Yale University School of Nursing Offers Connecticut's Lone Nurse-Midwifery Specialty Program

Yale University School of Nursing Offers Connecticut's Lone Nurse-Midwifery Specialty Program

Yale University is one of only two institutions in New England that offers an academic nurse-midwifery specialty. The program, in the Yale School of Nursing, “prepares students as competent midwives who provide family-centered primary health care,” the university’s website explains, noting that “more now than ever, the need and demand for midwives is at an all-time high.”

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Community Health Center, Inc. Receives Nearly $1.5M Award to Connect Children, Families to Health Care Coverage

Community Health Center, Inc. Receives Nearly $1.5M Award to Connect Children, Families to Health Care Coverage

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) has been awarded $1,499,820 over 3 years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The funds are to reduce uninsured rates and connect more children, parents, and families to health care coverage. CHC is the only recipient in the six New England states.

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Higher Ed - Business Collaboration to Focus on Technology Jobs in Connecticut

Higher Ed - Business Collaboration to Focus on Technology Jobs in Connecticut

The New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) and the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF) have announced plans, in collaboration with the State of Connecticut, to award grants to seven business-higher education partnerships in Connecticut as part of an initiative to rapidly increase the competitiveness of the state’s postsecondary institutions and meet growing business demand for tech skills.

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Kidcaboo to the Rescue; New Service to Transport Children Rises to Meet Demand

Kidcaboo to the Rescue; New Service to Transport Children Rises to Meet Demand

Childcare related costs continue to rise across the country, creating great challenges for working parents, particularly working mothers. A new transportation business arriving in Connecticut this month aims to respond to the growing need for assistance in getting young children from point A to point B.

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CT Nonprofits Receive Red Sox Recognition for Mental Health Initiatives

CT Nonprofits Receive Red Sox Recognition for Mental Health Initiatives

The 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.

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USJ to Offer Introductory Nursing Summer Program for High School Students

USJ to Offer Introductory Nursing Summer Program for High School Students

The nursing shortage in Connecticut has been well-documented, and many experts say a solution will not come quickly. Looking at the long-term challenges, and stepping up to be part of that solution, the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) in West Hartford, is creating opportunities for high school juniors and seniors to learn more about the in-demand career of nursing.

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Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) Celebrates Successful First Year of Initiative

Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) Celebrates Successful First Year of Initiative

The vision was to support an inclusive arts and culture sector in the Hartford Region by building an arts economy featuring local artists of color. Launched in the midst of the pandemic in August 2021, when opportunities for the arts – and artists – to flourish were particularly limited, the inaugural Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) program was an initiative of The 224 EcoSpace and was funded by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.

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