NEW BRITAIN, CT -- Community Mental Health Affiliates (CMHA) has received a grant from the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB). The $50,000 grant will benefit CMHA’s capital campaign to help finance renovations at its new service building at 233 Main Street in downtown New Britain.
HARTFORD, CT -- Thanks to an $80,000 grant funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, the Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA) has been able to support the Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Comprehensive Education and Needs Training (NASCENT) project. This project was created to educate clinicians about their role in decreasing opioid misuse, thus reducing the number of individuals exposed to opioids in the first place – a critical public health concern.
MANSFIELD, CT -- The Natchaug Hospital’s Care Plus New London site and the city’s first responders will have better access to a kit that can help save the lives of opioid overdose victims due to funding from the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut.
TORRINGTON, CT -- The Litchfield-based Seherr-Thoss Foundation provided a $9,000 matching grant to Prime Time House for a new minivan. The grant was matched by the Edward W. Diskavich Fund and the Pierpont Chapter #49 Order of Eastern Star Fund of the Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation awarding an additional $9,000 towards this purchase. This van will provide transportation for more than 300 members who use various programs at the Torrington campus.