Connecticut Health Foundation awards more than $980,000 to 14 organizations improving the health of state residents
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BRIDGEPORT, CT -- The Bridgeport Hospital Foundation has received a $25,000 grant from Newman’s Own Foundation to support the unmet needs of underserved outpatients.
WILLIMANTIC, CT -- The SBM Charitable Foundation, based in Manchester, recently awarded Generations Family Health Center Inc. a grant of $43,750 to support the Willimantic Pediatric Dentistry program.
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- In its fifth year of awards for research on elder health in care facilities, The Donaghue Foundation awarded $250,000 in the fall of 2017 for two studies.
DANBURY, CT -- A program of the Boehringer Ingelheim AmeriCares Free Clinic in Danbury is helping uninsured patients better manage chronic disease through exercise and diet changes. “The Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation supports the health coach program because it closely aligns with our mission of improving patients' lives and strengthening our communities,” said Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation President Karen Iannella.
HARTFORD, CT -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Community eConsult Network to test the use of electronic specialty consults (eConsults) at three health centers in Connecticut.