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New Report Finds Medicaid's Impact Goes Beyond Health Care in CT
Hartford Foundation Supports Opioid Education for Medical Providers
New Grants will Fund Nutritious Meals, Fitness Classes, Computer Training and More for Older People in the Region
Statewide Poll Shows Residents Worried About High Drug Costs – Support Strong Government Action Across Party Lines
United Way of North Central Connecticut Invests in Education in Enfield
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation Awards Over $2.3M to More Than 900 Organizations in 2017
WELLESLEY, MA -- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation today announced that it awarded more than $2.3 million in grants to more than 900 nonprofit organizations in over 300 communities in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire in 2017. Since its inception in 1980, the Foundation has granted more than $145 million in funds throughout the four states.
PERSPECTIVE: Access to Healthy Foods: How Far Are You Willing to Go?
HARTFORD, CT -- Blog post by by Garth Graham, M.D., MPH, is a leading authority on social determinants of health. President of the Aetna Foundation since 2013 and Vice President of Community Health for Aetna, Inc., Dr. Graham is a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Obama and Bush administrations where he also ran the Office of Minority Health.
For the first time in the history of the United States, today’s youth are expected to have a shorter life-span than their parents. With medical, scientific and technological advances, this notion seems dumbfounding. But when we step away from the science and technology and take a deeper look at our communities, you can find the root causes. Access to healthy food, public safety and environmental factors are all driving forces behind this decline in longevity. These social determinants of health are becoming increasingly influential to our health . . .
Donaghue Awards $250K for Two Studies on Elder Care
WEST HARTFORD, CT -- In its fifth year of awards for research on elder health in care facilities, The Donaghue Foundation awarded $250,000 in the fall of 2017 for two studies.
More Than $200K in Grants Approved by Community Foundation of Greater New Britain
Danbury Hospital Foundation Receives $40K Contribution from Boehringer Ingelheim Cares Foundation
Race Can Be An Uncomfortable Topic, So Let’s Talk About It.
A Convening to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of New Haven Healthy Start THEN, NOW & BEYOND
U.S. News and Aetna Foundation Announce Collaboration to Highlight Community Health
WASHINGTON, DC and HARTFORD, CT -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health care rankings, and the Aetna Foundation, the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna, today announced they are teaming up to evaluate which communities across America are doing the best job of improving the health of their citizens.
What’s at stake: New data on the impact of the Affordable Care Act in Connecticut
After 18 Years of Leadership, CHDI Founding Chief Executive Judith Meyers Announces Plans to Step Down
Communities Advocating for Health Reform in Connecticut
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut Health Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a new round of funding to support community based organizations to engage their constituencies/membership in organizing and grassroots advocacy efforts that defend and advance health reform in CT and respond to the attempts to repeal and replace the ACA. The application deadline is Friday, April 7, 2017.