2005 GRANT AWARDS

Grantee

$ Amount

Program Description

Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc.
(Farmington)

10,000

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

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
(New Haven)

75,000 over three years

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

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
(Hartford)

10,000

To support the first Annual Step Off Classic, a competition to promote health and fitness among Hartford families and youth to be held on May 6, 2006.

American Red Cross of Southeast Fairfield County
(Bridgeport)

9,820

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 Seniors Safe Centers Program.

Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
(Bridgeport)

150,000 over three years

To support general operations.

Bridgeport Hospital Foundation, ChildFIRST
(Bridgeport)

100,000 over four years

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

Bridgeport Oral Health Collaborative
(Bridgeport)

40,000 over two years

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

Bridgeport ORBIT Oral Health Collaborative
(Bridgeport)

30,000 over 18 months

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

Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc.
(Hartford)

125,000 over two years

To support general operations.

Central AHEC, Inc.
(Hartford)

5,500

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 AHEC, Inc.
(Hartford)

10,000

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

Child Guidance Center of Mid-Fairfield County
(Norwalk)

50,000

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
(Hartford)

1,500

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

Christian Community Action
(Hartford)

50,000

To support grassroots leadership in health advocacy.

Citizens for Economic Opportunity
(Farmington)

10,000

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

Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
(New Britain)

36,500

To act as fiscal agent for the Connecticut Health Foundation’s Leadership Fellows Program.

Community Health Center, Inc.
(Middletown)

140,000

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.
(Wilton)

70,000

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

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety
(Statewide)

5,450

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

Connecticut Center for Patient Safety
(Statewide)

3,500

To support general operations.

Connecticut Food Bank
(East Haven)

42,000

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 London and Windham.

Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
(Hartford)

130,000

To support general operations, and an assessment.

Council on Foundations
(Washington, D.C.)

14,640

To provide partnership support to this nationwide foundation association.

Danbury Oral Health Collaborative
(Danbury)

50,000

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

End Hunger Connecticut
(Farmington)

2,000

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

Environment and Human Health, Inc.
(North Haven)

64,000

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

Family Medicine Education Consortium (Middletown)

10,000

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

FAVOR, Inc.
(Rocky Hill)

113,127

To support general operations.

Foodshare
(Bloomfield)

21,000

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

Grantmakers in Health
(Washington, D.C.)

5,000

To support The Art & Science of Health Grantmaking conference to be held on September 26-27, 2005.

Grantmakers in Health
(Washington,
D. C.)

4,000

To provide partnership support to this nationwide grant-making association.

Greater Danbury Family Focus Project
(Brookfield)

50,000 over 18 months

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

Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity
(Hartford)

10,000

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
(Hartford)

9,713

To support a pharmacy expansion program.

Hartford Health Disparities Collaborative
(Hartford)

10,000

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

Health Leadership Fellows Program
(Statewide)

10,000

To support employers of the fellows selected to participate in one-year development program.

Hispanic Health Council, Inc.
(Hartford)

27,350

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

Isaiah Ministry 58 Covenant Soup Kitchen
(Willimantic)

7,000

To provide food in a safe environment to local residents.

Lao Association of Connecticut
(Bridgeport/New
Britain)

75,000 over three years

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

LEARN
(Old Lyme
and New London)

150,000

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 System of Care Collaborative
(Derby)

50,000

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

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
(Mashantucket)

75,000 over three years

To improve the health status of racial and ethnic members in southeast Connecticut through culturally specific health promotion and risk reduction strategies designed to strengthen families and enhance parenting skills.

Middletown School Readiness Council
(Middletown)

150,000

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, evidence-based practices.

Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc.
(Waterbury)

70,000 over 18 months

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

New Britain Police Department
(New Britain)

5,000

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
(New Britain)

50,000

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 - We WIN
(New Haven)

160,000

To develop a sustainability plan for its comprehensive fitness program.

New Haven Oral Health Collaborative
(New Haven)

40,000 over two years

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

New Haven Public Schools
(New Haven)

85,000

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

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
(Hartford)

100,000 over two years

To support a mentoring program for 250 greater Hartford youth of incarcerated parent(s).

Operation Fuel, Inc.
(Bloomfield)

70,000

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

Proyecto El Parto
(New London)

10,000

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

Southeast Mental Health System of Care Collaborative
(Old Lyme)

50,000

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

Southern Connecticut State University
(New Haven)

104,947

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

The Community Foundation of Greater New Haven
(New Haven)

180,000

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

The Donaghue Foundation
(Hartford)

75,000

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

The Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.
(Farmington)

10,000

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

The New Covenant House of Hospitality
(Stamford)

10,000

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

The Northwest Caring Connection
(Torrington)

50,000

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

True Colors
(Hartford)

9,800

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

United Action Connecticut
(Hartford)

33,000

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.
(West Haven)

10,000

To support the educational component of the oral hygiene initiative.

Visiting Nurses Association of Central Connecticut, Inc.
(New Britain)

49,130

To provide support and education to high-risk pregnant women and new mothers.

Waterbury Family Focus Partnership
(Waterbury)

50,000 over 18 months

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

Waterbury Oral Health Collaborative
(Waterbury)

50,000

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 access and an on-site mobile program.

TOTAL

$3,283,977