1999 GRANT AWARDS

AIDS Interfaith Network, Inc.
(New Haven)

4,000

To purchase winter clothing for special-needs families.

Brain Injury Association of Connecticut
(Statewide)

To support the Brain Injury Association of Connecticut’s annual conference.

Center City Churches
(Hartford)

5,000

To provide funding for families in need of food, fuel and rental assistance.

Child Health and Development Institute
(Statewide)

To support the development of an implementation plan to reform the children’s behavioral health care delivery and financing systems in Connecticut.

Christian Activities Council
(Hartford)

To train community leaders to cope with stress and violence.

Connecticut Coalition to Improve End-of- Life Care
(Statewide)

To create a systematic approach to end-of-life care.

Emerge, Inc.
(Stratford)

To fund domestic violence and transitional living programs.

Fair Haven Community Health Center
(New Haven)

To improve the education and care of diabetes patients.

Hartford Action Plan on Infant Health
(Statewide)

To fund a parent training program.

Hartford’s Camp Courant
(Hartford)

To provide nursing care for up to 2,000 Camp Courant children throughout the summer.

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters
(Hartford)

To help fund school-based mentoring for children ages six to 10 years.

Operation Hope of Fairfield, Inc. (Fairfield)

To provide transitional support services for the homeless living in the Fairfield area.

Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, Inc.
(New Haven)

To support program expansion into Hartford and other regions of the state.

Regional Youth/Adult Substance Abuse Project
(Bridgeport)

To promote positive youth development by building bridges and a greater understanding between adults and youth.

St. Luke’s Services, Inc.
(New Haven)

To provide health education outreach at its soup kitchen.

Saint Philip House, Inc.
(Plainville)

To fund AIDS education for special-needs children.

Yale Child Study Center
(New Haven)

To support caregiver relatives and their children through group interventions.