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Our vision is that CT's next generation will be free from racial and ethnic health disparities. (2) Promotes policy change.

At CT Health, we are passionately committed to creating more access to better quality health care for populations of color and underserved communities across Connecticut. Not only that, but we are dedicated to doing it by fundamentally changing the health care system to make quantifiable, sustainable change with tangible impact. If you’re already working on health equity issues, we want to find ways to amplify them. If you’re not working on health equity issues, we want to see how your work relates to it. The Connecticut Health Foundation:

(1) Funds innovative programs and initiatives that change health systems to improve the health of all. (3) Develops influential leaders who can champion health justice. (4) Changes structures and opinions that contribute to health inequities. (5) Elevates the voice of the consumer to ensure that the health care system reflects diverse consumer needs and preferences.

10/31/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- The health consequences of losing SNAP
- Doulas take on the health challenges of climate disasters
- A ticking clock on health care coverage

Read these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/health-effects-snap/

10/29/2025

If you need food resources please visit CTFoodshare.org or 211ct.org to find your local pantry or mobile site.

10/29/2025

We're excited to announce our most recent grants! These include:

- Griffin Hospital's efforts to improve maternal health care through work with clinicians, community-based organizations, and patients
- Organizations across the state serving as trusted messengers in their communities, sharing information about changes in health care coverage
- Advocacy to ensure that all Connecticut residents have access to health care coverage to get the care they need

October 29, 2025 | News Release: The Connecticut Health Foundation awarded 29 grants totaling $742,000 in recent months. Among them is a $50,000 grant to Griffin Hospital to develop a model for improving the delivery of maternal health care.

10/17/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- Cervical cancer could be eradicated – but not with these policies
- How CT hospitals are expanding maternal health care
- Her doctors didn’t listen. It nearly killed her

Read these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/cervical-cancer-medicaid-vaccines/

10/10/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- Latino-led institute aims to build trust in clinical research
- She found a lump. Her doctors made the experience worse
- ICE fears put pregnant immigrants and their babies at risk

Read these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/hispanic-health-research-institute/

10/03/2025

With health coverage at risk, Connecticut has a chance to lead.

Our state has the resources and the track record to protect people's health and well-being -- and the time to act is now.

Connecticut Health Foundation president outlines strategy 'that can position Connecticut to be a national leader in responsibly implementing HR1.'

09/26/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- Hartford doula training targets gaps in care
- Patients get stuck in loopholes in hospital financial aid programs
- How Medicaid cuts could hurt efforts to reduce homelessness

Read these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/hartford-doula-training-spanish/

09/19/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- Why is having a baby so expensive?
- “Hunger Games” among states for rural health money
- He was still alive when they tried to harvest his organs

Read these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/health-care-costs-expensive/

09/12/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- Part-time workers face uncertainty as Medicaid work requirements loom
- States face two different vaccine realities
- 168k CT residents could lose health care coverage, study finds

See these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/part-time-workers-medicaid/

09/10/2025

How will Medicaid cuts hit your community? DataHaven crunched the numbers to see how many people could lose coverage in every city and town in Connecticut under the new federal reconciliation law.

Authored By Andrew Carr and Mark Abraham (DataHaven) Date September 09, 2025 Partners Health Equity Solutions, United Way of Connecticut medicaid_cov_loss_share_town.png The passage of H.R.1, known as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," on July 4th, will have major consequences for healthcare coverage...

09/05/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- Solving the Black maternal health crisis could save lives and money
- CT hospital leaders worry about impending Medicaid cuts
- The language barriers facing Sikh immigrants seeking health care

See these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/insurance-hospital-dispute-patients/

08/29/2025

In this week’s health news roundup:

- One family tries to save others from a yearslong waitlist
- CT considers public health independence
- Medicaid cuts, private equity, and rural hospitals

Read these stories and more: https://www.cthealth.org/latest-news/health-news-roundup/katie-beckett-waitlist/

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https://www.cthealth.org/

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