CHEFA Announces FY 2024 John M. Biancamano Client Grant Awards
Release Date:
11/21/2023
CHEFA awarded close to $1M at its recent Board meeting to primarily support health, education, and childcare organizations.
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08/19/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut is pleased to announce that the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) has awarded a grant in the amount of $150,000 in support of the Connecticut United Ways COVID-19 Response Fund.
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08/13/2020
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Gaylord Specialty Healthcare Awarded CHEFA COVID-Relief Grant
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08/11/2020
WALLINGFORD, CT -- Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, a rehabilitation-focused nonprofit healthcare organization, announces that it has received a $40,800 COVID-relief grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) to help purchase COVID-related equipment.
Connecticut Humanities Receives $100,000 from CHEFA for Collaborative COVID-19 Assistance to Connecticut’s Cultural Sector
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08/10/2020
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CHEFA Grant Backs Hartford HealthCare Mobile COVID-19 Testing
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07/31/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) has provided a $400,000 grant to support Hartford Health Care's mobile COVID-19 testing efforts. The award was announced at one of the mobile program’s stops, the First Cathedral Church in Bloomfield. CHEFA grants will support staffing, personal protective equipment (PPE) for staff, tests and other supplies for the mobile sites.
HHC Announces Grant That Will Help Provide Free COVID-19 Testing for Communities
Release Date:
07/30/2020
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Release Date:
07/30/2020
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07/30/2020
WALLINGFORD, CT -- Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, a rehabilitation-focused nonprofit healthcare organization, announces that it has received a $40,800 COVID-relief grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) to help purchase COVID-related equipment.
CHEFA whiffs on $63M in tax credits for CT nonprofit developments
Release Date:
07/20/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- Aquasi-public state agency that hoped to draw $63 million in federal tax credits to finance nonprofit development projects in low-income and distressed areas has struck out on its first attempt. The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) was not on a list -- released by the U.S. Treasury last week -- of successful applicants for the so-called New Market Tax Credit program, created in 2003 to attract private investment for developments in poorer census tracts. CHEFA will try again when it submits an application later this year for the next round of credits, which will be awarded about a year from now.
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Release Date:
07/09/2020
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Release Date:
06/25/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) Board of Directors awarded $3M in grants as part of the newly established FY 2021 CHEFA COVID-19 Grant Program.
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Release Date:
06/16/2020
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CHEFA Awards More Than $1 Million in Grants to Support Connecticut Healthcare, Education, Childcare and Cultural Organizations
Release Date:
05/20/2020
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) awarded more than $1 million in grants to assist education, healthcare, childcare, and cultural organizations throughout Connecticut.
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05/04/2020
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Release Date:
04/16/2020
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02/06/2020
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Release Date:
11/25/2019
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) is pleased to announce the FY 2020 Client Grant awards.
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Release Date:
11/22/2019
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CHEFA Announces FY2020 Nonprofit Grant Program Letter of Interest
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11/15/2019
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