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Grants Awarded - 2008
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Advocacy Grants
Connecticut Association for Human Services
All CT Counts for Health Care Change
$40,000 to involve advocates and nonprofit human services providers in the effort to achieve universal health care.
Connecticut State Conference of NAACP Branches
Improving the Health Status of African Americans in Connecticut
$30,000 to support the establishment of the Office of Minority Health.
Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
Low-Income Health Care Advocacy and Education Project
$20,000 to inform residents, nonprofits and policymakers about health care safety net programs and the impact of universal health care on those programs.
Online Journalism Project, Inc.
The CT Online Health Care Journalism Project
$35,000 to expand coverage of health reform issues and increase its partnership with the newspaper, La Voz, to cover health care reform topics.
Faith-based Grants
Capitol Region Conference of Churches
Faith-based Training, Phone Bank and Signature Campaign on Universal Health Care
$60,000 to train and educate congregational leaders in health care issues and develop advocacy networks.
Connecticut Center for a New Economy
Faith-based Organizing for Health Care for Everyone
$75,000 to conduct leadership training in15-20 faith organizations and provide other outreach to Muslims, Jews, ethnic Christians and other religious minorities.
Health Care Grants
Community Health Centers
Community Health Center Week
Up to $20,000 for a portfolio of mini-grants of under $5,000 each to community health centers to help them organize staff and residents locally.
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Organizing Grants
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees
AFSCME Council 4
$50,000 to coordinate the healthcare4every1 Campaign, improve the Web site and database and act as a liaison to other groups.
American Federation of Teachers of Connecticut
Labor for Universal Health Care
$50,000 to educate members through local meetings, Internet outreach and publications.
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Mobilizing the Community for Health Care Access
$30,000 to build support in Bridgeport suburbs for the healthcare4every1 Campaign and support advocates’ work.
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Regional Leadership for healthcare4every1
$45,000 to organize lower Fairfield County for the healthcare4every1 Campaign.
Citizens for Economic Opportunity
Labor for Universal Health Care and Beyond
$120,000 to work within the labor movement for the healthcare4every1 Campaign and act as regional coordinator for Greater Hartford, New Britain and Bristol.
Coalition for Social Change
Salud Y Vida Para Todos (Health & Life For All)
$35,000 to engage Latino clergy and church leaders in the healthcare4every1 Campaign.
Connecticut Citizen Research Group
Health Care For All
$50,000 to support work on the healthcare4every1 Campaign and on national efforts for health care reform.
Connecticut Citizen Research Group
Community Outreach Canvas
$75,000 to build grassroots health care reform support among insured and underinsured voters.
Connecticut Parent Power
Parents Organizing for Health Care
$80,000 to expand the number of parent and community leaders who will develop strategies for reaching and expanding the group’s base.
John J. Driscoll United Labor Agency, Inc.
Universal Healthcare Mobilization Campaign
$50,000 to identify and educate local union members and their employers who are not yet active in Labor for Universal Health Care.
Meriden Children First Initiative
Meriden Healthcare4Every1 Project
$25,000 to increase local support for universal health care and build the Meriden Health Care Leadership Team.
National Association of Social Workers, CT Chapter
Social Work Mobilization Project
$50,000 to educate and mobilize members who are health care providers, including participants at two state conferences in 2008.
United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods, Inc.
Caring Families Coalition
$100,000 to plan and coordinate activities of the campaign in Eastern Connecticut and help other eastern Connecticut grantees reach their members.
United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods, Inc.
CFC North Midstate Organizing
$40,000 to organize and coordinate activities of the healthcare4every1 Campaign in Eastern Connecticut and work with other advocates in that region.
United Food and Commercial Workers Union – Local 371
Healthcare Advocate Program
$40,000 to build community and labor support in the northwest and northeast part of the state and increase awareness of the universal health care campaign in Southwestern Connecticut.
Small Business Grants
Greater New Haven Business & Professional Association
Small Business Health Care Network – Health Care Advocacy, phase III
$20,000 to expand outreach to minority business associations.
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Grants Awarded - 2007
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Advocacy Grants
Capitol Region Conference of Churches
Faith Community Outreach and Leadership Education for Universal Health Care
$88,985 to mobilize, recruit and train people of faith, expand education and outreach programs on universal health care, hold regional meetings with faith leaders, and use public access television and radio for outreach.
Center for Children's Advocacy
Medical-Legal Partnership Project
$15,000 to support the Medical-Legal Partnership Project attorneys to advocate for poor children and support health care providers to advocate for patients.
Connecticut Association for Human Services
Connecting CAHS Networks to the campaign for universal health care
$11,665 to build CAHS staff that will educate and mobilize advocates and engage the Family Economic Success Network.
Connecticut Health Policy Project, Inc.
Universal Health Care Policy and Advocacy Support Project
$75,000 to monitor and report on health care reform in Connecticut, the region and the nation and advise the Foundation on Connecticut-specific research and policy work.
Connecticut Primary Care Association
Community Health Leadership Initiative
$112,500 to work with member community health centers on the healthcare4every1 Campaign.
Connecticut State Medical Society
Physician Workforce Study and Marketplace Evaluation
$75,000 to conduct a physician workforce survey to calculate the supply of specialists and primary care physicians.
Grand Avenue Village Association (GAVA)
Grassroots Video Organizing Project
$75,000 to use video to extend the reach of the healthcare4every1 Campaign grantees.
Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice
GHICEJ Health Care Project
$15,000 to support an educational forum, a social justice worship service, and a legislative breakfast.
Grow Jobs Connecticut
Building Bridges to Jobs Growth through Affordable Health Care
$12,500 to build support among manufacturers for universal health care.
Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
Campaign Advocacy
$22,500 to continue education and advocacy work and to participate in the campaign.
Online Journalism Project
The Connecticut Online Health Care Journalism Project
$50,000 to continue and expand the Connecticut Online Health Care Journalism Project, collaborate with La Voz Hispana and CT News Junkie, and develop a plan for long-term sustainability.
The Village For Families & Children, Inc.
The Village Universal Health Care Advocacy Program
$15,000 to support a universal health care advocacy program at the Village and
to hold a forum .
URU, The Right To Be, Inc.
The Audacity of Hope: Disparities in Health Care
$65,000 to fund an hour-long documentary on the national movement for universal health care.
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Organizing Grants
American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees
AFSCME CT Council 4
$50,000 to organize members for universal health care.
American Federation of Teachers of Connecticut
Labor for Universal Health Care
$29,000 to organize, educate and mobilize members in support of the campaign.
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Mobilizing the Community for Health Care Access
$90,500 to build a broader base for the healthcare4every1 Campaign in Bridgeport's suburbs, focus legislative attention on universal health care, and sustain momentum among advocates.
Central Area Health Education Center, Inc.
healthcare4every1 campaign
$12,000 to work with corporate volunteer groups to educate and reach out to inform communities about universal access to health care services.
CSEA SEIU – Local 2001
Small Business & Daycare Centers Working Together
$20,000 to engage groups on the issue of universal health care.
Christian Activities Council
Organizing United Church of Christ Congregations in Universal Health Care
$60,000 for faith-based campaign and organizing of United Church of Christ congregations.
Christian Community Action, Inc.
HAVENetwork Initiative Phase II
$66,800 for developing leadership, expanding network, and working with the disenfranchised in New Haven.
Citizens for Economic Opportunity
CEO and Connecticut ARA Outreach
$125,000 to mobilize union workers and retirees around employee-sponsored health insurance and universal health care.
Connecticut Center for a New Economy
Faith-Based Organizing
$175,796 for community organizing, leadership development and advocacy for the right to health security.
Connecticut Citizen Research Group
Health Care for All
$166,667 to mobilize individuals and organizations for universal health care.
Connecticut Parent Power
Health Action Project
$83,733 to educate, mobilize and train parents as local leaders in the universal health care campaign.
Connecticut Working Families
Outreach and Mobilization Project
$63,000 to educate people about universal health care through communication and outreach efforts.
Eastern AHEC, Inc.
Universal Health Care Campaign
$24,000 to educate constituents about health care reform.
Grand Avenue Village Association (GAVA)
GAVA - Community Organizing on Universal Health Care
$32,250 to work with the healthcare4every1 Campaign in the Greater New Haven area.
John J. Driscoll United Labor Agency, Inc.
Health Information Program
$92,100 to produce a bi-weekly television series and to educate and mobilize union members and retirees.
Meriden Children First Initiative
Healthy Meriden Action Project
$69,061 to strengthen parent-school leadership on health issues, to build family, school and community leadership and to mobilize consumers around health care issues.
National Association Social Workers, CT Chapter
Social Work Mobilization Project
$34,250 to educate and organize social services and their clients, emphasizing mental health as part of universal health care.
New England Health Care Employees Union, District 119
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to educate and mobilize members on health care issues.
SEIU – CT State Council
Making Service Workers Visible
$16,500 to mobilize service workers to change public policy to make health care a priority.
SEIU – Local 32BJ
Labor for Universal Health Care
$41,500 to mobilize labor for the healthcare4every1 Campaign.
Southwestern AHEC, Inc.
healthcare4every1 Campaign
$12,000 to collect Tell Your Story cards from medical and dental constituents, conduct meetings targeting key legislators in Southern Fairfield and New Haven, and oversee a meeting of providers/partners with legislators.
Teamsters Local 559
Education & Mobilization
$48,000 to work on improving health care in the short term and advancing universal health care in the long term.
UE Research and Education Fund
UE-CT Healthcare for Everyone
$20,000 to hire a health care campaign coordinator to educate and mobilize membership.
United Action Connecticut
Universal Health Care: Every one. Right Now.
$50,400 to organize faith-based communities in eastern and central Connecticut around health care access and disparities.
United Auto Workers – UAW Region 9A
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to educate and mobilize UAW members and retirees regarding health care.
United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods, Inc.
The Caring Families Coalition
$84,000 to expand the base of the Caring Families Coalition working for universal health care.
United Food and Commercial Workers
Union Local 371
Labor for Universal Health Care
$50,000 to mobilize labor in the healthcare4every1 Campaign.
Small Business Grants
Bridgeport Regional Business Council
Health Care Council
$20,000 to empower a business-based
collaborative that will work towards universal
access to health care and will participate
in the campaign for universal health care.
Business Council of Fairfield County
Small Business Health Care Network
$20,000 to develop and refine the understanding
of small business members’ needs
as they relate to health care access, to
educate these members about health care
access and build linkages among small
business leaders.
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut
Health Care Educational Outreach Program
$20,000 to educate the region’s business
community about health care access and
community health care needs and to ascertain
the health care needs of this community.
Grand Avenue Village Association
GAVA – Small Business Organizing Project
$69,500 for outreach and education to small businesses on Grand Avenue in New Haven and to expand outreach to Latino business owners.
Greater Bristol Chamber of Commerce
Community Needs Assessment for Health Care
$20,000 to coordinate monthly meetings
for the Health Services Committee, to
coordinate forums and to manage surveys
and other mailings to business partners.
Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Health Care and Business
$20,000 to expand the ability of the Greater
New Haven Chamber of Commerce’s Health
Care Council to promote broader health care
access and provide health care education to
the business community.
Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Health Care Council Advocacy Project
$20,000 to work with the Metro Chambers
of Commerce and the Foundation to educate
the business community on health care
access issues that affect the business
environment.
Metro Chambers of Commerce
Metro Chamber Universal Health Care Research Project
$10,000 to this consortium of chambers of commerce to promote the involvement of business in the discussion of universal health care.
Northwest Connecticut Chamber Education Foundation, Inc.
Northwest Access Initiative
$15,000 to provide educational health care seminars for the local business community.
Small Business Health Care Network
Small Business Engagement Grants
$25,000 to engage small businesses in health care reform.
Spanish Merchants Association of Bridgeport, Inc.
Program Office for the Hispanic Merchants Association
$30,000 to support business development, training
and education and access to affordable health care in Greater Bridgeport and Fairfield County.
President's Grants
Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc.
$3,500 to support the October 20 conference
exploring legal hurdles for people with chronic illness and the benefits of universal health care.
Connecticut AIDS Bike Tour 2007
$10,000 to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in
Connecticut and raise money for organizations
that provide services to people with HIV/AIDS.
Connecticut Center for Patient Safety
$10,000 to support the organization’s work, including
strategic planning.
New England Regional Minority Health Conference April 2-4 2007
$7,000 to support efforts to educate
the public about racial and ethnic health disparities
and develop strategies for eliminating them.
TrueColors, Inc.
$5,000 to support efforts to improve health care services for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth.
Yale University April 2007 Conference
$10,000 to support a national health policy conference discussing and comparing international models of health care and the potential for reform in the United States.
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Grants Awarded - 2006
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Advocacy Grants
Center for Children’s Advocacy
Medical Legal Partnership Project
$25,000 to fund the positions of the Medical-Legal Partnership attorneys and allow them to engage in health care advocacy on the individual and systemic levels.
Connecticut Association for Human Services
Connecting CAHS Network to the Universal Health Care Campaign
$50,000 to connect the campaign for universal health in Connecticut with networks of community-based social services providers and providers of early care and education.
Connecticut Center for a New Economy
Campaign 2006
$99,088 for community organizing and leadership development efforts and advocacy for the right of health security, as well as to identify key faith leadership to participate in a health care strategy group.
Connecticut Citizens Research Group
Health Care for All
$200,000 to create a field organizing structure that will provide outreach, training and mobilization in communities throughout the state.
Connecticut Health Policy Project
Consumer Health Action Network
$75,000 to continue to expand its Consumer Health Action Network and provide policy analysis and comparison of alternative universal health care proposals.
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
Oral Health for All
$15,000 to mobilize the members of the dental profession to participate in the campaign for universal health care.
Connecticut Parent Power
Connecticut Parent Power Action Project
$100,000 to educate and mobilize the parents of 15 communities statewide around access to health care, and to train and develop 30 parent delegates representing 500 members in these 15 communities to act as local leaders of the universal health care campaign and recruit parent advocates.
Connecticut Primary Care Association
Community Health Centers
$125,000 to mobilize the Community Health Centers’ Statewide Advocacy Network and engage clinicians as advocates to advance health care policies at the community and state levels.
Democracy Works Inc.
HealthMatters: A Community Education, Outreach and Mobilizing Initiative
$115,748 to promote education, outreach, skill building and mobilization of African Americans, Latinos, and immigrants in New London/Willimantic, Stamford, Danbury, New Haven, Hartford, and Waterbury.
Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice
GHICEJ Health Care Project
$50,000 to support the work of the GHICEJ Health Care Task Force, mobilizing members of Hartford area congregations to work on health care access.
Grow Jobs Connecticut
GrowJobsCT Care Initiatives Action Plan
$83,150 to educate and mobilize CT AFL-CIO affiliated union members about universal health care, do outreach, education and mobilization of business interests about advantages of universal health care, and expand understanding of the economic development aspect of universal health care.
Hispanic Health Council
Latino Policy Institute
$100,000 to integrate policy objectives into all aspects of the Council's work and allow Hispanic Health Council to advance Latino health policy issues in local and state decision-making processes.
Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
Campaign Advocacy
$45,000 to educate consumers and providers on existing health care rights, policy alternatives, and opportunities to participate in policy discussions as well as to advocate on public policy and implement public strategy.
National Association of Social Workers, Connecticut Chapter
Social Work Mobilization Project
$75,000 to fund an education project to organize around universal health care among social workers and other social services workers, and their clients, with an emphasis on mental health within universal health care.
One Connecticut
Organizing Advocacy for Universal Health Care
$100,000 to identify health care concerns and educate constituents through 30 regional events statewide and identify 30-60 leaders for universal health care.
Online Journalism Project
Connecticut Online Health Care Journalism Project
$50,000 to support statewide health care breaking-news and in-depth analytical reporting, with a focus on affordability of care and efforts towards reform.
Organizing Grants
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
Mobilizing the Community for Health Care Access
$100,000 to build a base of informed Bridgeport constituents supporting universal health care: hold 15-20 house meetings, develop a cadre of 4-6 parent leaders prepared to mobilize others for action, and organize community-wide, gubernatorial, and legislative forums.
Christian Community Action
HAVENNetwork Initiative
$81,834.00 to expand the HAVENetwork Initiative, working with uninsured, homeless and otherwise disenfranchised members of the New Haven Community.
Citizens for Economic Opportunity
Citizens for Economic Opportunity and Connecticut Alliance for Retired Americans
$130,000 to mobilize workers and retirees of 4-5 major unions on employee-sponsored health insurance and universal health care.
Grand Avenue Village Association
GAVA-Community Organizing on Universal Healthcare
$84,506 to educate diverse small businesses on Grand Avenue in New Haven and develop community leaders and individuals committed to the universal health care campaign.
John J. Driscoll United Labor Agency
Health Information Program
$5,000 to help union members and retirees make better use of existing health services, better understand the present healthcare system, and advocate effectively for changes to improve health care access.
Meriden Children’s First Initiative
Healthy Meriden Action project
$50,000 to strengthen parent-school leadership on health issues, outreach to build family, school and community leadership partnerships, develop community leadership and mobilize consumers and connect local efforts to the overall health care system.
Progressive America Fund
Working Families Healthcare Organizing Project
$5,000 to build a broader and more effective base of support for systematic change leading to universal health care coverage specifically focused on employee health care issues.
United Action Connecticut
Universal Health Care – Everyone, Right Now
$100,000 to organize the faith-based communities in Eastern and Central Connecticut around health care access and health disparities by training 150-200 leaders to reach out to 2000 individuals and mobilize them for public actions totaling at least 2000 supporters.
United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods
Caring Family Coalition
$100,000 to expand the base of the Caring Families Coalition working for universal health care: maintain participation among seniors, and expand number of uninsured and underinsured participating in the coalition.
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Organized Labor Grants
American Federation of Teachers – Connecticut
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to organize their members in the healthcare4every1 campaign.
Communication Workers of America
Labor For Universal Health Care
$25,000 to educate members and retirees on the need for universal health care.
CSEA SEIU - Local 2001
Labor For Universal Health Care
$25,000 to organize state-subsidized family-licensed and license-exempt day care providers around the issue of health care in Connecticut.
International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers – District 26
Labor For Universal Health Care
$25,000 to educate, organize and mobilize members on universal health care.
New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 for a campaign to educate members on health care issues and mobilizes its membership for universal health care
SEIU – Connecticut State Council
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to develop an educational and motivational program for its members regarding universal health care.
SEIU – Local 32BJ
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to mobilize labor in the healthcare4every1 Campaign.
Teamsters Local 559
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to advance the universal health care issue in Connecticut.
United Auto Workers - UAW Region 9A
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to educate and mobilize UAW active and retired members about universal health care.
United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 371
Labor for Universal Health Care
$25,000 to mobilize labor in the healthcare4every1 campaign.
Small Business Health Care Network
Bridgeport Regional Business Council
Health Care Council
$15,000 to empower a business-based collaborative that will work towards universal access to health care and will participate in the Campaign for universal health care.
Business Council of Fairfield County
Small Business Health Care Network BCFC
$15,000 to develop and refine the understanding of small business members’ needs as they relate to health care access, to educate these members about health care access, and build linkages between small business leaders.
Business Council of Fairfield County
Feasibility Assessment: Formation of Network of Association Networks
$5,000 to explore the feasibility of establishing a network of business networks that will explore health care access options, examine wellness programs and foster linkages between small and larger business leaders.
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut
Health Care Educational Outreach Program
$15,000 to educate the region's business community about health care access and community health care needs and to ascertain the health care needs of this community.
Chamber of Commerce of Northwest CT
Northwest Access Initiative
$10,000 to initiate the Chamber Health Council Northwest Access Initiative which will establish and train speakers on the topic of increased access to health care, conduct a needs analysis, develop a resource directory, and participate in the Small Business Health Care Network.
Community Economic Development Fund
Microenterprise Resource Group
$30,000 to facilitate the participation of the Micro-Enterprise Resource group in the Foundation’s Small Business Health Care Network,
Greater Bristol Chamber of Commerce
Community Needs Assessment for Health Care
$15,000 to coordinate monthly meetings for the Health Services Committee, to coordinate forums, and surveys/mailings to business partners.
Greater New Haven Business and Professional Association
Small Business Health Care Network: Health Care Advocacy
$30,000 to increase community outreach efforts on behalf of the Small Business Health Care Network and the healthcare4every1 Campaign.
Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Health Care and Business
$15,000 to expand the ability of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce's Health Care Council to promote broader healthcare access and provide health care education to the business community.
Greater Waterbury Black Business Association
Community Organization Project
$40,000 to engage Greater Waterbury Black-owned and micro-businesses in learning about and informing short-term and long-term solutions to the health insurance crisis for small businesses.
Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Health Care Council Advocacy Project
$15,000 to work with the Metro Chambers of Commerce and the Foundation to educate the business community on health care access issues that affect the business environment.
Meriden Chamber of Commerce
Meriden Chamber Health Care Council --$2,000 to create and support the work of a Health Care Council.
MetroChambers of Commerce
Metro Chamber Universal Health Care Research Project
$20,000 to this consortium of chambers of commerce promote the involvement of business in the discussion of universal health care.
National Association of Women Business Owners – CT
2006-2007 Health Care Small Business Network
$40,000 to expand outreach and partnership with the business community and to educate their business leaders about the issues connected with universal health care.
President's Grants
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
$1,000 to support printing of the report, “The Cost of Prescription Drugs: It Matters Where You Live.”
Capitol Region Conference of Churches
$7,500 to The Capitol Region Conference of Churches to support the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance’s Rev. Martin Luther King Program on Monday, January 15, 2007.
Connecticut AIDS Bike Tour
$10,000 to raise awareness about AIDS/HIV in Connecticut and fund supportive services, case management, prevention education and housing for people with AIDS and their families.
Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
$5,000 to support pre-testing of the Health Equity Index as a way to measure and address health inequities throughout the state.
Connecticut Center for a New Economy
$5,000 to support a meeting on faith, social action and health care, to mobilize the faith-based community to get involved in the universal health care issue.
Connecticut Center for Patient Safety
$10,000 to support the effort to require reporting of hospital acquired infections and make this information easily accessible to the public.
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc.
$5,000 to support a public education campaign to promote children’s healthy growth and development.
Hispanic Professional Network, Inc.
$7,500 to educate Hispanic Professional Network members about universal health care and encourage their involvement in the campaign.
Meriden Children’s First Initiative
$4,500 to support organizing in the Meriden faith-based community around the issue of universal health care.
National Medical Association/IMHOTEP
$5,000 to IMHOTEP, the Connecticut Chapter of the National Medical Association, to convene African American, Latino and other minority physicians at two events in Hartford and New Haven, to address the issue of universal health care.
Grantmaking Organization Support
National Network of Grantmakers
$5,000 to support the production of a DVD that features the stories of people of color in the philanthropy community, to promote constructive change and the advancement of People of Color in the field of philanthropy.
University of Connecticut Foundation
$3,150 to fund a presentation and dialogue at the Hispanic Health Council on HIV/AIDS and universal health care attended by UCONN School of Social Work students and HIV/AIDS patients and service providers.
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Grants Awarded - 2005
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Building Parent Power
Free Care and Beyond
$35,000 to build the organization's capacity to advocate for uninsured people's access to the hospital free care programs in Greater Hartford.
Center for Children's Advocacy
Medical Legal Partnership Project
$68,000 to increase access to health care for Hartford's poor children and to effect systemic change to benefit all of Connecticut's children.
Christian Community Action
Health Advocacy Voices Emerging Network
(HAVENetwork)
$31,705 to inform, educate and mobilize residents of transitional housing and advocacy programs so that they can become advocates for universal health care.
Citizens for Economic Opportunity
CEO Coalition
$50,000 to cultivate labor unions as active and engaged leaders in the universal health care movement and to develop and implement a statewide campaign to expand employer
based health coverage.
Connecticut Center for a New Economy
Medical Debt Project
$40,000 to empower low income families to become advocates by working on the issue of medical debt.
Connecticut Citizen Research Group
Health Care For All Coalition
$100,000 to support the work of Health Care for All to mobilize individuals and organizations to achieve universal health care in Connecticut.
Connecticut Health Policy Project
Consumer Health Action Network
$65,000 to foster the conversation between advocates and policy-makers regarding the need for universal health care in Connecticut.
Connecticut Legal Services
Legal Services Advocacy for Universal Health Care Access
$100,000 to implement a high-impact litigation strategy to advance the cause of achieving universal health care in Connecticut.
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
$40,000 in support of work to promote universal oral and general health care in Connecticut.
Connecticut Primary Care Association
Community Health Leadership Initiative
$135,000 to build organizing, leadership development and advocacy capacity within Federally Qualified Community Health Centers to increase access to and coverage for health services.
Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice
Equity in Healthcare Access
$50,000 to engage faith communities around racism and the need for universal access to health care through organizing and a public forum held in November 2005.
Grow Jobs Connecticut
Health Care Initiative Action Plan
$83,150 to connect employers and employees in the manufacturing field in Connecticut through education, leadership training, communications and advocacy activities relating to universal health care.
Hispanic Health Council
Latino Policy Institute Planning and Development
$52,150 to develop a business plan for a Latino Policy Institute within the Council and to publish a report on the health status of Latinos in Connecticut and a listing of stakeholder organizations throughout the state.
Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
Low Income Advocacy Project
$50,000 to expand the Low Income Advocacy Project, linking it to the Coalition for Basic Human Needs (CABHN) which will be expanded to include groups and individuals that may not currently work on issues affecting low-income people.
Naugatuck Valley Project
NVP Health Care Translation Project
$35,000 to improve access to health care for non-English speaking people by researching and mobilizing around language interpretation services at Valley hospitals and health
care facilities
One Connecticut
Investing in Connecticut
$25,000 to share information about universal health care with leaders in specific communities and to engage One Connecticut members in planning around universal health care.
Online Journalism Project
Connecticut Online Health Care Journalism Project
$50,000 to launch the Connecticut Online Journalism Project and create the Health Care Section for quality in-depth news about health care.
United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods, Inc.
Caring Families Coalition
$50,000 to sharpen and focus training, technical assistance and community organizing on health care and universal health care.
University of Connecticut Health Center
Urban Underserved Track
$50,000 to plan a program to recruit, train and place health professionals in Connecticut's underserved urban communities.
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President’s Grants
Child Health & Development Institute
$5,000 to support the production of "Caring for Connecticut's Children: A Handbook for Parents and Caregivers."
Connecticut Commission on Children
$10,000 to work with Connecticut Public Television and
Frameworks Institute on a prevention program aimed at
Connecticut's children.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
$10,000 to support the Hartford Collaborative for Community Organizing, a new funding collaborative focused on building the capacity of community organizing in Hartford.
Iglesia Bautista Emanuel
$5,000 to organize a health fair for the Latino community in Bridgeport.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
$10,000 to support the Kellogg Health of the Public Fund, a communications endowment for the Institute of Medicine.
New England Rural Health Roundtable
$7,000 to do research, develop a publication and support a regional forum focusing on health care issues in rural New England.
University of New England
$7,000 to support a New England regional conference held April 10, 2005 in Portland, Maine, on health disparities.
Yale Bioethics Project
$5,000 to support a symposium hosted on April 8, 2005
with Casey Family Services to include a panel on achieving universal health coverage for children.
Small Business Health Care Network
Bridgeport Regional Business Council
Health Care Expansion Initiative
$10,000 to create a business-based effort to review and
examine approaches to increase health care access.
Business Council of Fairfield County (SACIA)
Small Business Health Care Network
$10,000 to study member and community health care needs and to educate members about health care access issues.
Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut
Health Care Educational Outreach Program
$10,000 to educate the region's business community about health care access and community health care needs and to ascertain the health care needs of the community.
Foundation of Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Health Care Access Steering Committee
$10,000 to enhance and expand its current Health Care Council to include a focus on health care access.
Greater Bristol Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Community Needs Assessment for Health Care Access
$10,000 to utilize the Chamber's Health Services Division to distribute information, survey members, and coordinate informational meetings and seminars.
Greater New Haven Business and Professional Association
Universal Health Care Small Business Network
Support Initiatives
$20,000 to produce two educational and networking
programs for African American and other business owners in Greater New Haven on the subject of health care access.
Greater Waterbury Black Business Association
Small Business Universal Health Care Education Project
$40,000 to engage Greater Waterbury black-owned and micro-businesses in learning about and informing solutions to the health insurance crisis for small businesses.
Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Inc.
WRC Health Care Council Advocacy Project
$10,000 to inform, educate and survey members on issues regarding health care reform and/or critical health care issues facing business owners and their employees.
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Grants Awarded - 2004
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Health Care Advocacy: Mobilizing Voices for Change
Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition
$55,976 to research and document disparities in cost and availability of prescription drugs in predominantly minority Bridgeport neighborhoods and to develop an advocacy strategy for mitigating those disparities
Building Parent Power
$75,000 to mobilize parents in Hartford to understand the Free Care policies and practices of area hospitals and to advocate for better access to Free Care resources
Citizens for Economic Opportunity
$50,000 for the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, researching and raising public awareness of the issues of working uninsured families
Connecticut Citizens Research Group
$65,000 for the outreach, education and mobilization work of the Health Care for All Coalition and to strengthen organizational capacity
Connecticut Health Policy Project
$65,000 to mobilize consumers to advocate for universal access to health care through the Consumer Health Action Network
Connecticut Primary Care Association
$37,500 to work with consumer leaders on community health center boards to develop a Leadership Advocacy Network, enhancing their capacity to raise public awareness and support for health policy reforms
Research
Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
$40,000 for education, training and mobilization in seven communities regarding environmental health hazards and advocacy for health care reforms; and to improve organizational planning and board development
Connecticut Oral Health Initiative
$40,000 to ensure the inclusion of oral health policy in the universal health care movement
Greater Hartford Interfaith Coalition for Equity and Justice
$50,000 to engage the faith community in health care reform advocacy through an analysis of health care inequities in the Greater Hartford area, a regional Health Care Summit and formation of an advocacy strategy
FAVOR
$59,953 to mobilize parents of children with mental health needs to participate in policy and program development resulting in improved access to services
One Connecticut
$45,000 for education, organizing, and advocacy on health care reform work and to strengthen organizational planning capacity
The Spanish American Merchants Association
$100,402 to broaden the networks of small employers involved in health care reform in Hartford, New Haven, New Britain, and Meriden and to expand to Waterbury and Willimantic
United Action Connecticut
$40,000 to mobilize consumers in Eastern and Central Connecticut to become active in health care advocacy
United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods
$50,000 for the Caring Families Coalition to extend its geographic reach to four regions of the state and to advocate for substance abuse as an issue in health care reform
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Legal Intervention: Removing Barriers
Center for Children’s Advocacy
$68,000 for the Medical-Legal Partnership providing direct legal intervention, medical/legal systemic advocacy and comprehensive training to pediatric health care providers
Legal Assistance Resource Center of Connecticut
$50,000 for the Low Income Advocacy Project to increase access to health care for very low income residents of Connecticut and promote health care policy that meets their needs
$25,000, on behalf of the Medicaid/SAGA Strategy Group, to create issue briefs to inform public policy on the State Administered General Assistance Program providing health care to low income adults
Action Research: Shaping Policy and Practice
Connecticut Association of Directors of Health
$94,730 to create and promote a Connecticut-specific Health Equity Index as a way for public health directors to monitor and address health inequities throughout the state
Connecticut Association for Human Services
$73,951 to help the Foundation build a base of Connecticut-specific knowledge and evidence regarding universal coverage and access to quality health care
Connecticut Health Policy Project
$25,000 to work with the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women and The Women’s Union to develop a Health Economic Sufficiency Standard for Connecticut
Democracy Works
$68,500 to commission a study of Connecticut’s immigrant population that will guide policymakers and advocates in developing strategies to appropriately address immigrant health care needs
President’s Grants
Child Health & Development Institute
$7,500 to support a Spanish translation of Children's Safety in Connecticut, a manual for parents and care providers.
Connecticut AIDS Residence Coalition
$7,500 for the 3rd Annual Connecticut AIDS Bike Tour held September 8-12, 2004
Connecticut Citizens Research Group,
$1,450 for the opening reception for the traveling exhibition "Uninsured" installed in the Legislative Office Building in January, 2005
Connecticut Public Broadcasting
$5,000 for Health Access Education Spots
Hispanic Professional Network
$7,500 to research and develop a Hispanic Health Page on the HPN Website
Latinos/as Contra SIDA
$7,500 to support the Air Bridge Conference: Responding to the Universal Face of HIV, held June 23 to 25, 2004
Leadership Greater Hartford
$7,500 to support Impact Latino: Leading with new Rhythm: The Connecticut Latino Leadership Summit 2004 held December 3, 2004
Sacred Heart University
$10,000 for the Southwestern AHEC Conference - Building and Embracing a Vision for Oral Health in Connecticut held on June 3, 2004
Women's Health Care Research at Yale
$5,000 to support an event, "From Vision to Innovation - Celebrating Women's Health Research at Yale," April 21, 2005 honoring Gloria Steinem and Roslyn Meyer.
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