2007 Click the title to view the full text of any CHF news release below.
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Connecticut Health Foundation Awards Planning Grants to Address Children's Mental Health
(12/28/07)
The board of directors of the Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) approved $3,257,300 million in grant awards during its fourth quarter board meeting, including $1,375,000 dedicated to a CHF initiative to address children's mental health.
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Foundation Elects Hospital Executive to Board of Directors
(10/25/2007)
Martin "Marty" Gavin, president & CEO of the Connecticut Children's Medical Center (CCMC), has been appointed to a three-year term on the Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) board of directors.
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Foundation Awards Grants to 17 Organizations
(10/23/07)
The board of directors of the Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) approved $1.4 million in grant awards during its third quarter board meeting, including $420,700 targeted to address the state's growing need to improve patient-provider interactions through health literacy.
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Connecticut Health Foundation Announces New Staff Appointment
(07/30/07)
The Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) welcomes Yolanda Wilson to its staff as Administrative Assistant, Patricia Baker, President & CEO, announced at a recent board of directors meeting.
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Health Foundation Awards $1.6 Million in Grants
(07/3/07)
The Board of Directors of the Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) approved 35 grants, primarily in urban centers to address growing health needs.
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Community Health Data Scan Suggests Six Areas of Focus to Improve Health
(3/28/2007)
Premature Diabetes Mortality Rate of Connecticut’s African Americans is Three Times That of Whites
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New Research is the Focus of Foundation's Legislative Testimony on Access to Oral Health Care
(03/21/2007)
President & CEO Patricia Baker of the Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) was invited by both the Public Health and the Human Services committees to testify about new research that supports the need to increase in access to oral health care for children on HUSKY A.
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Health Foundation Expands Staff
(02/22/07)
The Connecticut Health Foundation's efforts to address the state's growing health needs will benefit from the appointment of two staff members.
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Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Highlights Spending Cap’s Limitations
(02/21/07)
As currently structured, the state’s spending cap will be very tight in fiscal year 2008. Consequently, the cost of simply maintaining services at the current level would exceed the spending cap by an estimated $540 million to $800 million. As currently configured, the cap leaves the state little ability to fund new initiatives proposed by both the Rell Administration and state legislators, according to Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) research released Monday.
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Health Leadership Fellows Program Is Now Accepting Applications For Its 2008 Class
(1/29/07)
The Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) is now accepting applications for the 2008 Health Leadership Fellows Program, which hopes to foster, support and promote leadership and learning among the next generation of public health pioneers in the government, private, and nonprofit sectors.
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Foundation Elects Utility Executive, Gregory Butler To Its Board Of Directors
(01/22/07)
Gregory Butler, senior vice president and general counsel of the Northeast Utilities system (NU), was recently appointed to a three-year term on the Connecticut Health Foundation (CHF) board of directors.
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