Farmington Bank Community Foundation awarded $166,000 in grants in December 2023. $116,500 was awarded to support access to healthcare and abuse prevention. This grant round also included $49,500 in grants to special projects and off-cycle requests as noted below.
Grantees included:
Center for Children’s Advocacy —For the Medical Legal Partnership Project which provides legal services to children to help resolve medical problems and address health-harming social and environmental conditions.
Children in Placement – For the Guardian ad Litem program. Guardians are appointed by the court to represent children in cases of abuse and neglect and receive training through CIP.
Connecticut Children’s Foundation – For the “Baby Safety Shower” which purchases safety-related supplies to help keep young children in our community safe and provides educational opportunities for new and expectant mothers.
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants – To provide case management and immigration legal services for minor survivors and foreign-born adult survivors of human trafficking
Hartford Hospital – For the Neighborhood Health Program, a regularly-occurring mobile health clinic that partners with community-based organizations to provide primary health care and other resources at community based locations.
Hartford Interval House, Inc. – For its preventive education and outreach program, aimed at reaching area youth, first responders, and community members with information aimed at breaking the cycle of abuse.
Hospital of Central CT – For the Breast Cancer Early Detection Program which provides mammograms, ultrasounds, and biopsies to medically underserved populations, including uninsured and/or underinsured women, women with high deductible health insurance and women impacted by unemployment, ethnic, racial, socio-economic and language barriers.
Malta House of Care – To provide access to healthcare for uninsured adults through its mobile and stationary clinics which provide free exams, diagnoses, vaccinations, medications, diagnostic lab tests, and radiology.
New Horizons Inc. – For safety equipment for 14 wheelchair accessible vehicles as a part of Sunshine Wheels. Sunshine Wheels brings hundreds of adults with physical disabilities and other mobility challenges to critical medical appointments.
Prudence Crandall Center – For the Children’s Intervention and Prevention Services which addresses the emotional, social, and educational needs of children/youth served through the organization’s emergency shelter, supportive housing programs, and community-based programs.
Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center – For the Greater Hartford Family Advocacy Center which provides comprehensive services to child and adult victims of abuse and violence. The grant specifically supports Circle of Security Parenting facilitator training, materials and removing barriers that could prevent clients from attending the classes.
Senior Transportation Services Inc. – To provide rides to doctor and health treatment appointments for seniors and those dealing with long term illness.
The Underground NE, Inc. – For the Mentor Program, which is staffed by trained adult survivors with lived experience and community allies, who together provide coaching, advocacy, case management, financial assistance, and support to survivors through one-on-one mentoring.
University of Connecticut Foundation, Inc. – To improve access to Self-Measured Blood Pressure (SMBP) and education for at-risk pregnant women through real-time dissemination of preeclampsia cuff kits.
Additional year-end grants were made to:
Community Foundation of Greater New Britain – For capacity building workshops and small grants for New Britain area nonprofit organizations and their boards.
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy – For the work of the Housing Affinity Group, which in 2024 seeks to unite funders in a strategy to support statewide systems change in housing.
Farmington Community Chest – For Community Chest Cares, a program that supports low-income Farmington citizens in need of critical household repairs.
Gifts of Love – For food, household items, and other basic human needs.
Literacy Volunteers of Central Connecticut – For iPads and other learning tools to support the learning needs of adult students.
Saint Vincent de Paul Mission of Bristol – For the overflow shelter and other emergency housing needs this winter.
Salvation Army Bristol Corps – For rapid response funds to keep people housed this winter.