue to increase HUSKY children’s access to continuation restorative oral health services in Windham and parts of New London and Tolland counties. Funds will be used to … 

Hartford-East Hartford Oral Health Collaborative

To improve its data collection and care coordination systems. Also, plans will be developed to expand dental services to all East Hartford school children. (The Children’s Fund … 

Healthy Divas

To expand the Healthy Divas Program to the most disenfranchised women in the community through education and healthy lifestyle incentives.  

Free to Grow

To improve the health status of racial and ethnic community members living in New Britain’s North-Oak neighborhood through culturally specific health promotion and risk … 

Khmer Health Advocates Inc.

To help evaluate the telemedicine model it developed for underserved, limited English-speaking people (mostly survivors of Cambodian genocide living in Connecticut).  

Latinos/as Against AIDS

To support the April 2004 Air Bridge Conference: Responding to the Universal Face of HIV.  

New Britain Oral Health Collaborative

To serve an additional 760 children for preventive services through school-based health services and 725 children for restorative care at the community health center and the … 

Nubian Sisters Cancer Support Group

To improve the health status of predominantly African-American and Latina New Haven women through culturally specific health promotion and risk reduction strategies.  

One Connecticut, Inc.

To support its advocacy Campaign Equitable Taxation and Support of the Social Safety Net.  

Prayer Tabernacle Church of Love Health Ministry

To improve the health status of racial and ethnic community members living in Bridgeport’s East End neighborhood through culturally specific health promotion and risk-reduction … 

Southeast Mental Health Care System

To develop and implement a plan to increase organizational cultural competence of KidCare mental health care providers.  

Southeast Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To continue increasing dental services for children covered under the HUSKY program through school programs and care coordination services.  

Connecticut Commission on Children

To fund the analysis and distribution of the “Social Health Index.”  

Student Health OUTreach (SHOUT)

To increase health care utilization in New Haven through the development of a health care resource guide and an educational campaign to increase HUSKY enrollment.  

The Consultation Center

To support the April 2004 conference, Equity, Access & Outcome: The Role of Prevention Science in Reducing Health Disparities.  

The Dental Center of Stamford

To help reduce its 2004 year-end deficit and allow the center to continue providing oral health services to Fairfield County residents.  

The Institute for Community Research

To fund scholarships for community-based organizations to attend the conference, Crossroads: Critical Issues in Community-Based Research Partnerships.  

True Colors, Inc.

To support the evaluation of the Mentoring Program.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To support a planning meeting with four African-American fraternities to develop strategies to increase the number of African-American men matriculating and graduating from UCONN … 

Waterbury Oral Health Initiative

To screen at least 1,200 children, improve collaboration efforts through self-assessment and continue its community education and outreach activities (The Children’s Fund of … 

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc.

To translate and print copies of "Know Your Rights: A Handbook for Patients with Chronic Illnes" into Spanish.  

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

To raise awareness and address health disparities among African-American women through the Theta Epsilon Omega Health Challenge initiative.  

BSL Education Foundation, Inc.

To support the first Annual Step Off Classic (later known as "Stepping Into Wellness"), a competition to promote health and fitness among Hartford families and youth.  

American Red Cross of Southeast Fairfield County

To provide Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and training to reduce ethnic and racial disparities in African-American and Hispanic senior citizens in Bridgeport’s Safe … 

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition

To support general operations.  

ChildFIRST

To identify and treat emotional and behavioral problems among very young children through a family-based approach.  

Bridgeport Oral Health Collaborative (ORBIT)

Supplemental grant to support strategic planning of a comprehensive oral health care system among HUSKY children in Bridgeport.  

Bridgeport Oral Health Collaborative (ORBIT)

To improve prenatal and age-one dental visits and systems integration.  

Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc.

To support general operations.  

Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Inc.

To support Making Strides in LEP, a forum that addresses limited English proficiency and its impact on health care and policy to be held on April 6, 2005.  

Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Inc.

To support the Foreign-born Health Professionals and Connecticut Workforce Diversity Projects.  

Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County

To support the Comprehensive Outpatient Latino Mental Health Program for Children and Families; designed to eliminate language and cultural barriers to access.  

Christian Activities Council

To support the Vine & Albany Streets Taskforce Community Block Party held on August 27, 2005.  

Christian Community Action

Advocacy and education project to engage community participation and advocating for responsive public policies through leadership development, skill building, and grassroots … 

Citizens for Economic Opportunity

To support the research and documentation of employer-sponsored health coverage.  

Community Health Center, Inc.

To support the Opportunity Knocks Oral Health Collaborative, to increase access to oral health care services for HUSKY enrolled and eligible children from birth to age 5.  

Connecticut Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Inc.

Building capacity grant to support strategic planning and provide general operational support.  

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

To support the center’s second annual panel on error prevention and patient safety held on March 3, 2005.  

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

To support general operations.  

Connecticut Food Bank

To provide food and other assistance to more than 650 food assistance programs in six of the state’s eight counties, including Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New … 

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To support general operations, and an assessment.  

Danbury Oral Health Collaborative

To improve prenatal and age-one dental visits and systems integration.  

End Hunger Connecticut

To conduct an assessment of the health status of children with the University of Connecticut.  

Environment and Human Health, Inc.

To increase public knowledge about the risk factors for breast cancer and information about screening opportunities.  

Family Medicine Education Consortium

To support the National Oral Health Curriculum Initiative of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.  

FAVOR, Inc.

To support general operations.  

Foodshare

To support more than 300 community kitchens, emergency shelters, food pantries and other anti-hunger programs in Hartford and Tolland counties.  

Greater Danbury Family Focus Project

To improve treatment and service planning for children with severe emotional health issues.  

Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity

To support the regional forum, Challenging the Structures of Racism in Public Education, Healthcare, and Immigration, to be held on November 10, 2005.  

Hartford Behavioral Health

To support a pharmacy expansion program.  

Hartford Health Disparities Collaborative

To support the City of Hartford’s Healthy Community Initiative.  

Hispanic Health Council, Inc.

To support a feasibility study on the establishment of a Latino Policy Institute.  

Covenant Soup Kitchen

To provide food in a safe environment to local residents.  

Lao Association of Connecticut, Inc.

To improve the health status of racial and ethnic members through community-selected, culturally specific health promotion and risk reduction strategies.  

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To increase maternal and early childhood oral health, and the utilization of nutrition and exercise for children through proven, evidence-based practices.  

Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center, Inc.

To improve treatment and service planning for children with severe emotional health issues.  

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

To improve the health status of racial and ethnic members in southeast Connecticut through culturally specific health promotion and risk reduction strategies designed to … 

Middletown School Readiness Council

To support a Funder’s Collaborative to increase maternal and early childhood oral health, and the utilization of nutrition and exercise for children through proven, … 

Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc.

To support research and documentation of healthcare access services among immigrants with Limited English Proficiency, and review medical interpretation services of local … 

New Britain Police Department

To support the annual Triad Senior event, Health, Safety, Fraud and Wellness Expo, to be held on October 27, 2005.  

New Britain Oral Health Collaborative

To improve the data management system, and implementation of an integrated system of care for the proposed In-School Dental Program.  

New Haven Family Alliance, Inc.

To develop a sustainability plan for its comprehensive fitness program, We WIN.  

New Haven Oral Health Collaborative

Supplemental grant to support strategic planning for year four of a comprehensive oral health care system among HUSKY children in New Haven.  

New Haven Public Schools

To integrate physical activity into academic settings aimed at decreasing childhood obesity.  

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters

The COMET project's goal is to improve the mental, social and developmental outcomes for 250 greater Hartford youth who have one or more parents incarcerated.  

Operation Fuel, Inc.

To help low-income working families pay for fuel and utility costs.  

Proyecto El Parto

To provide culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate prenatal education to Spanish-speaking women.  

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To improve treatment and service planning for children with severe emotional health issues.  

Southern Connecticut State University

To pilot a scholarship program for five historically underrepresented students in the Masters in Public Health Program.  

The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven

To partially support evaluation of the Healthy Start Program, which also received a four-year, $3.6 million federal grant.  

The Donaghue Foundation

To fund an evidence-based research project designed to encourage weight loss among African American women in Hartford.  

Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.

To support the Connecticut Coalition for the Elimination of Childhood Lead Poisoning.  

The New Covenant House of Hospitality

To support the Soup Kitchen program that provides free medical services to the homeless.  

Northwest Caring Connection

To improve treatment and service planning for children with severe emotional health issues.  

True Colors, Inc.

To support the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transexual, Questioning (LGBTQ) youth conference to be held on March 2005.  

United Action Connecticut

To raise awareness of racial and ethnic health disparities among people living in eastern and central Connecticut through community forums, advocacy and policy.  

URU, The Right To Be, Inc.

To support the educational component of the oral hygiene initiative.  

VNA of Central Connecticut, Inc.

Meet the increased demand for services in the community that it serves and continue to help facilitate prenatal, postpartum, and child immunization services.  

Waterbury Oral Health Collaborative

To improve the system of care for the prenatal and age-one dental visit at two Women, Infant and Children (WIC) sites through oral health education of WIC staff, assessment of … 

1000 Friends of Connecticut

To improve public health through the Smart Growth Education and Communications Campaign, which will focus on local, regional and state transportation and land use policy.  

Asian Family Services, Inc.

To integrate health-related policy issues into the community dialogue during the political season in 2006.  

Asian Family Services, Inc.

To merge their services with Community Renewal Team, an anti-poverty multiservice agency that serves families and people throughout the Connecticut River Valley.  

Association of Yale Alumni in Public Health

To conduct an assessment of the policy, practices and procedures for recruiting and retaining historically under-represented faculty members at the Yale University School of … 

Bridges...A Community Support System

Health Advocacy Initiative to effect long-term, sustained changes that will enhance funding and better position children's mental health services as an integral part of the health … 

Bridges...A Community Support System

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Center for Conflict Transformation, Inc.

To establish a Racial Justice Leadership Initiative in Hartford.  

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

To lead a statewide advocacy coalition of senior citizens and people with disabilities who are concerned about the new federal prescription drug program, Medicare Part D.  

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Child Health & Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc.

To support the Connecticut Center for Effective Practice’s activities to enhance Connecticut’s capacity to improve the effectiveness of treatment provided to all children with … 

ChildSight® Connecticut

General support for a program that provides vision care to Connecticut's vulnerable populations.  

Citizens for Economic Opportunity

To integrate health-related policy issues into the community dialogue during the political season in 2006.  

City of Bridgeport, Department of Health & Social Services

To develop an evaluation plan for the Mayor's Diabetes Awareness Initiative.  

Community Health Center, Inc.

To integrate health-related policy issues into the community dialogue during the political season in 2006.  

Community Health Center, Inc.

To reduce health disparities in underserved, high risk diabetic patients by integrating the latest concepts in telephonic disease management from the commercial health market in … 

Community Health Center, Inc.

To increase access to dental services for children insured under HUSKY.  

Community Health Services, Inc.

To engage and retain underserved and medically transient African-American and Hispanic North Hartford clients in diabetes prevention and management through their Family Diabetes … 

Community Health Services, Inc.

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Connecticut Association of Directors of Health

To pretest a Social Determinants of Health Equity Index instrument, and use the results to inform planning and advocacy efforts of community health needs.  

Connecticut Association for United Spanish Action, Inc.

Latino Health Advocacy to raise awareness of health disparity issues, strengthen the grassroots health advocacy capacity of the Latino community in CT, and help evaluate health … 

Connecticut Center for a New Economy

To translate a documentary about the effects of financial barriers to health care into Spanish, and develop and expand its educational outreach program.  

Connecticut Center for a New Economy

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

To integrate health-related policy issues into the community dialogue during the political season in 2006.  

Health Care for All Coalition

To enhance its communications capacity to promote universal healthcare coverage in Connecticut.  

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

General support to improve urban environments and reduce environmental health disparities through grassroots education and advocacy.  

Connecticut Commission on Children

To increase public will about the value of "prevention" in an effort to facilitate policies and support for broad-based prevention initiatives for children and youth through an … 

Connecticut Department of Public Health

Health Disparities Call to Action will establish an entity and create a system to significantly enhance DPH's capacity and support effective progress in addressing racial and … 

Connecticut Department of Public Health

To conduct a data collection project on the oral health status of 9,100 pre-and elementary school children, which will be used to inform programmatic interventions and policy … 

Connecticut Health Policy Project

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Connecticut Institute for Communities, Inc.

A planning grant to develop, with two partner organizations, an application to establish a Federally Qualified Health Center to serve the Greater Danbury area.  

Connecticut Primary Care Association

Improve the efficiency of dental services in eight selected community health centers through an assessment that will enable CHC's to develop and implement strategies.  

Connecticut Primary Care Association

To integrate health-related policy issues into the community dialogue during the political season in 2006.  

Connecticut Voices for Children

Supporting public policies and investments to promote the well-being of Connecticut’s children and their families. Understanding the fast-changing dynamics of health policies … 

Danbury Youth Services, Inc.

To support the Teaching and Reaching Excellence Together Program (TARGET), an after-school substance abuse prevention program for youth ages 6 to 13.  

End Hunger Connecticut

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Fair Haven Community Health Center

To adapt the Chronic Care Model for diabetes prevention in a high risk, adult, female, Hispanic population in New Haven as part of the "Addressing Health Disparities through … 

Fair Haven Community Health Center

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Families United for Children's Mental Health

To act as fiscal agent for Danolas Productions to produce a documentary film, Darkest Hours, which provides an in-depth look at the crisis in children's mental health care.  

Families United for Children's Mental Health

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

FAVOR, Inc.

To help local grassroots family support groups coalesce parents and other caregivers to identify system issues that will be used to build a public policy agenda.  

Foundation for Connecticut Women, Inc.

To design a publication, "A Guide to Women's Health Rights in Connecticut."  

Foundation for Educational Advancement

Health Education Lead Poisoning Coalition for Connecticut's Children to advocate a slate of policy issues related to reducing lead poisoning in children including mandatory lead … 

Generations Family Health Center

To expand its continuum of care to include pediatric dentistry in Windham County.  

Generations Family Health Center

To increase access to dental services for children insured under HUSKY.  

Generations Family Health Center

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

Greater Hartford Legal Aid, Inc.

To support general operations to implement a comprehensive set of services (litigation, consultation, education and advocacy) to ensure the rights of the historically underserved … 

Healthy Divas

To implement a culturally and linguistically responsive health education and support program for Latinas.  

Griffin Hospital

To test the effectiveness of a health literacy-based educational intervention among congestive heart failure patients through an experimental design.  

Hartford Food System

To support its "Healthy Food Retailer" project, an initiative developed to work with 25 Hartford neighborhood grocery stores to shift shelf space allocated to snacks and soft … 

Hispanic Health Council, Inc.

Establish a statewide Latino Policy Advocacy Council which will help develop a Latino Health Advocacy Campaign agenda with measurable goals and objectives.  

Human Services Council

To update its Community Indicators Report.  

Institute of Medicine

Part of a national funding partnership to create a national roundtable on racial and ethnic health disparities. The round table is designed to stimulate action, further the … 

La Casa De Puerto Rico, Inc.

To support accounting operating expenses.  

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To identify and improve services for children with severe mental health problems and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment and service planning.  

Ledge Light Health District

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

National Medical Association (Connecticut Affiliate)

To support physicians of color, and their efforts to maintain and increase the diversity of health care providers in Connecticut.  

Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc.

To address community medical interpretation needs through organizing and advocacy, and partnering with local health care institutions.  

New Haven Public Schools

To expand and integrate physical activity into academic settings in 18 schools. Health teams, based on the Healthy School Model, will be developed at the school level to monitor … 

Northwestern Connecticut Area Health Education Center

To evaluate its Youth Health Service Corps program intended to expose historically under-represented high school students to opportunities in the health professions through … 

Norwalk Community Health Center

To develop a new program to improve the mental health of children ages 5 to 8 through screenings and early interventions.  

Online Journalism Project, Inc.

To use the internet to bring Connecticut-based news on health to its residents. It also will allow the end-line user to respond through a special “activist tool kit,” which … 

One Connecticut

To support general operations.  

One World Progressive Institute

To support general operations.  

Phillips Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopalian Church

To provide technical assistance to develop a strategic plan and program to pilot a "church without walls," as part of its Faith & Family Initiative.  

Proyecto El Parto, Inc.

To provide bilingual labor, delivery, and lactation education and support to Spanish-speaking expectant and new mothers.  

StayWell Health Center

To implement components of the Chronic Care Model to improve quality of diabetes care and prevention at six adult medicine clinics with a focus on African American men.  

The Watershed Partnership

To support The Partnership Safe Grounds Campaign, whose goal is to stop exposure to lawn pesticides and products in Connecticut in an effort to decrease morbidity and mortality … 

True Colors, Inc.

To provide support and advocacy for gay youth in Connecticut.  

United Community and Family Services

Organizational Leadership Capacity Grant to support transformational leadership in health and health-related nonprofits aimed at ensuring the quality of services and improved … 

University of Connecticut Health Center

To train general dentists across the state to increase their effectiveness in providing pediatric dental care to children.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To conduct a study of a prenatal nutritional intervention as a model to help prevent early childhood caries, an infectious gum disease that is transferred from mother to child.  

Witness Project of Connecticut, Inc.

To support general operating expenses, which will be used to address education and early detection of breast and cervical cancer among low-income and uninsured women.  

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

To integrate health-related policy issues into the community dialogue during the political season in 2006.  

ACCESS Community Action Agency

To conduct a community needs assessment to determine the basic human needs of the residents of Windham and Tolland counties.  

BSL Educational Foundation, Inc.

To support the "Stepping Into Wellness" Project sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.  

Asylum Hill Family Resource Center

Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support sustainability of the Holistic Health, Wellness and Empowerment Program.  

Bridges...A Community Support System

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Bridges...A Community Support System

To sponsor attendance at a leadership conference in Arlington, Virginia.  

Bridgeport Oral Health Collaborative (ORBIT)

To improve oral health in its local communities and develop and implement sustainability strategies.  

Capitol Region Education Council

To implement the health literacy program at two Hartford Sites.  

Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc.

To support general operations.  

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

To sponsor participation in organization leadership conference in Arlington, Virginia.  

Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

To support the Cultural Diversity Pilot Project for Community Hospitals aimed at improving patient-provider communications for the growing Latino community.  

Child Guidance Clinic for Central Connecticut, Inc.

To train staff on autism to better meet the increased needs of clients.  

Norwalk Department of Youth Services

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Community Catalyst

To fund its initiative, The New England Alliance for Children's Health, to work with children's advocates and other stakeholders to implement a strategy in response to the veto of … 

Community Health Resources

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Community Renewal Team, Inc.

To support installation and training of a billing and client tracking system.  

Connecticut Center for a New Economy

To sponsor participation in organization leadership conference in Arlington, Virginia.  

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

To support general operations.  

Connecticut Health Policy Project

To develop four policy papers on primary care case management.  

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance

To support operating expenses and capacity building.  

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance

To support an Educate the Legislature Day at the State Capitol.  

Connecticut League for Nursing

To support a statewide data initiative and report to address the nursing shortages in clinical and education sectors.  

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To support general operations.  

Danbury Oral Health Collaborative

Giving Kids Something to Smile About The town of Danbury, like many in Connecticut, had a significant population of children who had never had access to preventive dental care, … 

Education Connection

To support a healthy lifestyle program that focuses on nutrition and physical activity for at-risk children and families; and professional development for early childhood … 

Education Development Center

To provide technical assistance to the foundation's Children's Mental Health planning grantees throughout the grant period.  

Environment and Human Health, Inc.

To publish and disseminate a report that identifies harmful chemicals found in certain plastics for food and beverage packaging.  

Environment and Human Health, Inc.

To support general operations and to develop a strategy and statement on its commitment to cultural and linguistic competence.  

Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center, University of Connecticut

Making Online Connections for Better Health Outcomes Imagine that a low-income youth suffering from asthma comes to a community health center in Connecticut. The patient was … 

Families United for Children's Mental Health

To sponsor participation in organization leadership conference in Arlington, Virginia.  

Families USA

Technical assistance grant to ensure that the reauthorized State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) is implemented effectively, allowing 76,555 of Connecticut's uninsured … 

Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.

To conduct a Health Education Lead Poisoning Informational Forum.  

Free to Grow

Combatting Depression and Domestic Violence in a New Britain Neighborhood The North-Oak neighborhood of New Britain is home to primarily low-income residents from Mexico, the … 

Going Forth Boldly

Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support a health ministry program.  

Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services

To host a summit, Crossing Frontiers: A Dialogue about the Mental Health of Connecticut Latino Youth and Families.  

Hartford Food System

To expand its Health Food Retailer Initiative, a project designed to increase the supply of healthy groceries in corner markets and bodegas.  

Hartford/West Hartford System of Care

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Cornell Scott Hill Health Center

To expand dental services for its low income residents in the Lower Naugatuck Valley.    

Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury, Inc.

To support the Camino de la Salud Project (Road to Health) to focus on outreach, access and prevention and promotion of health.  

Hispanic Health Council, Inc.

To coordinate the Connecticut Coalition for Medical Interpretation.  

Hospital for Special Care

To support an operations and practice assessment of the dental clinic.  

Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain

To conduct a health needs assessment for the Greater New Britain area.  

Junta for Progressive Action, Inc.

To implement health literacy at five different levels four nights a week.  

Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

To conduct an organizational self-assessment to address cultural competence.  

Lawyers for Children America, Inc.

To provide legal services to address the mental health needs of abused and neglected children.  

Living Well Health Ministry-Faith Congregational Church

Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support outreach and awareness of health programs and information to the wider church community.  

Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center, Inc.

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Malta House of Care Foundation, Inc.

To support the operation of the Malta House of Care Mobile Clinic, including medical supplies and pharmaceutical expenses.  

Mercy Learning Center

To integrate health literacy into its current programs that target female heads of households, with an emphasis on maternal and child health.  

Middlesex Hospital Center for Behavioral Health

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc.

Providing language interpretation services for the Lower Valley’s Latino and recent immigrant population. For individuals with limited English proficiency, language can create … 

New Britain Youth & Family Services

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

New Haven Adult Education Center

To integrate health literacy into its current professional development-focused programs, which use effective, evidenced-based traditional teaching methods.  

New Haven Oral Health Collaborative

To support strategic planning for year five of a comprehensive oral health care system among HUSKY children in New Haven.  

Northwest Caring Connection

To continue support of the children’s mental health collaborative to develop a task force to improve health care access for its growing Latino population.  

Norwich Adult Education

To integrate health literacy into its current programs to address the needs of the growing limited-English-speaking population.  

Nubian Sisters Cancer Support Group

Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support cancer outreach, education, and advocacy.  

Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate

To provide bridge funding for a trained behavioral health caseworker.  

One World Progressive Institute, Inc.

To produce six cable talk shows a year on topic and health-related information, and to participate in community education events and presentations throughout the greater New Haven … 

One World Progressive Institute, Inc.

To support the purchase of equipment to produce DVDs in-house.  

Operation Fuel, Inc.

To provide access to year-round energy assistance to Connecticut's poor and working poor; and to support efforts to implement long-term, systemic solutions to the energy … 

PARK Project

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Saint Joseph College

To establish a Latino Community Practice Graduate Certificate Program.  

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

To support a community-based system of early identification and intervention for children at risk of mental health problems.  

Southwest Community Health Center

To develop and implement a social marketing campaign to publicize their new primary health care headquarters, which offers affordable, comprehensive health care.  

Stamford Adult Education

To implement the program in an industrial section of the city experiencing an increase in its immigrant population.  

Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate

To send a representative to the Families USA Conference in Washington, D.C.  

Manchester Youth Service Bureau

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Wallingford Department of Youth and Social Services

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

United Community & Family Services, Inc.

To sponsor participation in organization leadership conference in Arlington, Virginia.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To conduct a study and economic model to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of federally qualified health center dental clinics.  

URU, The Right To Be, Inc.

To develop and disseminate a documentary film, "The Audacity of Hope: Disparities in Health Care."  

Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc.

To support general operations while a sustainability plan is developed.  

Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc.

Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the … 

Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center

To implement, Photovoice: A Tool for Community Empowerment and Action, a project that will use photographic images and commentary to increase community support to reduce racial … 

Yale University School of Nursing

To send a representative to the Families USA Conference in Washington., D.C.  

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc.

To support advocacy on behalf of the chronically ill.  

AFCAMP

To educate and train 150 parents and family members on their rights and use of the mental health systems in Hartford and New Haven; and train 30 community members how to … 

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition

To implement its three community-driven task forces: children's health; education and early care; and family economic empowerment.  

BSL Educational Foundation, Inc.

To support the third annual "Stepping Into Wellness" conference sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.  

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

To support general operations to continue work with the state’s at-risk older and disabled residents.  

Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Inc.

To explore the Foreign-born Health Professional Bridge Program (FBHP) for alternative education. AHEC will develop a business model that can help this venture bridge the pathway … 

Christian Community Action, Inc.

To support its Advocacy and Education Project, and “No More Crumbs” public campaign, which raises awareness about health issues affecting poverty; and technical assistance to … 

Citizens for Quality Sickle Cell Care, Inc.

To develop a web site and provide staff training to support operations.  

Community Health Center, Inc.

To test a health care model that improves access and quality of care in five communities.  

The Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers (CASBHC)

School-Based Mental Health Services Do You Know Where the Boys Are? African American and Latino boys are at school-based health centers (SBHCs), that’s where they are. … 

Connecticut Health Policy Project

To develop and advocate recommendations of the study that examines the impact of the Medicaid rate increase on physicians' willingness to participate in the HUSKY program, and … 

Connecticut Mission of Mercy

To provide free dental care in the Northeast corridor.  

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To support general operations and implement a long-term strategy aimed at increasing access.  

Connecticut State NAACP

To support creation of an Office of Minority Health.  

Connecticut State Medical Society

To implement a communications campaign to educate Connecticut physicians about racial and ethnic health inequities.  

Covenant to Care for Children

To support a mentoring program for at-risk children of prison inmates in an effort to deter juvenile delinquency, later adult crime, and stabilize family life.  

Family Life Education Center

To support general operations.  

Family Medicine Education Consortium, Inc.

To develop the second edition of Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum .  

Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.

To expand collaborative efforts and train stakeholders on implementation of the Health Education Lead Poisoning Initiative curriculum.  

Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity & Justice

To organize member-congregations around racial and ethnic health disparities elimination, culminating in a public forum at which a policy agenda will be formalized.  

Greater Hartford Legal Aid, Inc.

To support general operations of four partnering organizations to represent and advocate for the legal rights of Connecticut's poorest population.  

Hispanic Health Council, Inc.

To support the Connecticut Medical Interpretation Coalition's strategy to recover Medicaid funds during the 2008 legislative session.  

Free to Grow

To continue working to end domestic violence and depression in the Latino community.  

Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services

To expand its health and wellness program to reduce racial and ethnic health inequities faced by refugees and immigrants.  

Lao Association of Connecticut, Inc.

To coordinate culturally and linguistically appropriate education about their community’s priority health concerns; and teach health care providers how to effectively work with … 

Lower Naugatuck Valley System of Care Collaborative

To pilot test an Easy Access Network, which is a uniform referral system designed to increase timely and appropriate interagency access for children and families with behavioral … 

New Britain Oral Health Collaborative

To develop and implement sustainability strategies.  

Nubian Sisters Cancer Support Group

To support cancer outreach, education and advocacy.  

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters

To implement a mental health assessment tool and support a mental health specialist, who will train staff to detect early signs of problems in children of inmates at risk of … 

Prayer Tabernacle Church of Love

To support a community-based health and wellness ministry program, which includes outreach and education; testing and screening services; and physical fitness.  

Qualidigm

To implement a project designed to increase quality improvement of knowledge and systems, as well as the cultural competence of 12 primary care physician practices that serve … 

Saint Francis Physician Hospital Organization

To examine the effectiveness of the electronic personal health record system designed to improve outcomes of Hispanic patients' diabetes care.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To support the UCONN Migrant Farm Worker Clinics, a program that provides mobile health outreach services.  

Brain Injury Association of Connecticut

To support the Brain Injury Association of Connecticut’s annual conference.  

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness

To support printing 500 copies of the 2010 edition of "Know Your Right: A Handbook for Patients with Chronic Illness"  

BSL Educational Foundation, Inc.

To support the fourth annual "Stepping Into Wellness" project sponsored by Alpha Phil Alpha Fraternity.  

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coaliton

To support grassroots advocacy in Bridgeport and focus on the medical home and preventive health coverage for children on HUSKY.  

ChildFIRST Replication Project

Communities Collaborating for Healthy Emotional Development Research shows that ‘high-risk’ family environments (e.g., maternal depression, domestic violence, substance … 

Conference of Churches

To recruit and retain diverse leadership to create a statewide social change strategy to promote health equity for people of color.  

Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc.

To support the consultative services of CT Computer Services necessary for implementing the technology upgrade plan.  

Community Health & Wellness Center of Greater Torrington

To purchase x-ray equipment, a practice management system and an electronic health record system.  

Connecticut Appleseed

To publish a report based on its school-to-prison pipeline project describing adverse effects of school policies on children.  

Connecticut Area Health Education Center

To support development of the Connecticut Area Health Education Center Career Advising and Mentoring Project for interprofessional primary care faculty and health profession … 

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

To meet the needs of diverse patient populations with documented disparities in health care quality and patient rights.  

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

To support its asthma education and outreach, and safe chemical policy reform work.  

Connecticut Department of Children and Families

To support its annual Adolescent Graduation Celebration, recognizing its students' achievements.  

Connecticut Food Bank

To support the food bank for the state's low-income and recently unemployed residents  

Connecticut Head Start Collaborative Office

To support statewide Head Start Program staff training on use and implementation of the Cavity Free Kids curriculum.  

Connecticut Mission of Mercy

To support the second annual Mission of Mercy project scheduled for April 16-19, 2009.  

Connecticut Health Policy Project

To support a conference on developing a patient-centered medical home model of practice.  

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To expand its advocacy, research and development capacity.  

Connecticut Voices for Children

To be flexible in responding to emerging issues and trends related to children's health and well-being with research and analysis.  

Cornell Scott Hill Health Center

To develop a model health literacy program designed to improve its patients' interaction with their health care providers.  

Eastern Connecticut Area Health Education Center, Inc.

To support production of a video entitled, "Faces of Disparities Awareness Campaign."  

Family Services of Greater Waterbury, Inc.

To implement Sprague Unity Network's (SUN) plan that will focus on establishing a cooperative and integrated service delivery model to change systems.  

Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.

To cover cost of food for the 2009 Early Childhood Health Education Lead Poisoning Legislative Information Forum participants at the Nov. 19, 2009 Connecticut Legislative Office … 

Human Resources Agency of New Britain

To establish a coordinated effort for food distribution, both emergency and systematically, city-wide and establish a point of access for services on the north side of New Britain.  

Institute for Community Research

To support its Connecticut Youth Research Activist’s Photo Voice Project on Health Disparities, and education and advocacy project.  

Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center

To implement Derby.NET, a program led by the Derby Children's Mental Health Leadership Team, focused on creating changes within their mental health systems.  

Malta House of Care Foundation, Inc.

To create and sustain, without discrimination, the only patient-centered medical home for thousands of uninsured individuals.  

Middlesex Hospital Center for Behavioral Health

To implement Identifying Children At Risk Early (iCare), to provide effective preventive interventions in school, family and community settings.  

Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate

To develop a strategic plan for the State of Connecticut's Commission on Health Equity, charged with eliminating disparities in health status and improving the quality of health … 

The Purpose Project

To support the Bridge the Gap initiative, which supports the growth and development of leaders working for transformation and change in community health.  

Society for New Communications Research

To create and implement a social media strategy to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in Connecticut.  

Town of Manchester Youth Service Bureau

To implement Neighbors for Kids, which focuses on strengthening and uniting neighbors, families and schools to ensure all children are healthy and resilient.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

To support its Migrant Farm Worker Medical and Dental Clinics, and Health Education Outreach Program.  

URU, The Right To Be, Inc.

To support its National Civic Engagement Tour for its documentary, "The Deadliest Disease in America," which addresses racial and ethnic health disparities.  

URU, The Right To Be, Inc.

To screen its documentary, "The Deadliest Disease in America," in New Haven, conduct workshops, a pre- and post-test evaluation survey.  

West Haven Community House Association, Inc.

To support the ParenTEEN Project, which provides counseling, parenting education and guidance to pregnant and parenting teens.  

Yale University

Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health (PRCH) will design, implement, and evaluate an intervention to increase provider and organizational cultural competence that will … 

The Academy of Parents

To support training of staff who will teach low-literate Hispanic parents how to use and understand oral language in a way that enables effective communication with their health … 

BSL Educational Foundation, Inc.

To support its fifth annual "Stepping into Wellness" project sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.  

Center for Children's Advocacy

To examine early indicators of mental health problems in the school setting and to advocate for system reforms for identification and referral.  

Christian Community Action, Inc.

General operating support for the organization's executive director to serve as a change agent to ensure that the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities is discussed … 

Community Catalyst

To support the New England Alliance for Children’s Health, which advocates for children’s health policy related to Medicaid and the State Child Health Insurance Program … 

Connecticut Association of Directors of Health

To examine state and local policies linked to disparate health outcomes and to advocate for health equity via policy strategies in Connecticut.  

Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers (CASBHC)

To examine Connecticut school based health center engagement of and services to adolescent African American and Latino males, as well as to advocate for appropriate programming … 

Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics

To support financial feasibility modeling.  

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice

To continue its asthma education and outreach program in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven.  

Community Health Center, Inc.

To help organizations establish family oral health promotion and links to "dental homes" into health care, human service and education systems.  

Connecticut News Project

To support health reporting in Connecticut and Washington, D.C. for its online news publication, Connecticut Mirror.  

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

To expand its advocacy, research and development capacity.  

Connecticut Public Health Association

To support its annual conference, Equal Opportunities for Health: Overcoming Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities.  

Connecticut Voices for Children

To continue its research, policy advocacy, and communications to promote strategic public investments for health and well being of children.  

Eastern Connecticut Area Health Education Center, Inc.

To finalize materials for the "Faces of Disparities" educational awareness campaign, created by the Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership.  

Family Services of Greater Waterbury, Inc.

To identify, assess and provide interventions for children at risk of entering the juvenile justice system or requiring the most intensive level of mental heath services.  

Family Strides, Inc.

To incorporate oral health promotion strategies within health, social services and educational systems that identify low-income pregnant women and link them to a dental home in … 

Hospice of Saint Joseph

To address the unmet need for children's mental health and security safety services following the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti for at least 400 vulnerable children in the … 

Latino Community Services

To support the executive director’s leadership capacity in reducing racial and ethnic health disparities.  

Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut

To examine the implications of provisions of federal health care legislation relating to Basic Health Plans for Connecticut Medicaid, as well as to advocate for the design of … 

Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center, Inc.

To identify, assess and provide interventions for children at risk of entering the juvenile justice system or requiring the most intensive level of mental heath services.  

Manchester Youth Service Bureau

To identify, assess and provide interventions for children at risk of entering the juvenile justice system or requiring the most intensive level of mental heath services.  

Middlesex Hospital Center for Behavioral Health

To identify, assess and provide interventions for children at risk of entering the juvenile justice system or requiring the most intensive level of mental heath services.  

Connecticut Mission of Mercy

The number of underserved and uninsured Connecticut residents that go without dental care is staggering. Thousands of individuals in the state suffer from progressive and … 

Society for New Communications Research

To establish an online virtual community strategy (www.healthjusticect.org) to create public will to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in Connecticut.  

Southwest Community Health Center

To incorporate oral health promotion strategies within health, social services and education systems that identify low income pregnant women and link them to a dental home in … 

Connecticut Commission on Children

To organize communities across the state to join Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment & Training collaboratives to advocate for federal funds to support … 

SustiNet Board – Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

To support project management and expert consultation to board committees and task forces, which will make recommendations to the legislature and governor in July 2011 for a … 

University of Connecticut Health Center

To develop, implement, and evaluate a risk screening protocol in safety net primary care sites to identify unaddressed risk factors in individual patients and at populations … 

United Community & Family Services, Inc.

To incorporate oral health promotion strategies within health, social services, and educational systems that identify low-income pregnant women and link them to a dental home in … 

Yale University

To support the design and development of a bilingual website that will capture "patient-reported experiences of discrimination in health care" (PreDict).  

Center for Children's Advocacy

General operating support grant to continue its work advocating for systems change to benefit the health and mental health of low-income children and families in Connecticut.  

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance

General operating grant to support its mission to reduce the number of children and youth entering the juvenile justice system and advocate for a safe, effective, and fair system … 

Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC), Inc.

Discretionary grant to support efforts to provide all eligible Puerto Ricans living with HIV AIDS in greater Hartford the opportunity to receive an official sealed copy of their … 

Community Health Center Association of Connecticut

Discretionary grant to support a planning grant to facilitate the development of a detailed proposal to AHRQ for a Healthcare Services Research and Demonstration (R-18) grant.  

Project Jump Start

To support a planning and start-up process of a collaborative to promote the elimination of avoidable errors in the healthcare system.  

QUEST Diversity Initiatives

Discretionary grant to support the cultural competency training conference for Connecticut's medical providers.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

Grant to research barriers and motivations regarding uptake of care for low-income pregnant women and optimal oral health promotion models.  

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

General operating grant to support the effectiveness of the organization in elevating the patient voice in health care systems change for patient safety and quality as well as in … 

Everybody Benefits

Funding support which will enable the Everybody Benefits Coalition to commission background research and analysis culminating in a white paper better defining the impact of lack … 

Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity & Justice

Grant funds to support the GHICEF project to continue educating member congregations and moving them forward exhibiting public will on the issues of REDH through educational … 

Connecticut Association of School-Based Health Centers

CASBHC is exploring the characteristics of school-based health settings that create a safe and supportive atmosphere for participation by adolescent students of color.  

Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center

CT Health provides support for the center’s goal to create a dynamic health information network to help bridge gaps in healthcare disparities through the use of health … 

Connecticut Voices for Children

Promoting the the well-being of all Connecticut’s young people and their families by advocating for strategic public investments and effective public policies.  

University of Connecticut Health Center

Develop and implement the Infant Oral Health Education Program, a self-sustaining education program in infant oral health in pediatric and family residency programs.   … 

Middlesex Hospital Center for Behavioral Health Foundation

Create a plan that assures every Middletown child enters kindergarten physically and emotionally well and ready to succeed. This is a Funder's Collaborative project.  

New Britain's Discovery Team

Improve the health of the city's approximately 7,800 young children under the age of nine. This is a Funder's Collaborative project.  

Southeast Mental Health System of Care

Planning project to improve the nutrition of children from birth through eight years living in Southeastern Connecticut so that physical health and activity, oral, and mental … 

FAVOR, Inc.

A capacity-building grant to modify and implement a national leadership training curriculum for parents of children with special behavioral health needs.  

E.B. Kennelly Elementary School

Community-driven health promotion.  

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation ChildFIRST

A two-year grant to expand the capacity of the staff in order to have the necessary resources to sustain ChildFIRST and to integrate the model into the State's system in order to … 

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center

In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin galvanized public sentiment for abolition leading up to the Civil War. And yet today, inequity is still found in many areas … 

Connecticut State Medical Society

Physicians, like most of us, are more receptive to new ideas coming from someone within their profession. The Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS) is betting that cultural … 

DentaQuest Foundation

Theory: the more medical professionals talking about oral health, the better. With a 50,000 grant from CT Health, the DentaQuest Foundation will integrate a tried and true oral … 

Hamden Public Schools

Planning a Community-Based Children’s Mental Health System of Care In Connecticut over 200,000 children have diagnosable mental health problems, but only about 50,000 get … 

Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition (CARC)

Connecticut AIDS Resource Coalition (CARC), the only umbrella organization that supports HIV AIDS services providers statewide, says that contrary to popular belief, the needs of … 

Connecticut Mission of Mercy

For the under- and uninsured of Connecticut, dental care is often a luxury they can’t afford, and years can go by before dental disease is addressed. As these symptoms become … 

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness

Armed with Data to Inform Public Policy Chronically ill patients can face numerous obstacles to managing their health and maneuvering within the health care system. To identify … 

Connecticut News Project

A well-informed citizenry is central to democracy, and yet, in the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic decline in the amount health news reporting and a decrease of dedicated … 

Corporation for Supportive Housing

When attempting to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities, it’s important to factor in all of the systems that contribute to the health of an individual. Creating … 

Legal Services Collaborative (The New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Connecticut Legal Services, Greater Hartford Legal Aid, and the Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut)

The Legal Services Collaborative consists of partner organizations The New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Connecticut Legal Services, Greater Hartford Legal Aid, and the … 

Connecticut Health I-Team Outreach Project

As newspapers, radio and television have been downsized in recent years, health coverage has taken a hard hit. The Connecticut Health Investigative Team (C-HIT) fills this gap by … 

Connecticut Family Support Network

In Connecticut, 16 percent of children birth to 17 years (roughly 133,000), has some kind of special physical or mental health care need. Among that 16 percent, an estimated … 

URU, The Right to Be, Inc.

Present and Unaccounted For: Black Women in Medicine is a documentary meant to inspire and motivate both young people and adults to reach for the impossible, even in the midst of … 

Connecticut Office of Health Reform and Innovation

This grant will specifically support infrastructure and technology needs for the Office of Health Reform and Innovation to respond to the request for application “Advancing … 

Connecticut Legal Rights Project

According to researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, 68 percent of women and 57 percent of men with psychiatric disorders are parents. And yet, these … 

Connecticut Council for Philanthropy

Large-scale surveys can become important sources of data for many organizations. And, armed with these data, organizations are better able to demonstrate the impact of their work. … 

Connecticut Public Broadcasting

WNPR’s Health Reporting Initiative strives to create awareness of significant health and medical issues, as well as improve the public’s understanding of health policy that … 

Community Health Center, Inc.

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is the state’s largest network of federally qualified health centers and the first in Connecticut to achieve national certification for its … 

Connecticut Department of Social Services

As Connecticut’s medical programs move toward the person-centered medical homes in 2012, the Department of Social Services will use this grant to integrate racial and ethnic … 

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative

Ensuring access to oral health care requires regular advocacy. As part of their advocacy work, the Connecticut Oral Health Initiative (COHI) promotes increased access to oral … 

Mount Aery Development Corporation

According to the 2009 Connecticut Health Disparities Report, mortality data show that compared with other racial and ethnic groups, African Americans suffer disproportionately … 

Actual Foods

Actual Food proposes a new supermarket business model to bring healthy, fresh food to low-income neighborhoods. Residents order their food online, and the food is delivered … 

Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers

School based health centers (SBHC) provide immediate access to medical, oral health, and mental health services to enrolled students in the safety and comfort of their school … 

United Connecticut’s Action for Neighborhoods, Inc.

According to a 2011 Kaiser Family Foundation survey, only 25 percent of Americans can score a “C” or better when it comes to accurately recalling and understanding facts … 

Aspen Institute

African American males are experiencing marginalization on nearly every measured indicator of physical, mental and environmental health. Over their life course, black males are … 

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition

The health disparities affecting ethnic and racial groups in Bridgeport are alarming. For example, the 2009 mortality rate for Bridgeport African American infants is twice the … 

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.

When it comes to racial and ethnic health disparities in terms of long-term elder care, Connecticut has more segregation than other states, and those facilities serving people of … 

Society for New Communications Research

One step in building public will for eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities is raising awareness of those disparities and sharing opportunities to act. The Society for … 

Connecticut Voices for Children

Connecticut Voices for Children (CT Voices) provides high-quality research, policy advocacy, and communications that promote strategic public investments in the health and … 

Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center

Derby is one of four pilot communities involved in the Connecticut Health Foundation’s five-year children’s mental health initiative to create community-based systems of … 

Manchester Youth Service Bureau

Manchester is one of four pilot communities involved in the Connecticut Health Foundation’s five-year children’s mental health initiative to create community-based systems of … 

Middlesex Hospital

Middletown is one of four pilot communities involved in the Connecticut Health Foundation’s children’s mental health initiative to create community-based systems of secondary … 

Family Services of Greater Waterbury, Inc.

Waterbury is one of four pilot communities involved in the Connecticut Health Foundation’s children’s mental health initiative to create community-based systems of secondary … 

Clifford Beers Guidance Clinic

New Haven children and families face risk factors (i.e., poverty, abuse, neglect, violence) that create chronic “toxic stress” that can damage the brain as it develops. … 

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance

Many court referrals come from schools, both for delinquency behaviors as well as for status offenders who are truant or otherwise “beyond control.” Many, though not all, … 

National Alliance on Mental Illness – Connecticut Chapter

About 20 percent of all children struggle with diagnosable mental illness; only 20 percent to 25 percent of those children have access to appropriate services. That leaves more … 

Connecticut Food Bank

This grant will allow Connecticut Food Bank to distribute food and other resources to approximately 600 local emergency food assistance programs in six of Connecticut’s eight … 

Connecticut Mission of Mercy

This grant will support its annual free statewide dental clinic to the underserved and uninsured in Connecticut, which will be held in Danbury, March 23 24, 2012 at the … 

Foodshare

This grant will support more than 300 community kitchens, emergency shelters, food pantries and other anti-hunger programs in Hartford and Tolland counties.  

Operation Fuel

This grant will provide access to year-round energy assistance to Connecticut families in need.  

Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc.

Evaluate current process an structure of Child Specific Team and allow each community, based on its data, to develop and implement corrective measures to improve the planning … 

Connecticut Office of Heath Reform & Innovation

The Connecticut Office of Health Reform & Innovation oversees Connecticut’s implementation of federal health reform through coordination and work with the many stakeholders … 

Connecticut State Medical Society

Physicians play an integral role in the elimination of racial and ethnic health disparities (REHD). The Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS) seeks to undertake an array of … 

Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc.

The Naugatuck Valley Project (NVP) Health Care Access Project seeks to improve culturally and linguistically appropriate home health care for the elderly Hispanic population with … 

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

The January 2012 report of the Office of Inspector General confirms that hospital employees recognize and report only one out of seven errors, accidents, and other events that … 

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc.

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness provides legal and insurance assistance to patients with chronic illnesses, and engages in public policy that advances the interests of … 

Connecticut Health Policy Project

Health policy is complex, yet understanding it is critical for stakeholder groups who want to take advantages of opportunities under the Affordable Care Act. The Connecticut … 

Families USA

Scholarship awards to two participants to attend the Families USA Converence.  

Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

African American and Latina women experience significantly higher rates of unplanned pregnancy, which is associated with a host of negative health and social outcomes for women … 

Connecticut News Project

With continuing debate about health care, continued and marked disparities in health outcomes despite soaring health care costs, and dramatic proposals for health reform, it … 

Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.

A profile of NPR (National Public Radio) listeners lists them as three times more likely than the average radio listener to have been an active member of any group that tries to … 

Legal Services Collaborative (The New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Connecticut Legal Services, Greater Hartford Legal Aid, and the Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut)

The Legal Services Collaborative consists of partner organizations The New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Connecticut Legal Services, Greater Hartford Legal Aid, and the … 

True Colors, Inc.

A broad body of research supports the link between depression and other issues of poor health for individuals identifying as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and or Transgender). … 

Connecticut Health I-Team Outreach Project

Connecticut Health I-Team (C-HIT) will expand their coverage of health disparities, create stories, podcasts, and videos in both Spanish and English to boost public engagement on … 

The Academy for Parents

According to a study in the Journal of Internal Medicine , doctors are likely to treat black patients with cardiac conditions less aggressively than their white patients. Racial … 

Code Jump Start

Code Jump Start is a patient-focused advocacy group that shines a spotlight on the need for the medical industry to put the patient first and foremost. This grant will aid them in … 

Center for Children’s Advocacy

The Center for Children’s Advocacy uses the full complement of legal advocacy tools (direct client representation, litigation, work with state agencies and providers) to improve … 

Community Health Center, Inc.

When it comes to getting pregnant women and their 0-5 year-old children the oral health care they need, how well does co-location of primary care and dental services work? … 

Community Health Center Association of Connecticut, Inc.

Across the United States, and regardless of types of providers, patients have unfortunately reported low-quality, inconsistent, inaccessible, unaffordable care for years. The … 

Connecticut Association of Human Services

According to the 2009 Connecticut Health Disparities report, Latino residents are 5.4 times more likely to be uninsured than white residents, African American residents 2.7 times … 

Corporation for Supportive Housing

Last year (2011), the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) received a grant to create a planning process and develop a model for integrating supportive housing services with … 

Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Individuals with severe mental illness die, on average, 25 years earlier than their counterparts. Behavioral health care consumers face several challenges within the system: … 

Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers

School based health centers (SBHCs) are a vital piece of the safety net that protects our most vulnerable children. Connecticut has one of the oldest and most robust networks of … 

Connecticut Voices for Children

Connecticut Voices for Children (CT Voices) provides high-quality research, policy advocacy, and communications that promote strategic public investments in the health and … 

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance

The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA) works to reduce the number of children entering the juvenile and criminal justice system, and advocate a safe system for those … 

National Alliance on Mental Illness – Connecticut Chapter

The Keep the Promise Coalition Children’s Committee of the Connecticut Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) believes that individuals with mental illness … 

Society for New Communications Research

Social media affords a powerful opportunity to create and sustain social change. With the healthjusticect.org project, the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) provides … 

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

The disparity in health outcomes for African American men is stark: the leading causes of death (nationally) among African Americans are heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, … 

Third Sector New England

Connecticut ranks among the nation’s worst states in terms of disparities in health, in spite of being near the top of the nation’s lists of wealthiest states. Traditionally, … 

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center

Pregnancy is an opportune time to enhance the overall health and education of a mother, particularly regarding the importance of her own and her baby’s oral health. Poor oral … 

DentaQuest Foundation

Incorporating oral health into the curriculum and training of primary care providers - including physician assistants, APRNs, pediatricians, dentists, OB GYNs, and primary care … 

Manchester Youth Service Bureau

Manchester has been one of four pilot communities involved in the Connecticut Health Foundation’s five-year children’s mental health initiative to create community-based … 

Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center

Derby is one of four pilot communities involved in the Connecticut Health Foundation’s five-year children’s mental health initiative to create community-based systems of … 

Middlesex Hospital

Middletown is one of four pilot communities involved in the Connecticut Health Foundation’s children’s mental health initiative to create community-based systems of secondary … 

URU, the Right to Be, Inc.

Present and Unaccounted For: Black Women in Medicine is a documentary meant to inspire and motivate both young people and adults to reach for the impossible, even in the midst of … 

National Community Partner Forum on Community-Engaged Health Disparities Research

The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization that promotes health equity and social justice through partnerships between communities and … 

National Academy of Sciences

The problem of worse health outcomes for members of racial and ethnic populations is well documented by scientific data. Yet after 30 years of both public and private efforts to … 

University of Hartford

Public health is defined by the Institute of Medicine as “what we as a society do to assure the conditions in which people can be health” and is grounded in social justice. … 

Children’s Dental Health Project

Through its provisions for oral health care, the Affordable Care Act has created an opportunity to elevate the importance of good oral health. As the sole national voice of … 

Connecticut Association of Nonprofits and the Connecticut Community Provider Association

Together, the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits and the Connecticut Community Provider Association represent approximately 650 nonprofit organizations that serve the neediest … 

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety

Changing health systems requires evidence-based work. On way to acquire this evidence is through accessing and analyzing payment data from health insurers to uncover which … 

Food Share

Year-end contribution to support community kitchens, emergency shelters, food pantries and other anti-hunger programs in Hartford/Tolland counties.  

Operation Fuel

Year-end contribution to provide access to year-round energy assistance to families.  

United Way of Connecticut

Year-end contribution to support relief funds for Connecticut residents affected by Hurricane Sandy.  

United Way of Western Connecticut

Year-end contributionto support relief and mental health, and crisis intervention for the Sandy Hook School families.  

Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate

The Office of the Healthcare Advocate (OHA) believes that the residents of Connecticut would benefit from a single, integrated mental health and substance abuse care delivery … 

University of Connecticut Health Center

To improve the oral health of low-income pregnant women, the Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) issued a request for proposals to develop an institutionalized system of … 

BSL Educational Foundation, Inc.

Obesity is still one of the greatest health challenges in the African American and Hispanic communities, both locally and nationally. Many strategies and programs have been … 

Connecticut Legal Rights Project

On December 14, 2012, when Adam Lanza shot 20 first graders and six educators before killing himself at Sandy Hook Elementary school, a nationwide conversation began regarding … 

Connecticut Health Policy Project, Inc.

The Connecticut Health Policy Project builds capacity among Connecticut’s existing and future health policy workforces. This grant will allow the Connecticut Health Policy … 

United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods, Inc.

The United Connecticut Action for Neighborhood’s (UCAN) Caring Families Coalition (CFC) proposes to spend 2013 engaging Hartford families and consumer advocates in systems … 
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