2001 GRANT AWARDS

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

80,000

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

Bridgeport ORBIT Oral Health Collaborative
(Bridgeport)

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 Children’s Fund of Connecticut contributed an additional $20,000 to this grant).

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

32,000

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

Center for Hope
(Darien)

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

Child Guidance Clinic
(Waterbury)

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 delivery system.

Child Health and Development Institute
(Farmington)

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
(Hartford)

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, ethnicity, or language preference and the factors that contribute to these differences.

Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
(Hartford)

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

Connecticut Voices for Children, Inc.
(New Haven)

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

Family Services Woodfield, Inc.
(Bridgeport)

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

FAVOR, Inc.
(Rocky Hill)

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
(Greater Hartford area)

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 Children’s Fund of Connecticut contributed an additional $20,000 to this grant).

New Britain Oral Health Collaborative
(New Britain)

180,000

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 Fund of Connecticut contributed an additional $20,000 to this grant).

New Haven Oral Health Collaborative
(New Haven area)

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 Children’s Fund of Connecticut contributed an additional $20,000 to this grant).

Oral Health 2010 Initiative
(Hartford)

100,000

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 sound public policy initiatives.

Southeast Mental Health System of Care LEARN
(Old Lyme and New London County)

55,000

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

Upper Room Unlimited, Inc.
(New Haven)

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
(Waterbury area)

180,000

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 Children’s Fund of Connecticut contributed an additional $20,000 to this grant).

Wheeler Clinic, Inc.
(Plainville)

50,000

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