2007 GRANT AWARDS |
| Grantee | $ Amount | Program Description |
The ACCESS Agency
(Willimantic),on behalf of the Nonprofit Alliance of Northeast. | 7,350 | To conduct a community needs assessment to determine the basic human needs of the residents of Windham and Tolland counties.
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
(Hartford) | 20,000 | To support the Stepping Into Wellness Project.
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| Asylum Hill Family Resource Center - Catholic Charities (Hartford) | 25,000 | Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support sustainability of the Holistic Health, Wellness and Empowerment Program.
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Bridges ... A Community Support System
(Milford) | 125,000
over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Capitol Region Education Council
(Hartford) | 74,386 | To implement the health literacy program at two Hartford Sites.
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Center for Children's Advocacy, Inc.
(Hartford) | 225,000
over three years | To support general operations.
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Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
(Torrington) | 40,000 | To support the Cultural Diversity Pilot Project for Community Hospitals aimed at improving patient-provider communications for the growing Latino community.
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| Child Guidance Clinic for Central Connecticut, Inc. (Meriden) | $15,750 | To train staff on autism to better meet the increased needs of clients.
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| City of Norwalk Department of Youth Services (Norwalk) | 125,000
over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Community Catalyst
(New England) | 100,000
over two years | 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 the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
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Community Health
Resources
(Enfield) | 125,000
over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Community Renewal Team
(Hartford) | 80,000 | To support installation and training of a billing and client tracking system.
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Connecticut Center for Patient Safety
(Statewide) | 135,000
over two years | To support general operations.
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Connecticut Health Policy Project, Inc.
(New Haven) | 25,000 | To develop four policy papers on primary care case management.
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Connecticut Juvenile
Justice Alliance
(Bridgeport) | 255,000
over three years | To support operating expenses and capacity building.
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Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
(Bridgeport) | 11,500 | To support an Educate the Legislature Day at the State Capitol.
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Connecticut League for Nursing
(Statewide) | 10,000 | To support a statewide data initiative and report to address the nursing shortages in clinical and education sectors.
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Connecticut Oral
Health Initiative
(Hartford) | 135,000 | To support general operations.
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Council on Foundations
(Washington,
D.C.) |
16,010 |
To support its nationwide grant-making association activities.
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Danbury Public Schools
(Danbury) | 360,00
over three years | To improve oral health in its local communities and develop and implement sustainability strategies.
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Education Connection
(Litchfield) | 7,500 | 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 directors.
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Education Development Center
(national) | 600,000
over two years | To provide technical assistance to the foundation's Children's Mental Health planning grantees throughout the grant period.
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Environment and Human Health, Inc.
(North Haven) | 10,000 | To develop a strategy and statement on its commitment to cultural and linguistic competence.
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Environment and Human Health, Inc.
(North Haven) | 15,000 | To publish and disseminate a report that identifies harmful chemicals found in certain plastics for food and beverage packaging.
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Environment and Human Health, Inc.
(North Haven) | 100,000
over two years | To support general operations.
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Ethel Donaghue TRIPP Center, University of Connecticut
(Farmington) | 381,522
over two years | To integrate health information technology into seven community health centers
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Families USA
(Washington, D.C.) | 100,000 | 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 children to access the program.
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Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc. (Simsbury) | 10,000 | To conduct a Health Education Lead Poisoning Informational Forum.
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Free to Grow
(New Britain) | 25,000 | Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support expansion and sustainability of programs aimed at ending domestic violence and depression.
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Going Forth Boldly-Prayer Tabernacle Church of Love
(Bridgeport) | 25,000 | Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support a health ministry program.
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Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
(Washington, D.C.) | 2,500 | To support its nationwide grant-making association activities.
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Grantmakers in Health
(Washington, D.C.) | 5,500 | To provide partnership support for this nationwide grant-making association.
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Hall-Brooke Behavioral Health Services
(Westport) | 9,000 | To host a summit, Crossing Frontiers: A Dialogue about the Mental Health of Connecticut Latino Youth and Families.
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Hartford Food System
(Hartford) | 25,000 | To expand its Health Food Retailer Initiative, a project designed to increase the supply of healthy groceries in corner markets and bodegas.
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The Hartford/West Hartford System of Care
(Hartford) | 125,000
over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Hill Health Corporation
(New Haven), in partnership with Training, Education and Manpower (TEAM), an anti-poverty agency that serves the Lower Naugatuck Valley | 117,820 | To expand dental services for its low income residents.
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Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury, Inc.
(Danbury) |
20,000 |
To support the Camino de la Salud Project (Road to Health) to focus on outreach, access and prevention and promotion of health.
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Hispanic Health Council
(Hartford) | 25,000 | To coordinate the Connecticut Coalition for Medical Interpretation.
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| Hospital for Special Care Pediatric Dental Clinic (New Britain) | 23,868 | To support an operations and practice assessment of the dental clinic.
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The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain
(New Britain) | 8,000 | To conduct a health needs assessment for the Greater New Britain area.
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Junta for Progressive Action, Inc.
(New Haven) | 50,000 | To implement health literacy at five different levels four nights a week.
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Latino Community Services
(Hartford) | 34,500 | To act as the fiscal agent and pass-through for the Connecticut Health Foundation's Health Leadership Fellows Program's Fellows Honorarium.
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Lawrence & Memorial Hospital
(New London) | 25,000 | To conduct an organizational self-assessment to address cultural competence.
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Lawyers for Children America, Inc.
(Hartford) | 100,000 over two years | To provide legal services to address the mental health needs of abused and neglected children.
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Living Well Health Ministry-Faith Congregational Church
(Hartford) | 25,000 | Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support outreach and awareness of health programs and information to the wider church community.
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Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center, Inc.
(Derby) | 125,000 over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Malta House of Care Foundation, Inc.
(Hartford) | 5,000 | To support the operation of the Malta House of Care Mobile Clinic, including medical supplies and pharmaceutical expenses.
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Mercy Learning Center
(Bridgeport) | 75,000 | To integrate health literacy into its current programs that target female heads of households, with an emphasis on maternal and child health.
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Middlesex Hospital Center for Behavioral Health
(Middletown) | 125,000 over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Naugatuck Valley Project, Inc.
(Naugatuck) | 150,000 over two years | To expand work in accessible quality medical interpretation services and to improve the members' health care system experiences.
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New Britain Youth & Family Services
(New Britain) | 125,000 over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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New Haven Adult Education Center
(New Haven) | 75,000 | To integrate health literacy into its current professional development-focused programs, which use effective, evidenced-based traditional teaching methods.
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New Haven Oral Health Collaborative
(New Haven) | 20,000 | To support strategic planning of a comprehensive oral health care system among HUSKY children in New Haven.
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The Northwest Caring Connection
(Torrington) | 50,000 | 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.
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Norwich Adult Education
(Norwich) | 75,000 | To integrate health literacy into its current programs to address the needs of the growing limited-English-speaking population.
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Nubian Sisters Cancer Support Group -Nubian Sisters
(New Haven) | 25,000 | Community-Driven Health Promotion Grant to support cancer outreach, education, and advocacy.
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Office of the Healthcare Advocate (Fiscal agent: Connecticut Health Policy Project, Inc.)
(Hartford) | 14,000 | To provide bridge funding for a trained behavioral health caseworker.
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One World Progressive Institute, Inc.
(New Haven) | 150,000 over two years | 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 area.
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Operation Fuel, Inc.
(Bloomfield) | 75,000 | 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 affordability gap in Connecticut.
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Oral Health Bridgeport Initiative (ORBIT), Southwestern AHEC
(Bridgeport)
| 360,000 over three years | To improve oral health in its local communities and develop and implement sustainability strategies. |
The Partnership for Kids/PARK Project
(Bridgeport) | 125,000 over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Saint Joseph College
(West Hartford) | 27,126 | To establish a Latino Community Practice Graduate Certificate Program.
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Southeast Mental Health System of Care LEARN
(Old Lyme) | 185,000 over two years | To support a community-based system of early identification and intervention for children at risk of mental health problems.
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Southwest Community Health Center
(Bridgeport) | 24,239 | To develop and implement a social marketing campaign to publicize their new primary health care headquarters, which offers affordable, comprehensive health care.
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Stamford Adult Education
(Stamford) | 71,314 | To implement the program in an industrial section of the city experiencing an increase in its immigrant population.
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State of Connecticut Office of Healthcare Advocate
(Statewide) | 1,900 | To send a representative to the Families USA Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Town of Manchester Youth Service Bureau
(Manchester) | 125,000 over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Town of Wallingford Department of Youth and Social Services
(Wallingford) | 125,000 over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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University of Connecticut - School of Dental Medicine
(Farmington) | 79,520 | To conduct a study and economic model to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of federally qualified health center dental clinics.
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URU, The Right To Be, Inc.
(West Haven) | 125,000 | To develop and disseminate a documentary film, "The Audacity of Hope: Disparities in Health Care."
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Waterbury Family Focus Partnership (Fiscal agent: Waterbury Youth Service System, Inc.
(Waterbury) | 14,048 | To support general operations while a sustainability plan is developed.
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Waterbury Prevention Policy Board
(Waterbury) | 125,000 over 18 months | Children's Mental Health Planning Grant to develop a comprehensive community-based system of early assessment, identification and brief interventions aimed at decreasing the number of at-risk youth ages 6-14 entering the juvenile justice system and/or intensive treatment because of mental health problems.
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Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center
(Derby) | 54,960 | 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 and ethnic health disparities.
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| Yale University School of Nursing (New Haven) | 1,900 | To send a representative to the Families USA Conference in Washington., D.C.
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| TOTAL | $5,749,213 | |
