2010 GRANT AWARDS |
| Organization | $ Amount | Description |
The Academy of
Parents (Hartford) | $8,400 | To support training of staff who will teach low-literate Hispanic parents how to use and understand oral language in a way that enables effective communication with their health care providers - aimed at improving health literacy
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Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – BSL Educational Foundation (Hartford)
| $10,000 | To support its fifth annual Step Into Wellness & Health Expo, April 3, 2010
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| Christian Activities Council (New Haven) | $25,000 | To support community-based health care advocacy
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| The Communications Network (Nationwide) | $5,000 | To provide resources, guidance and leadership to advance the strategic practice of communications in philanthropy
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| Community Catalyst (New England) | $50,000 | To support the New England Alliance for Children’s Health, which advocates for children’s health policy related to Medicaid and the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and provides state-specific technical assistance
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| Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice(Statewide) | $10,000 | To continue its asthma education and outreach program in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven
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| Connecticut News Project – Connecticut Voices for Children (Statewide) | $125,000 | To support health reporting in Connecticut and Washington, D.C. for its online news publication, Connecticut Mirror
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| Connecticut Oral Health Initiative(Statewide) | $200,000 | To support its continued efforts to promote policy, public awareness and support for the oral health needs of Connecticut's residents
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| Connecticut Public Health Association Foundation (Statewide) | $15,790 | To support its annual conference, Equal Opportunities for Health: Overcoming Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities
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| Eastern Connecticut Area Health Education Center(Jewett City) | $5,000 | To finalize materials for the "Faces of Disparities" educational awareness campaign, created by the Connecticut Multicultural Health Partnership
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| Grantmakers In Health (Nationwide) | $5,500 | To support the 2010 funding partner grant.
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| Hospice of Saint Joseph(Norwich) | $20,000 | To support a community-based system for identifying and assisting children vulnerable to mental health problems, and security and safety threats as a result of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti
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| Latino Community Services (Hartford) | $25,000 | To support the executive director’s leadership capacity in reducing racial and ethnic health disparities
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| Mission of Mercy – Connecticut Foundation for Dental Outreach (Statewide) | $25,000 | To support the 2010 Mission of Mercy Project in Middletown, which provides free dental care, oral health education and medication to underserved and uninsured patients
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| State of Connecticut - Commission on Children(Statewide) | $9,000 | To organize communities across the state to join Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Employment & Training collaboratives to advocate for federal funds to support employment and increased wages for food stamp recipients - aimed at reducing family poverty
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| SustiNet Board – Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut (Statewide) | $300,000 | To support project management and expert consultation to board committees and task forces, which will make recommendations to the legislature and governor in July 2011 for a public health insurance plan
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| UCONN Health Center(Statewide) | $561,069 | To support adaptive, computer-based screening technologies to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities in health sites that serve low-income, underserved populations
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| Total | $1,374,759 | |
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| NOTE: Does not include unused funds that grantees returned or declined grants. |
