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How Does Leadership Advance Health Equity?

At the Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health), we believe strong leadership skills are critical to building the public will necessary to achieve health equity. Our Health Leadership Fellows program is designed to cultivate the leadership abilities within class members for this purpose. On Tuesday, … more >

October 20, 2011

Voices from the Class of 2012 Health Leadership Fellows

We're pleased to announce the Class of 2012 Health Leadership Fellows ! These 21 health leaders met for the first time last month and will retreat this weekend to immerse themselves in leadership. Last week I was chatting on Twitter with Stephanye R. Clark (Class of 2010) about some of the lessons she … more >

October 18, 2011

A New Business Model for Journalism: The CT News Project

This is the second in a series about how the Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) is supporting health journalism. In our previous story , Shelley Geballe discussed the impetus behind the Connecticut News Project. Today’s post takes a closer look at the Project, and discusses a new business model for … more >

October 13, 2011

How Can Philanthropy Fill the Gap in Journalism?

Supporting journalism is one of the ways the Connecticut Health Foundation (CT Health) works to achieve health justice for all CT residents. We strongly believe that access to quality, in-depth coverage of health news equips advocates, policy-makers, CT Health grantees and residents with reliable information … more >

October 11, 2011

Why Do Some Kids End Up In the Juvenile Justice System? An Interview with Martha Stone

Did you know it is National Mental Health Awareness week? As children’s mental health is one of our priority areas , we wanted to take this opportunity to feature one of our grantees working in the area of mental health. The Center for Children’s Advocacy ’s (CCA) mission is to improve the … more >

October 6, 2011