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Coalition Asks Connecticut Legislature to Act on Land Use Reforms
Hartford Foundation and First Book Award $1 Million in Grants to Six Connecticut School Districts for Computers and Home Internet Access, Funded by The LEGO Group and The LEGO Foundation
Hartford Foundation and the Travelers Championship Provide Grant to Launch Connecticut Institute for Youth and Police Relations in Greater Hartford
The Partnership Loan Program for Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses in New Haven and the Lower Naugatuck Valley
Smithsonian Announces “Race, Community and Our Shared Future” Initiative
Four recommendations to ensure CT’s COVID-19 response does not leave anyone behind New policy brief outlines to do list for policymakers
Update from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation on COVID-19 Response
Joint PSO Statement: Keep Equity at the Forefront in Philanthropy’s Response to the Coronavirus
Children’s Museum Receives Grant to Bring STEAM to Hartford’s Latinx Children
New Report: Health Disparities in Connecticut: Causes, Effects, and What We Can Do
Pratt & Whitney Establishes Scholarships for University of Hartford Mechanical Engineering Students
Hartford Foundation Grant to Support Construction of Universally Accessible Playground for East Hartford’s Pitkin Elementary School
EAST HARTFORD, CT -- In support a community-wide effort to provide recreational access for all of East Hartford’s children, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving awarded a $75,000 grant to Pitkin Playground, Inc.
In The Thick, a politics podcast, travels to Three Rivers Community College and Eastern Connecticut State University
JPMorgan Chase and National Urban League Collaborate to Help Black Households Increase Savings
The Community Foundation's Kara Straun Receives Prestigious Award
Hartford Foundation Get Out The Vote Initiative Successfully Registered More Than 1,000 New Voters
New Report Finds Medicaid's Impact Goes Beyond Health Care in CT
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 . . .
What Race Discussions Should Look Like: Model Dialogue Helped Participants and Audience Confront Racial Themes
STORRS, CT -- Confronting Racism Together: A Model Dialogue, was one of many events that took place at UCONN on the day of metanoia. Valeriano Ramos, Director of Strategic Alliances and Equity Officer at “Everyday Democracy,” co-facilitated the discussion of Nine members of the UConn community – administrators, graduate students and professors alike – on the Konover auditorium stage.