2008 GRANT AWARDS |
| Organization | $ Amount | Description |
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
(Hartford) | $20,000 | To support the 3rd Annual Stepping into Wellness Conference.
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African Caribbean American Parents of Children with Disabilities
(Hartford) | $30,000 | To educate and train 150 parents and family members on their rights and use of the mental health systems in Hartford and New Haven; and train 30 community members how to participate in the legislative process.
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Center for Medicare Advocacy
(Willimantic) | $50,000 | To support general operations to continue work with the state’s at-risk older and disabled residents.
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Christian Community Action
(New Haven) | $35,000 | To support its Advocacy and Education Project, and “No More Crumbs” public campaign, which raises awareness about health issues affecting poverty; and technical assistance to translate its empowerment efforts into action for policy change.
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Citizens for Quality Sickle Cell Care, Inc.
(New Britain) | $5,000 | To develop a web site and provide staff training to support operations.
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Connecticut Association of School-Based Health Centers (North Haven) | $225,000 | To expand capacity-building. |
Community Health Center, Inc.
(Middletown) | $50,000 | To test a health care model that improves access and quality of care in five communities.
|
Connecticut Council
for Philanthropy
(Statewide) | $8,745 | To support their 2008 President's Award and Leadership Fund.
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Connecticut Health Policy Project
(New Haven) | $75,035 | To develop and advocate recommendations of the study that examines the impact of the Medicaid rate increase on physicians' willingness to participate in the HUSKY program, and their input on the HUSKY program's future.
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Connecticut Mission
of Mercy
(Statewide) | $25,000 | To provide free dental care in the Northeast corridor.
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Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
(Statewide) | $150,000 | To support general operations and implement a long-term strategy aimed at increasing access.
|
Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches
(Statewide) | $17,000 | To support creation of an Office of Minority Health.
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Covenant to Care for Children, Inc.
(Bloomfield) | $10,000 | To support a mentoring program for at-risk children of prison inmates in an effort to deter juvenile delinquency, later adult crime, and stabilize family life.
|
Council on Foundations
(Washington, D.C.) | $16,400 | To support its nationwide grantmaking association activities.
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Family Life Center
(Hartford) | $5,000 | To support general operations.
|
Family Medicine Education Consortium, Inc.
(Nationwide) | $10,000 | To develop the second edition of
Smiles for Life: A National Oral Health Curriculum.
|
Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc.
(Simsbury) | $15,000 | To expand collaborative efforts and train stakeholders on implementation of the
Health Education Lead Poisoning Initiative curriculum.
|
Grantmakers in Health
(Washington, D.C.) | $5,500 | To provide partnership support for this nationwide grantmaking association.
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Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition
for Equity & Justice
(Hartford) | $133,375
over two years | To organize member-congregations around racial and ethnic health disparities elimination, culminating in a public forum at which a policy agenda will be formalized.
|
Greater Hartford
Legal Aid, Inc.
(Hartford) | $750,000
over three years | To support general operations of four partnering organizations to represent and advocate for the legal rights of Connecticut's poorest population.
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Hispanic Health Council
(Hartford) | $15,000 | To support the Connecticut Medical Interpretation Coalition's strategy to recover Medicaid funds during the 2008 legislative session.
|
Lao Association of Connecticut
(West Hartford) | $25,000 | To coordinate culturally and linguistically appropriate education about their community’s priority health concerns; and teach health care providers how to effectively work with Laotian patients.
|
Lower Naugatuck
Valley System of Care
(Derby) | $46,432 | To pilot test an Easy Access Network, which is a uniform referral system designed to increase timely and appropriate interagency access for children and families with behavioral health needs.
|
New Britain Oral
Health
Collaborative
(New Britain) | $360,000
over three years | To develop and implement sustainability strategies.
|
Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters (Hartford) | $100,000
over two years | To implement a mental health assessment tool and support a mental health specialist, who will train staff to detect early signs of problems in children of inmates at risk of entering the juvenile justice system.
|
Saint Francis
Physician Hospital Organization
(Hartford) | $194,058
over two
and half years | To examine the effectiveness of the electronic personal health record system designed to improve outcomes of Hispanic patients' diabetes care. |
University of Connecticut Health Center School of Medicine (Farmington) | $2,000 | To support the UCONN Migrant Farm Worker Clinics, a program that provides mobile health outreach services. |
| Total | $2,378,545 | |
