2011 Grant Awards: Health And Social Services

Brain Injury Association
of Connecticut

to help the Brain Injury Association with their education and outreach efforts in Hartford County; they particularly want to reach out to low income neighborhoods and plan to hire a bi-lingual program director to facilitate this

$2,500

Children in Placement

support to help Children in Placement rebuild their guardian ad litem program in Hartford; the guardians are train volunteers who are assigned to individual children whose case come into Probate Court, and make sure that the children’s interests are well-represented

$7,500

Children's Law Center

general operating support for this organization which provides legal representation and other supports for children who end up in Connecticut’s Family Court

$10,000

Connecticut Appleseed

the third year of a start-up grant for the Hartford HELP program, which brings pro bono lawyers into homeless shelters and transitional living programs to help residents resolve any legal issues that are outstanding

$6,500

Connecticut Association
for Human Services

general operating support for this statewide agency that works to reduce poverty, strengthen families, and rebuild communities through advocacy supported by outreach, research and education; our support was earmarked for their efforts in greater Hartford

$10,000

Connecticut Council
for Philanthropy

our contribution to a collaborative effort by the Early Childhood Education affinity group to raise money to match the State’s commitment to put together a more efficient and comprehensive system for funding early childhood education

$5,000

Connecticut Women’s Education and
Legal Fund

to help underwrite the cost of CWEALF’s legal, information, and referral services for women and families in Greater Hartford

$5,000

Co-Opportunity

support for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Earned Income Tax Credit campaign in Hartford; services are provided by trained volunteers and are free of charge

$10,000

Covenant to Care
for Children

for the Critical Goods Program, through which social works may request specific items critical for the stability of families or the colocation of siblings in foster care

$10,000

The Diaper
Bank

a challenge grant to be used for raising money for the Hartford Diaper Distribution Network; they are now distributing an average of 50 diapers a month per family to clients of ADRC Coventry House, CREC, Families in Crisis, Hartford MIOP, Mercy Housing and Shelter, Southside Family Center, St. Francis Hospital, and VNA Healthcare

$5,000

Ebony Horsewomen,
Inc.

for support of the Equine/Animal Assisted Growth, Learning, and Therapy program provided to children in Hartford; Ebony Horsewomen operated in a City-subsidized facility in Keeney Park

$10,000

Families in Crisis

support for the Nurturing Families Program, through which at-risk first-time mothers receive support services to help them better parent their new baby

$10,000

Family Life
Education, Inc.

support for the Teen and Young Parent Support Program, which works with young mothers to help them marshal their resources and return to school or the workforce

$10,000

Hartford Areas Rally Together

general operating support for this long-standing community organizing group which works in multiple neighborhoods in Hartford’s south end

$7,500

The Hospital for
Special Care

the second payment on a three-year commitment to the capital campaign of the Hospital for Special Care, as they work to create medical homes for their many outpatients

$10,000

International Institute
of Connecticut, Inc.

support for this organization’s Pathways to Citizenship Program, which works with legal immigrants to help them achieve full-fledged citizenship in this country

$5,000

Interval House

for the New Beginnings Shelter and Children's Program operated by this domestic violence shelter; the Children’s Program works both with children in the shelter and those in the community

$10,000

The Kennelly School
Farm Program

to enable children from Kennelly School in Hartford to participate in City Slickers, a long standing equine-based program for children from Hartford; they participate in this program in Wolcott, along with children from Southington and Bristol

$5,000

Lawyers for Children America, Inc.

for general operating support for this organization that recruits lawyers to represent children in Juvenile Court pro bono

$10,000

Leadership Greater
Hartford

support for the Common Ground Program, which works with students throughout Greater Hartford to mitigate racial and economic isolation and encourage them to be active in their community

$10,000

Loaves & Fishes Ministries, Inc.

for general operating expenses for this soup kitchen in Asylum Hill; the organization helps clients to work towards self-sufficiency

$8,000

Malta House of Care Foundation

general operating support for this organization that provides medical care to the area’s uninsured; services are provided by volunteer nurses and physicians who want to “give back” to their community

$10,000

Manchester Area Conference of
Churches

support for this a multi-service organization serving economically challenged people in Manchester; to allow them to purchase a new 60 –inch gas range with 10 burners and a large food mixer to allow them to better serve those clients using their soup kitchen

$8,600

Mercy Housing a
nd Shelter

for general operating support for the Friendship Center at St. Elizabeth House; this is the program at this soup kitchen/shelter that works specifically with children and families

$10,000

Mi Casa

a challenge grant for this organization serving children and families in Hartford’s Frog Hollow neighborhood; the challenge was met by a like quantity of donations from individuals

$10,000

The National Conference
for Community and Justice

support for BRIDGES, Camp ANYTOWN, and the Youth Action Coalition programs, working with youth throughout Greater Hartford around issues related to  race, religion, and any and all other types of diversity; the program works to build self-esteem, define prejudice, and explore behaviors that grow out of prejudice, and help the youth develop strategies for combating prejudice in the homes and their communities

$10,000

Nutmeg Big Brother/Big Sisters

to support their community-based mentoring program serving children in Greater Hartford

$8,000

Operation Fuel, Inc.

support for Operation Fuel’s energy assistance program in Greater Hartford; this was especially needed during the very cold winter of 2010-11

$5,000

Organized Parents Make a Difference. Inc.

Operating support for after-school programming that this organization is running in several Hartford Public Schools

$7,500

Our Piece of the Pie

for the Pathways to Success program, which works with Hartford youth to help them build aspirations and goals for the future

$10,000

St. Vince DePaul Place

support for this long-standing soup kitchen in Middletown, as well as for their efforts to reach out to clients and connect them with the community services they need

$5,000

The YWCA of the Hartford Region

for the Young Women's Leadership Corps, a comprehensive after-school program for at-risk girls in grades 7-12 from East Hartford, Bloomfield, Hartford, and Windsor

$7,50

Summer grants

for summer programs in greater Hartford that help to keep children off the street while offering them quality programming that will keep them from falling behind academically over the summer

$33,000

The Hispanic
Scholars Program

a scholarship program for Latino/a students from Hartford wanting to attend East Catholic High School, Northwest Catholic High School, or Watkinson School

$45,000