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Each year Connecticut spends nearly $1 billion on chronic illnesses, including obesity. Health Matters! is an ambitious movement to improve the health status of the City of New Haven and make New Haven one of the healthiest cities in the nation. Health Matters! aims to create the vision for a healthy New Haven, partner with businesses and community organizations to affect change, and elevate health by encouraging residents to make healthier choices.
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giveGreater.org, a powerful new online resource to increase local giving through community knowledge
will be launched in the Fall of 2010. Take the first step toward attracting more support for your organization this year, and forever.
Click here to learn how giveGreater.org can increase the fundraising and marketing presence of nonprofits by putting them in front of donors and providing on-line giving capacity.
GNH Community - An information and networking resource for nonprofit and service organizations in Greater New Haven.
The
Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index™ provides a new national daily pulse of individual and collective health and well-being, as well as solutions for a healthier America.
We wanted to let you know about
www.MetroTrends.org, the Urban Institute’s new report card on how metropolitan America is faring. The site provides up-to-date indicators of social and economic conditions and trends in metro areas nationwide, along with thoughtful commentary on what they mean for workers, families, businesses, and neighborhoods. The goal of
MetroTrends is to fuel evidence-based debate about the nationwide impacts of recession and recovery, critical differences among metropolitan regions, and persistent or emerging disparities among population groups.
A local interactive web-based service that tracks community conditions and issues such as: early childhood, economic health, education, health, safety, and housing.
Community Health Data Scan for Connecticut:
A web site consisting of charts, maps, data and notes on the social characteristics, health and well-being of Connecticut's residents (commissioned by the CT Health Foundation).
A source for news and information about policies and decisions impacting the State of Connecticut. Keeps a comprehensive guide to state elected officials and an evolving library of source documents from a variety of state agencies and outside organizations. Facilitates debate and discussion on key issues affecting the State.
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Foundation reports and other publications: these reports and publications serve as references to non-profits about issues impacting the communities they serve as well as the broader community.