PRIORITY AREAS
The foundation will recommit to its three priority areas: Children's Mental Health, Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and Children's Oral Health.
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The foundation has established goals and objectives in each priority area to guide its work, as follows:
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CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH GOAL: |
Reduce the number of at-risk children ages 6-14 entering intensive treatment and/or the juvenile justice system due to mental health problems. |
Objective 1: Promote a community-based system of early identification and intervention for children at risk of mental health problems.
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Objective 2 : Support developing and disseminating knowledge in early identification and effective interventions relating to children's mental health.
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| RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES GOAL: |
Decrease racial and ethnic health disparities. |
Objective 1: Create public will to decrease racial and ethnic health disparities in access and treatment.
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Objective 2: Improve the quality of systems that enhance patient-provider interactions in order to promote health equity.
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| CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH GOAL: |
Improve the oral health of children covered by Medicaid. |
Objective 1: Increase use of preventive and treatment visits to the levels achieved by children insured in the private sector.
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Objective 2: Identify and promote models of care that improve oral health outcomes for children covered by Medicaid in our funded communities.2
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ADDITIONAL POINTS
In addition to the foundation’s goals and objectives, several other points will guide the work of the foundation, as stated below:
- The foundation will actively keep issues associated with health data and sustainable resources on its radar screen to inform its three priority areas.
- Responsiveness to opportunity will be considered a value of the Connecticut Health Foundation. If specific criteria are met, the foundation may respond to opportunities that arise outside its three priority areas and their associated goals and objectives.
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