With grants from the Connecticut Health Foundation, seven hospital systems and community health centers will conduct community listening sessions, establish patient advisory boards, and undertake other activities designed to improve how they collect and analyze data on patients’ race, ethnicity, and preferred language.
Read MoreAfter twelve years, the non-profit Connecticut Health Investigative Team (C-HIT) has closed down at the end of December, concluding impactful years of award-winning journalism. In other news, Ralph Nader plans to launch a local newspaper in his Connecticut hometown.
Read MoreThe largest city in Connecticut, Bridgeport faces many disparities from the rest of Fairfield County, including public school education.
Read MoreAmong an array of humanities organizations across Connecticut, 2022 will be remembered as a year when investment in Connecticut’s cultural sector was greater than at any other in Connecticut’s history.
Read MoreSound on Sound Music Festival is making its first-ever appearance at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, the weekend of September 24-25, featuring more than two dozen artists including the Lumineers, Stevie Nicks and Dave Mathews.
Read MoreThe 2022 Travelers Championship PGA Tour stop in Connecticut generated more than $2.5 million for over 140 local charities, a group of organizations ranging from food banks to animal shelters and including this year’s primary beneficiary, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.
Read MoreConnecticut is one of 10 states described as having “lower prevalence of mental illness and higher rates of access to care” for adult residents. The state ranked 4th in the nation.
Read MoreBack in 2021, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and Hispanic Federation formed an alliance to provide capacity-building support to Black, Indigenous, Asian, Pacific Islander, Latino, and other People of Color (BIPOC) community-based organizations (CBOs) throughout Hartford County, including all 29 cities and towns. Now, applications are being sought for a second round of funding.
Read MoreThe Red Sox Foundation has announced recipients – including three Connecticut nonprofits - in the 8th Annual IMPACT Awards presented by the Ruderman Family Foundation. Five nonprofit organizations from each state in New England were nominated for the grant awards, dedicated to raising awareness and improving mental health outcomes.
Read MoreAs The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp prepares to welcome campers for its 35th summer in Ashford, Conn., CEO James Canton and Board Member Bradley Cooper recently announced that the organization will open a second location on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 2023, providing “a different kind of healing” to more children with serious illnesses and their families in the Mid-Atlantic.
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