CCP Member Call with Dr. Tekisha Dwan Everette - April 10, 2020
CCP's Member Check-in on April 10, 2020 included an overview by Dr. Tekisha Dwan Everette, Executive Director, Health Equity Solutions.
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CCP's Member Check-in on April 10, 2020 included an overview by Dr. Tekisha Dwan Everette, Executive Director, Health Equity Solutions.
Home Grown and the Reinvestment Fund have developed a toolkit to help sustain and strengthen the home-based caregivers and providers in communities across the country.
CCP's Member Check-in on April 3, 2020 included a presentation by Lisa Tepper Bates, from the Office of the Governor, chair of the Recovery/Immediate Needs Subgroup of Commissioner David Lehman's Long Term Recovery Committee.
Find COVID-19 Response Funds from CCP Members and other funders.
HARTFORD, CT -- CCP sent a letter to the Connecticut Congressional delegation urging support for the nonprofit community in response to the COVID-19 emergency.
HARTFORD, CT -- Read how CCP plans to deal with the coronavirus in Connecticut and actions funders may consider for helping their grantees and communities.
Australia’s summer of bushfires is an ecological, social and economic catastrophe. These unprecedented fires in both their scale and intensity are clearly related to climate change, and its consequences which include prolonged drought, hotter temperatures and a much longer fire season.
The Aetna Foundation, today, announced it will make a $100,000 contribution to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund. The Disaster Relief Fund provides statewide disaster relief services including the repair and redevelopment of residences damaged by significant storms such as Hurricane Florence.
NEW BRITAIN, CT -- The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain (CFGNB) and New Britain Bees professional baseball club will join forces on Saturday, May 19, to raise money for victims of Hurricane Maria and to treat hundreds of New Britain school students and their family members from Puerto Rico displaced by last fall’s devastating storm to a night at the ballpark.
HARTFORD, CT -- Aetna is offering resources to members who have been affected by the wildfires in Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego counties in California. Recognizing the magnitude of this disaster and its devastating impact, the Aetna Foundation announced it will be making a $60,000 contribution to Direct Relief and a $40,000 contribution to American Red Cross to support current and forthcoming disaster relief efforts.
FAIR HAVEN, CT -- United Way of Greater New Haven learned late last week that the influx of families from Puerto Rico was straining the food delivery efforts in Fair Haven. United Way donors answered the call for help, and in just a few days, we collected $3,750—enough to provide food for 75 families.
HARTFORD, CT -- The Connecticut Council for Philanthropy's update from September 14, 2017 gives information, resources and learning opportunities related to: disaster relief, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Johnson Amendment & Census Funding.
Connecticut 2-1-1 handles calls from Hurricane Harvey victims and acts as the lead resource coordinator for out of state 2-1-1's helping Hurricane Irma victims in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.
NEWARK, NJ -- Prudential supports the heroic recovery and relief efforts underway in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. The Prudential Foundation has pledged a $500,000 grant to the American Red Cross, which has been providing shelter, food and search and rescue operations in Texas and the Gulf Coast. Prudential has also activated an employee matching gift campaign to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.
HARTFORD, CT -- Aetna (NYSE:AET) is offering resources to members who have been affected by Hurricane Harvey. Recognizing the magnitude of this disaster and its potentially devastating impact, the Aetna Foundation announced it will be making a $100,000 contribution to the American Red Cross, a $100,000 contribution to the Community Foundation of Greater Houston as well as a $50,000 contribution to Team Rubicon, to support current and forthcoming disaster relief efforts.
HOUSTON, CT -- Cigna (NYSE: CI) and the Cigna Foundation are taking a number of steps to help people in South and Central Texas who are affected by Hurricane Harvey. To aid in the recovery efforts, the Cigna Foundation is making a $100,000 donation to the American Red Cross and the company is also activating an internal website that will enable Cigna employees to request matching funds for their donations to the Red Cross.
HARTFORD, CT -- Connecticut Council for Philanthropy leaders, David Davison, interim president, and Judith Meyers, board chair, comment on responding to the recent multiple tragedies around the country and globe.