Community Foundation Awards More than $280,000 in Grants
Release Date:
09/20/2018
... Fund and A. W. Stanley Discretionary Fund for Start With Stories, a program that brings storytellers into elementary ...
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Connecticut Early Childhood Trauma Training Needs Assessment
Publication date:
12/2017
Connecticut Association for Infant Mental Health (CT-AIMH) and their Early Childhood Trauma Collaborative partners are striving to increase the competency and capacity of the workforce serving infants and young children and their families to address the needs of children and families experiencing, or who have experienced trauma. In preparation for this work Lorentson Consulting was contracted to conduct a comprehensive statewide needs assessment in line with the tenets of participatory evaluation. The report was made possible by the Early Childhood Funder Collaborative, a project of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy.
Center for Children’s Advocacy Receives $260K to Support Services for Young People Transitioning Back to the Community from Juvenile Justice and DCF Custody
Release Date:
08/28/2018
... The Center offers legal services for youth that include case management, and will seek to expand access by training ... funds would support a portion of two project attorneys, a case manager, and other program costs. “The Hartford ...
New Report: 4 out of 10 Families in Connecticut Struggle to Pay for Basic Needs
Release Date:
09/02/2018
ROCKY HILL, CT -- According to the 2018 ALICE Report for Connecticut, 40% of households in our state have income which falls below what is needed to pay for basic necessities of housing, food, child care, health care, technology, and transportation.
Member eBrief - September 2018
Release Date:
09/17/2018
... building in the state? Which organizations are tackling equity issues? Which organizations are receiving funds for ... Code: 18FORUMPART. Re-envisioning Our Field: Advancing Racial Equity & Leading Innovation in Capacity Building >> ... recently. Read more >> Celebrating Your Work, Sharing Our Stories >> William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund is ...
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation Awards Get Out The Vote Grants
Release Date:
08/16/2018
... the Vote Grant from FCCF, “As part of our work to combat racial injustice, we want to make sure the young people we ...
2018 Legislative Session Update - OEC
Publication date:
06/2018
The Connecticut State Office of Early Childhood (OEC) has provided a 2018 Legislative Session Update on how the OEC fared in the state budget, as well as important bills that were passed, including two agency bills.
Leading Together for a Thriving Eastern Connecticut: Community Foundation Releases 2017 Annual Report to Community
Release Date:
08/10/2018
... and providing community leadership over the years. The stories illustrate all that has been made possible by ...
New Report Finds Medicaid's Impact Goes Beyond Health Care in CT
Release Date:
08/21/2018
... organizations and public entities to expand health equity, reduce health disparities, expand health coverage, ...
Engaging Citizens from the Ground Up: Hartford Foundation Announces Get Out The Vote Initiative
Release Date:
08/21/2018
... Council) Hartford 2000 Hartford Parent University Health Equity Solutions Latino Community Solutions, Inc. MARC, Inc. ... minimum of 100 to vote in the 2018/2019 elections. Health Equity Solutions will target residents of Greater Hartford, ... American, LGBTQIA, and youth over the age of 17. Health Equity Solutions will engage a minimum of 750 people, ...
Letter on Census Citizenship Question
Publication date:
08/2018
Connecticut Council of Philanthropy was one of 33 philanthropy serving organizations that signed onto a letter opposing the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
Connecticut Community Foundation Trustees Recognize Innovation and Collaboration with 2018 Awards to Community Groups
Release Date:
08/07/2018
WATERBURY, CT -- Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministries (GWIM) and the Waterbury Juneteenth Celebration Committee are the recipients of the 2018 Trustee Fund Award, an honor created by current and former trustees of Connecticut Community Foundation to recognize exceptional innovation and collaboration that benefits communities in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills.
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Releases 2017 Annual Report
Release Date:
08/01/2018
... for good. In 2017’s annual report, you will read stories about the impact all of us made to enrich lives and ... a better future for those who live in our region. These stories focus on the community issues we collectively care ...
Berkshire Taconic Announces Launch of ACloserLook.Net
Release Date:
08/01/2018
... current data, resident perspectives and multimedia stories on the four-county region Berkshire Taconic serves. A ... inequality, and assets and infrastructure. Multimedia stories that illustrate these themes through the lives of ... will be regularly refreshed with new data and stories. About Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation Now in ...
Southbury’s Brian M. Jones and Roxbury’s Stephen Seward Join Connecticut Community Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Release Date:
07/31/2018
WATERBURY, CT -- Connecticut Community Foundation’s members have elected Brian M. Jones of Southbury and Stephen Seward of Roxbury to three-year terms on the Foundation’s Board of Trustees. Jones and Seward will join a board composed of local residents from across 21 towns in the Foundation’s service area in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills.
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AWAKE to WOKE to WORK: Building a Race Equity Culture
Publication date:
07/2018
... omission of a fundamental element of social impact: race equity. While issue-specific dynamics play an important role ... almost every issue faced by the U.S. social sector. Race equity must be centered as a core goal of social impact ... missions. AWAKE to WOKE to WORK: Building a Race Equity Culture ...
CT Philanthropy Digest - August 2018
Release Date:
08/22/2018
... Capacity Building, Learning for Nonprofits >> Investing in Equity in the Nonprofit Workforce >> The Prosperity ... leadership. In partnership with the Center for Urban and Racial Equity, Fund the People is conducting research and ... The toolkit is packed with guides, checklists, and robust case studies >> Webinar: SEPTEMBER 4: 1:00 - 2:00 PM: Funders ...
Member eBrief - July 2018
Release Date:
07/16/2018
... state; deepening our commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; and working to build a stronger and ... for nonprofits. Re-envisioning Our Field: Advancing Racial Equity & Leading Innovation in Capacity Building >> ... Decision on Reuniting Children with Parents in Immigration Case - CT Mirror - 7/11/18 >> Census The public has until ...
Women’s Giving Circle, Aiming to Improve Lives of Women and Girls in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills, Awards First Grants
Release Date:
07/03/2018
WATERBURY, CT -- The Women’s Giving Circle at Connecticut Community Foundation, formed in 2017 so members could pool their dollars, study local issues and award grants together to nonprofit organizations tackling issues affecting women and girls in Greater Waterbury and the Litchfield Hills, has awarded their first grants—totaling $34,000— to seven community groups.
Connecticut Community Foundation Awards College Scholarships to 420 Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills Students
Release Date:
06/25/2018
... for where they live, their neighborhoods and for the stories that people carry.” ### Contact: Carol Buckheit ...