St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center said it has been selected by its new parent company for a program that will target health disparities in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.The so-called Transforming Communities Initiative (TCI) will see St. Francis, city officials and nonprofit Community Solutions partner to develop programs to reduce obesity rates, promote […]
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center said it has been selected by its new parent company for a program that will target health disparities in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
The so-called Transforming Communities Initiative (TCI) will see St. Francis, city officials and nonprofit Community Solutions partner to develop programs to reduce obesity rates, promote tobacco cessation and address social determinants that affect health outcomes in Hartford's North End.
St. Francis is the sixth participant selected by Trinity-Health for such a program and the second within the Trinity-Health New England system. Mercy Medical Center in Springfield was selected in May.
Trinity-Health said it will invest approximately $80 million in grants, loans, community match dollars and services in its TCI communities over the next five years.
According to a Community Health Needs Assessment Report, the rate of obesity in Hartford is 33 percent, comparable to that of the state of Alabama.
In contrast, the state of Connecticut is ranked 43rd for overall obesity rates. In Connecticut, more than 8 percent of adults are diagnosed with diabetes, while in Hartford the rate is 12 percent of adults. And, 16 percent of youth and adults in Connecticut are smokers.
“This creative, community-oriented partnership, backed with a generous commitment of resources, has the potential to make a real difference in improving health and quality of life for our residents,” Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said in a statement.
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AT&T recently awarded a $5,000 grant to the East Windsor Transition Program to help local students with special needs grow and maintain their own fruit and vegetable gardens.
The program plans to build three hydroponic garden towers that will be grown and maintained by a group of students within a classroom setting.
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The North Central Area Agency on Aging awarded a grant to CRIS Radio to host information sessions at senior centers about its broadcast service for people who are blind or unable to read printed materials due to other print disabilities.
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UConn is one of 24 U.S. colleges and universities sharing in more than $2.5 million in federal grants to promote innovation in and strengthen their regional economies, authorities say.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced last week that Connecticut's flagship university will receive $116,667 as one of the winners of the U.S. Economic Development Administration's (EDA) 2016 university center economic development program competition.
UConn's grant will support its Connecticut Manufacturing Simulation Center (CMSC), which will work to increase the capabilities of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in computational modeling and simulation technologies as a means to cultivate innovation, develop a high-skilled workforce and expand regional businesses.
