The Petit Family Foundation recently awarded $15,000 to fund training for Community Mental Health Affiliates clinicians to provide innovative mental health care for children affected by trauma.
Implementing this new treatment strategy will impact hundreds of children for years to come, by breaking a cycle of trauma and violence.
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The Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin, a supporting organization of the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, recently awarded a total of $95,600 in year-end 2014 grants to eight local nonprofit organizations and programs, including: Catholic Charities Inc.; CCARC; Central Connecticut Senior Health Services; Coram Deo; Foodshare; Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut; Building Hope Together; and YWCA of New Britain.
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The American Savings Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Operation Fuel to provide emergency energy assistance for residents of New Britain and Waterbury.
During this past fiscal year, Operation Fuel provided $217,078 in energy assistance to 494 Waterbury households and $62,514 in energy assistance to 146 households in New Britain.
The American Savings Foundation, which is based in New Britain, has supported Operation Fuel for the past several years.
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The Connecticut Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section presented contributions of over $1,000 to both the Connecticut Food Bank and My Sisters’ Place, an organization committed to ending homelessness for women, families, and others. The contributions are comprised of the net proceeds from the section’s annual holiday party as well as a generous donation from Faxon Law Group LLC in New Haven.
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The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority announced $1.25 million in grant awards to 18 Connecticut nonprofit entities as part of this year’s client grant program.
CHEFA provides financing options for colleges, universities, independent schools, hospitals, childcare facilities, cultural institutions and other nonprofit entities through the issuance of tax-exempt bonds.
