The Greater Hartford Arts Council has announced the recipients of its 2016 Arts + Wellness Grants. The grants, supported by UnitedHealthcare, were given to four local arts organizations to produce programs that use creativity to enrich lives and enhance the health and well-being of veterans and their families. The recipients include: Ballet Theater Company; Hospital […]
The Greater Hartford Arts Council has announced the recipients of its 2016 Arts + Wellness Grants. The grants, supported by UnitedHealthcare, were given to four local arts organizations to produce programs that use creativity to enrich lives and enhance the health and well-being of veterans and their families. The recipients include: Ballet Theater Company; Hospital for Special Care; the University of St. Joseph's Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities; and the Veteran's Art Foundation. Pictured (from left) are Roman Baca, artistic director, Ballet Theatre Company; Jim Bedard, CFO, UnitedHealthcare Northeast; and Cathy Malloy, CEO, Greater Hartford Arts Council.
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The American Savings Foundation is offering a $232,000 challenge grant to help the Friendship Center in New Britain raise “local funds” to build permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless residents on North Street. The foundation is looking for organizations and individuals who will also donate to match the grant to show state officials that the project has local support. The Friendship Center runs a shelter and supportive housing for the homeless.
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FAIR Health Inc. recently received a 15-month, $120,000 grant from the Connecticut Health Foundation. The grant will enable FAIR Health to offer its nationally recognized consumer-decision mobile app in Spanish for Latinos in Connecticut and add state specific cost data. The grant is part of $750,000 in foundation awards to nonprofits with the goal of improving health in Connecticut.
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The National Alliance on Mental Illness Connecticut will receive a three-year, $149,500 Hartford Foundation grant to support implementing the Children's Mental Health Disparity Initiative in Hartford. The program will allow more families, as well as community health workers and Hartford Public School educators to have access to information on how to better identify mental health issues in children and how to access available services.
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East Hartford Public Schools has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to develop a new teaching and learning center and other strategies that will enable it to support children's learning, development, and success through increased family, school and community partnerships.
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