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Garnt Awards 2007 AWARDS
GRANTS AND PROJECT RELATED CONTRACTS AMOUNT

 

 

Child Health & Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc.

$767,230

Support for the operations and programs of CHDI to enhance the pediatric primary care system through the following: support comprehensive, quality care ("medical home"), outreach and care coordination, integration of behavioral health in primary care, health and mental health care in settings where children are served, and support and sustain effective mental health and juvenile justice practices in the treatment of children with severe emotional, behavioral and addictive disorders
INNOVATION GRANTS

Middlesex Hospital
Fit for Kids program to develop and evaluate a child obesity prevention/intervention program

$100,000 over two years

Yale University-Child Study Center
Moving Science to Practice in Children's Mental Health Services in Connecticut - program to develop a model of engagement and treatment for children with psychiatric disorders

$125,000 over two years

 

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH & PRIMARY CARE

 

Bridgeport Hospital
Integrate behavioral health services at Bridgeport Hospital - Pediatric Primary Care Center

 $ 30,000

 

Fair Haven Community Health Clinic
Integrate behavioral health services at the Fair Haven Community Health Clinic-Pediatric Primary Care Center

$30,000

 

Pediatrics Associates, LLC
Integrate behavioral health services at Pediatric Associates, LLC.-Bristol

$30,000

 

Saint Mary's Hospital
Integrate behavioral health services at Saint Mary's Hospital-Pediatric Primary Care Center

$30,000

 

Holt, Wexler & Farnam, LLP
Evaluate initiative to integrate behavioral health services into primary care settings

$30,000

 

INTEGRATING HEALTH & MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION SETTINGS

 

The Consultation Center
Evaluation of Promoting Health and Learning Project

$8,000

 

DISCRETIONARY GRANTS  
Bridgeport Hospital Foundation
Child FIRST Community Partnership

$10,000

 

Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Co-sponsor of the Andrulonis Child Mental Health Lecture Series

$5,000

 

Education Connection
Support travel expenses of three families from CT to attend the national Family Voices conferences in Washington, DC

$2,000

 

True Colors, Inc.
Conference addressing sexual minority youth and family services in Connecticut

$2,500

 

United Way of Eastern Fairfield County
Implementation of the Leadership in Action Program in Bridgeport

$5,000

 

Welcoming Light, Inc.
New England Minority Health Conference

$1,000

 

Various

$6,000

 

 

 

Total Grants Paid in 2007

 $1,181,730


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