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The October 2017 Digest includes feature headlines: Responding to Disasters and Crises; Ten Sites Selected for Racial Healing Campus Centers; New Report Targets High Drug Prices; United Ways ALICE Update; Teen Safe Driving Video Contest Promotes Safety on the Road; CT Funders on the Issues; CENSUS 2020: Why an Accurate Count Matters to Philanthropy; AND regular topics -- PHILANTHROPY NEWS LINKS; SCHOLARSHIP NEWS LINKS; GRANTS & RFPS; EVENTS & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES; PEOPLE and JOBS IN PHILANTHROPY!
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ROCKY HILL, CT -- Recent natural disasters have resulted in United Way of Connecticut 2-1-1 supporting relief efforts both nationally and in Connecticut. Thanks to support from Connecticut United Ways and the State of Connecticut, 2-1-1 Connecticut has provided direct relief, helped coordinate relief efforts and is now working as part of the State's Emergency Management Unified Command response to support those evacuated or displaced by recent and tragic natural disasters.
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HARTFORD, CT -- Today, Comcast Corporation announced Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program, has expanded its senior pilot program to low-income seniors in Hartford. Comcast also announced that it has now connected more than 32,000 residents from 8,000 households across the state of Connecticut. Across the nation, Comcast has now connected more than four million low-income Americans, in one million households, to high-speed Internet service at home.
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NEW HAVEN, CT -- Neubert, Pepe & Monteith, P.C. is pleased to announce that Attorney Gregory J. Pepe has been appointed to The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven Board of Directors. The New Haven County Bar Association recommended that Mr. Pepe be its designee to the board of the Community Foundation for a 7-year term. Mr. Pepe assumes the position on Jan. 1, 2018.
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MARKETWIDE, CT -- The Liberty Bank Foundation has approved $99,800 in grants to nonprofit organizations serving in Liberty Bank’s footprint and surrounding areas to support programs that will provide early childhood education, affordable housing, and basic human needs.
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CROMWELL, CT -- The Middlesex Habitat for Humanity of CT is one of three winners of Liberty Bank Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Grant competition. It will receive a grant of $20,000 to fund expanded operations.
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WILTON, CT -- Thanks to a $5,000 grant from United Way of Coastal Fairfield County, Wilton youth will have access to the GoZen! program, an evidenced-based treatment that teaches children how to manage anxiety.
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BRANFORD, CT -- At 16 years old, Branford Early Childhood Collaborative (BECC), once a grassroots group, is evolving to meet its continuing mission. Now in the process of becoming a 501 (c)3 non-profit, BECC also has a newly established, 15-person Board of Directors chaired by Dr. Bruce Storm Ed.D. The new direction grew out of a change in funding support. For many years, BECC was largely funded with support from the Graustein Memorial Fund and operated under the umbrella of United Way of Greater New Haven.
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NEW CANAAN, CT -- Over the past 40 years, the foundation has given to local nonprofits in a range of areas, including youth programs, human services, elderly and special needs, health care and arts and culture. In 1987, its grants topped $100,000 and it distributed $1 million in grants in 2013. The foundation also awards over $100,000 worth of scholarships to students, many from the Sapienza Scholarship Fund established in 2007.
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HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Health Foundation has awarded grants totaling $650,000 this quarter to 11 organizations largely focused on health equity causes. Recipients include Hartford-based Center for Children's Advocacy, which is getting $65,000 to develop an in-school model for identifying the mental and physical health needs of the increasing number of immigrant children arriving in Connecticut and helping them get care.