SHARON, CT -- Sharon Hospital’s patients can stay better connected with excellent healthcare services in their community now that the hospital has joined Health Quest, a family of hospitals and healthcare professionals based in the mid-Hudson Valley of New York. The Foundation for Community Health, the nonprofit based in Sharon that brought Health Quest and Sharon Hospital together, will play an important role in the transition of the hospital to nonprofit status.
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.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The American Savings Foundation is looking for feedback from residents in the community. The foundation recently set up a survey on its website that lets members of the community analyze the ASF and its role.
WASHINGTON, DC and HARTFORD, CT -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health care rankings, and the Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna, today announced they are teaming up to evaluate which communities across America are doing the best job of improving the health of their citizens.
TORRINGTON, CT -- Programs like the Torrington Area Youth Service Bureau’s Summer Youth Employment rely on financial support from the state to function. With no approved state budget in June, the summer program was in jeopardy of being canceled completely. But a recent donation from Eversource helped organizers of the program to hire four students.
HARTFORD, CT -- Richard A. Sussman, director of early childhood investments for the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, makes the case for "good investments based on research about what really works and have promise for making a positive and long-term impact." "One of the state’s recent examples of a good investment is the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC). Budget proposals recommend decreasing or eliminating the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood to create short-term savings.