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Cigna Foundation Announces Availability of $5 Million in Grants to Reduce Child Food Insecurity
CT Health Foundation Releases Guide to Community and Clinical Partnerships
Asnuntuck Receives State Grant to Establish Health Center on Campus
ENFIELD, CT -- Starting this fall, Asnuntuck Community College students will be able to connect with health and wellness professionals on the school’s 170 Elm St. campus. With a $25,000 grant it recently received from the Connecticut Health Foundation, the college plans to establish a “health and wellness hub” where students can connect with acommunity health care providers.
Cigna Grant Enables March of Dimes to Expand Supportive Pregnancy Care
Community Foundation Awards More than $280,000 in Grants
Harvard Pilgrim Awards Quality Grant Funding to 11 Providers for 2018
Foundation’s $30,000 Grant to FoodCorps Will Give Waterbury and Naugatuck Schoolchildren Creative, Hands-On Lessons in Healthy Eating
United Way of North Central Connecticut Invests in Education in Enfield
PERSPECTIVE: Access to Healthy Foods: How Far Are You Willing to Go?
HARTFORD, CT -- Blog post by by Garth Graham, M.D., MPH, is a leading authority on social determinants of health. President of the Aetna Foundation since 2013 and Vice President of Community Health for Aetna, Inc., Dr. Graham is a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Obama and Bush administrations where he also ran the Office of Minority Health.
For the first time in the history of the United States, today’s youth are expected to have a shorter life-span than their parents. With medical, scientific and technological advances, this notion seems dumbfounding. But when we step away from the science and technology and take a deeper look at our communities, you can find the root causes. Access to healthy food, public safety and environmental factors are all driving forces behind this decline in longevity. These social determinants of health are becoming increasingly influential to our health . . .
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Grant Supports Weitzman Institute Community eConsult Network Pilot in CT
More Than $200K in Grants Approved by Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
The Aetna Foundation Helps Improve the Health of 25 Communities Nationwide Through More Than $2 Million in Grants
A Convening to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of New Haven Healthy Start THEN, NOW & BEYOND
New Study Revealing the Opioid Crisis Impact in Northwest CT
TORRINGTON, CT -- A new report about the impact of opioids was the center of a roundtable discussion in Torrington Wednesday afternoon. The report, “Beneath the Surface: The Opioid Epidemic in Northwest Connecticut” explores the crime rates related to opioid addiction in the area, insurance rates, treatment admission rates, how the crisis started, and what solutions can work specifically in a rural region. The Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation, the Foundation for Community Health, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the McCall Center for Behavioral Health partnered to publish the report.
Charter Oak Health Center Receives $300K Grant for Facility Renovation Project to Provide Specialty Health Care Services
HARTFORD, CT -- A $300K grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving will pay for renovations to Charter Oak Health Care Center’s facility at 32 Grand Street.
After 18 Years of Leadership, CHDI Founding Chief Executive Judith Meyers Announces Plans to Step Down
FARMINGTON, CT -- Judith Meyers, who for nearly two decades has been a leader improving children's health and well-being in Connecticut, announced plans to step down as President and CEO of the Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut (CHDI) as of September 30, 2017.