Year of News:

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

   Thursday, Dec 19, 2024

   The Connecticut Health Foundation awarded 39 grants this quarter.

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2. Grants will support advocacy for community health workers

   Tuesday, Nov 19, 2024

   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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3. Grants will support doula integration to improve maternal health care

   Thursday, Apr 04, 2024

   With funding from the Connecticut Health Foundation, Hartford Hospital will make changes to policies to better integrate doulas into patient care teams. This pilot is intended to improve maternal health outcomes for people of color.

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4. Grants will support training for community health workers

   Thursday, Dec 21, 2023

   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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5. Grants will support advocacy for coverage expansion

   Thursday, Oct 19, 2023

   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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6. Connecticut Health Foundation names Chekesha Kidd new board chair

   Tuesday, Jun 27, 2023

   The Connecticut Health Foundation elected Chekesha Kidd as chair of its board of directors. She succeeds Kenneth R. Alleyne in chairing the board of Connecticut’s largest independent health foundation.

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7. Grants will support outreach on race, ethnicity, and language data

   Monday, Jan 09, 2023

   The Connecticut Health Foundation awarded 24 grants totaling nearly $1.17 million in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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8. Grant will support doula coalition in advocacy work

   Wednesday, Jan 05, 2022

   Connecticut Health Foundation awards 24 grants totaling $1.2 million

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9. Grants support grassroots advocacy, organizing

   Wednesday, Dec 08, 2021

   Foundation announces inaugural Patricia Baker Awards for Health Equity Policy and Advocacy

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10. Lessons learned from our first pitch day

    Tuesday, Dec 07, 2021

    This blog post is by President and CEO Tiffany Donelson, about a new grant application process we undertook this year.

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