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  1. A plan to improve rural health in CT, and more in this week’s roundup

    Stories about a plan to improve rural health in CT, a community paramedic program aimed at reducing emergency calls, a new generation of doulas, immigrant health at risk due to fears of deportation, and how H.R. 1 complicates state health care affordability efforts.

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  2. New data on lead in CT water lines, and more in this week’s roundup

    Stories on lead in CT water lines, family caregivers, a cut to Medicare in the new tax law, one state backing away from community health workers, and the many names of Medicaid.

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  3. Grant will support evaluation of community health worker model to address health disparities

    Connecticut Health Foundation awards 7 grants in the first quarter of 2025.

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  4. Grants will support community health workers in local health departments 

    The Connecticut Health Foundation awarded 39 grants this quarter.

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  5. Grants will support advocacy for community health workers

    Funding from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to ensure the effective implementation of Medicaid payment for community health workers (CHWs), a workforce that is instrumental in achieving health equity.

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  6. How Connecticut can support critical health workforces

    Community health workers, doulas, peer support specialists, and recovery coaches can improve outcomes, reduce disparities.

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  7. Community health workers: A prescription for healing

    Khmer Health Advocates contributed this blog post about the importance of community health workers and their role in healing trauma.

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  8. Grants will support training for community health workers

    With funding from the Connecticut Health Foundation, the YWCA of New Britain will work to build a local pipeline of community health workers by developing a course for high school and college students interested in serving as frontline health workers.

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  9. Grants will support advocacy for coverage expansion

    Grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation will support advocacy efforts to expand health care coverage to more immigrants and to ensure that those who are eligible can get covered.

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  10. Connecticut Health Foundation announces new strategic plan

    The Connecticut Health Foundation is launching a new strategic plan in 2024, beginning the next chapter in the private, independent foundation’s focus on health equity for people of color.

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