Community Fund for Women & Girls Grants
The New Haven Diaper Bank ($10,000) To support a project manager for the Basic Human Needs Policy collaboration between the Liman Project, Wiggin and Dana attorneys and other interested parties. The goal is to secure a sustaining source of state and federal funding for diapers, serving over 1040 children regionally, and potentially all children living in poverty in the U.S.
Hill Health Corporation ($10,000) To support the Prison to Community Peer Support Program, a 44 week peer support group serving 40 newly released formerly incarcerated women, led by women who have experienced and overcome substance abuse and or mental illness and who have made the transition from prison to the community.
Planned Parenthood of Connecticut ($5,000) To support the Real Life Real Talk program, a social change initiative that utilizes social marketing and community partnerships to foster open, honest and balanced talk about healthy teen sexuality for 285 New Haven mothers and their children.
New Haven Healthy Start ($5,000) To support Baby Buddies, a consumer education and referral program designed to address possible risk factors that contribute to the deaths of African American infants. Baby Buddies will deliver health information to the African American community in New Haven through community events, churches, civic organizations, door to door, informational “house parties” and community conversations.
All Our Kin, Inc. ($3,600) To support the Family Child Care Toolkit licensing project. The project will provide six more licensing tool kits to the existing program, allowing six women to become licensed home care providers for 36 children.
Eli Whitney Museum ($2,800) To support the Catherine Green Project to expand learning opportunities for 20 girls aged 9-13 through summer camp scholarships. The Project focuses on creating workshops for girls that allow them to master skills that have traditionally been perceived to be the province of boys. The project also trains teachers to identify and encourage girls with non-traditional aptitudes.
Hamden Public Schools ($3,500) To implement the Girls Circle program for at-risk girls in 7th and 8th grades at Hamden Middle School. The 18-20 week curriculum includes units that teach and provide support skills in areas such as friendship, individuality and preparation for the future.
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs Inc. ($3,326) To support a partnership with James Hillhouse High School in New Haven to increase the college readiness and academic achievement of 50 female students and young parents who are at -risk of not enrolling in or completing a post-secondary education.
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) ($4,921 2009 Women and Girls Alumnae Grant Recipient) To support the Family Safety for New Americans project which will provide education, training and outreach to approximately 60 refugee and immigrant families, including 30 women and twelve girls, to break the cycle of domestic violence.
SARAH, Inc. ($1,500) To support classes and a resource library on women’s health issues for women with intellectual disabilities.
Southern Connecticut State University Foundation Inc ($1,350) To support the Sixth Annual Women and Girls in Sports Day for approximately 200 girls from minority, inner city and low-income families from New Haven County. Girls will interact with coaches and women athletes who are successful, positive role models.
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Research Foundation ($3,500 ) To support the Middle School Girls’ Science Mentoring Program designed to reach over 500 disadvantaged middle school girls in New Haven’s public schools through the engagement and leadership of six middle school girls with women scientist mentors.
The Hospital of Saint Raphael H.O.P.E. Program ($4,000) To support the continuation of three key components of the HOPE program: transportation, journaling and semiannual parenting workshops for approximately 40 mothers and single women who are working to overcome the barriers of poverty through job training.
Young Parent Program of Milford ($1,820) Working in collaboration with the West Haven Community House’s ParenTeen program, the Connections program is designed to fill the void in delivery of prenatal services in West Haven while broadening and enriching the Milford-based teen education program. Approximately 60 young women under age 21 will be served.
Your Place Youth Center ($4,258) To support three sessions (Summer, Fall and Spring) of the “Go On Girl” group for a total of 45 at-risk teen girls from New Haven, Hamden and North Haven who have been affected by or involved in violence.
Grants Under $5,000
Christ Episcopal Church ($5,000) To support the Kathleen Samela Memorial Food Bank, whose services complment those of the only other food bank in Ansonia. The Gates Fund
Connecticut Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement, Inc. (CABLE) ($2,100) To support a 6 hour training for Hamden Fire and EMS personnel in order to improve their understanding of mental illness and remove stigma. Karen and Harold Donegan Fund, Sherry Fund
Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program ($4,000) To provide operating support for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) enrichment programming to students in High School in the Community, East Rock, Clinton Avenue, Micro-Society and Troupe schools. Peter and Judith Schurman Fund
Foundation of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce ($5,000) To support a youth employment program for at-risk youth. The program is a partnership between the City of New Haven, New Haven Family Alliance, the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce and Workforce Alliance. Peter and Judith Schurman Fund
Hygeia Foundation, Inc. ($3,000) To support the development of outreach and print materials including a Family Brochure and a Donor Brochure to reach bereaved parents. New print materials will increase this organization’s capacity to advertise their services to bereaved parents and potential donors. Unrestricted
Interfaith Cooperative Ministries, Inc ($5,000) To hire a consultant to develop a business plan for Aging At Home, Inc. which will increase their capacity to strengthen their board, restructure their organization and set goals for the next three to five years. Aging at Home, Inc., a program of Interfaith Cooperative Ministries, connects its members, who are middle class elderly residents of Hamden (60 yrs and over), with community services to make it possible for them to stay in their own homes and neighborhoods with independence and dignity. John P. and Cora E. Phelps Fund, Ophelia Fund
Lawyers for Children America (LFCA) ($5,000) To provide funding to ensure representation for children who have been abused and/or neglected and are caught up in child protection services. Ruth Whittemore Fund
New Haven Festivals, Inc. ($1,600) To support the first stage in development of a public mural program. The program is expected to serve as a deterrent against prevalent graffiti in some New Haven neighborhoods. Arts Fund
New Haven Paint & Clay Club ($300) To provide money for an award for a painting at the 108th Annual Juried Art Exhibition of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club which attracts over 300 artists from New England and New York. David T. Langrock Old Masters Art Fund
Obie Harrington-Howes Foundation ($2,000) To provide financial assistance for individuals living with spinal cord injuries and disease in The Foundation’s 20 town region. This organization helps bridge the gap between the point when insurance is exhausted and state or federal funds are no longer available to the next level of independence for individuals living with spinal cord injuries. Elsie M. Alling Fund
Patrons of the New Haven Free Public Library ($5,000) To support training for basic computer job skills and the creation of a computer help desk. Funding responds directly and quickly to the need for job related computer assistance in this tough economic environment. Bishop Family Fund, Education Fund, New Haven Foundation Fund, Mildred P. and Henry H. Pierce Jr. Fund, Unrestricted
St. Andrews Episcopal Church ($4,900) To support Your Place:Youth Center, an afterschool and summer program for 40 Newhallville teens ages 13-17. The program offers positive activities and experiences in a safe environment for low income, at-risk youth. Peter& Judith Schurman Fund, Mailhouse Family Fund
New Haven Community Gardens Grants
City Point - City Point Community Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Westville/West Hills - Westville/West Hills Community Management Team (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Dixwell - Dixwell Children's Arts Festival (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Hill - Casa Familia (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Beaver Hills - Carmel Street Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, and a bench or picnic table.
Beaver Hills - Ellsworth Avenue Group Home (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to repair raised beds.
Dixwell - Mansfield Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to repair raised beds.
Dixwell - Winchester Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, flowers for the fence and woodchips and to repaire the back gate and raised beds.
Dwight/Beaver Hills/Westville Whalley Terrace Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips, a hose, picnic table and a rose bush.
Dwight/West River - Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to purchase a garden sign.
Dwight/West River - Chapelseed (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, woodchips, seeds, seedlings, plants, wheelbarrow, shovel and technical training.
East Rock - Bioregional Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips, a shovel.
East Rock - Cedar Hill Apartments (Community Garden) To remove lead with top soil as needed and for seeds, seedlings, and plants.
East Rock - Goatville Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden through pruning of trees, repair to raised beds and with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
East Shore - Fairmont Heights (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips, a shovel.
East Shore - Garden in the Park (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, a shovel, and picnic tables.
Fair Haven - ABC Children's Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, mulch, and woodchips, stakes and a fruit tree; and for purchase of a story bench.
Fair Haven - Grand Acres (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, flowers for the fence and woodchips and to repair the back gate and raised beds.
Fair Haven - Stallworth Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, flowers for the fence and woodchips and to repair the fence, widen access for vehicle traffic, affix trellis and technical assistance.
Fair Haven Heights - Bella Vista (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and technical assistance.
Hill - Catholic Workers Garden (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to add some flower bushes.
Hill - Ann Street Garden (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and for garden tools.
Hill - Casa Linda (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and for garden tools.
Hill - Casa Otonal/Greenwood Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Hill - Redfield Street-BW# 463 (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and technical assistance.
Hill - Legion Woods (Columbus House) (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to add a picnic bench.
Newhallville - Bassett Street (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, a picnic table and shed.
Newhallville - Constance Baker Motley (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, garden tools and chairs.
Newhallville - The Green Garden of Hazel Street (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, a picnic bench and many repairs.
Newhallville - Healthy Community Food Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips and to purchase a garden sign.
Newhallville - Ivy Street-Blockwatch #627 (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, picnic table, and path restructuring.
Newhallville - Starr Street Garden Group (Community Garden) To test soil for lead and revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips; to host a cooking workshop.
West Rock - Westville Manor Tenants Association (CommunityGarden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Westville - Edgewood Magnet School (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, fencing, and a garden path and a trellis/arbor.
Westville - Mountain Valley (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, raised beds, picnic table, barbecue, shed, bench and fencing with a locked gate.
Wooster Square - William Street Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Wooster Square - Wooster Square Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, woodchips, garden tools and a garden sign.
Hill - Martin Luther King Peace Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
West Rock - Abraham Ribicoff (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
West Rock - McConaughy Terrace (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Westville - Friends of Edgewood Park & Gardeners from Alden Avenue (Community Garden) To create a community garden in Edgewood Park.
West Rock - Liberty Safe House (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Fair Haven - English Street Garden (Community Garden) To revive the garden with compost, manure, plants, seedlings, seeds, and woodchips.
Beaver Hill - Friends of Beaver Hills (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To remove invasive plants and planting native plants at the largest park site.
Dixwell - Francis Hunter Drive (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to improve the traffic circle and conduct stewardship on street trees.
Dixwell - Dixwell Enterprise Community/Management Team (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant with local youth once a week.
Dixwell - Henry Street (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To make more yards lead safe and plant more street trees.
Dwight - Dwight Park (5 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To work on developing good policies and enhance border.
Dwight - Waverly (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to improve the grounds and improve the common areas with focus on working with youth.
Dwight - Montessori school (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant a memorial garden, constructing berms, installing play structures. The lot is being designed to increase safety and passive play experiences.
East Rock - East Rock Park (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To make an environmental education walk, spruce up park entrances and help with Cedar hill playground.
East Rock - Bradley street (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To acquire a permit to work on DOT property and work with businesses at the commercial end of the street.
East Rock - Ridge Street Residents/ Cedar Hill Blockwatch (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To rebuild the neighborhood playground, benches by the river, plant a cedar tree.
East Rock Park - SOHO (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to expand plantings.
East Shore - Fairmont Ave Neighbors (4 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To take on a vacant lot and continue streetscape work.
East Shore - Seawall Neighbors (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To remove invasive plants to help eliminate unwanted behavior and plant along curbs.
Fair Haven - Atwater & Pine (7 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue working on lot, streetscape, and getting people involve and to install water.
Fair Haven - Pine And Front,Chatham Square, and Perkins Street (14 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To focus on sculpture park sites along front street and redesign and maintenance of Lewis street park.
Fair Haven - River View Blockwatch/ Friends of Dover Beach (3 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To control invasive plants in the park space and plant new trees.
Fair Haven - Lloyd and Wolcott (13 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To build one more bench and reduce lawn and plant more color and plant street trees along Saltonstall.
Fair Haven - Farnum Neighborhood House (4 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue adopt a curbside program, utilize master gardening volunteers to assist in various streetscape and playground projects and engage neighbors through discrete front yard and curb strip work.
Hill-City Point - Greenwich Green Team/ Hallock Street (8 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To work mostly on the local parks and squares. Painting, planting, and maintaining.
Hill-City Point - Friends of Oyster Point (8 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To get more folks involved to help with all the various spaces they maintain.
Newhallville - Watson and Bassett (13 year old project) (Community Greenspace) Maintain and improve the site after the completion of the canal trail related work this summer.
Newhallville - Newhall Street (7 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To address some of the blight issues and add some art.
West River - West River Association (6 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant along Chapel street with a new neighbor.
West River - Batter Terrace (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to build community through working together on improving the appearance of the street and front yards.
West Rock - Crossroads (5 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To continue to plant tree and maintain overgrown areas along the West River.
Westville - Barnett (1 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To plant 23 new trees.
Westville - Blockwatch #303 (10 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To focus on the butterfly gardens, and restore the tile sculpture wall.
Wooster Square - Historic Wooster Square Association, Inc. (5 year old project) (Community Greenspace) To identify three cherry trees for removal and plant three new trees and advocate for stewardship.
Beaver Hills - Blake street To maintain tree planting and lead related front yard work.
Dixwell - Bristol St Blockwatch #612 To add pea stone, a picnic table and replace plants.
Dwight - Beers Street (Troup group) To maintain existing work and build on reconstruction of Troup school.
East Rock - Park on Nash/little Nash greenspace To develop more stewards for the parklike spaces.
East Rock - Mechanic Street Mavens To grow membership and focus on finishing infrastructure projects such as the arbor, benches and edging.
East Rock - Bishop Street Planters To work on neighborhood stewardship.
Edgewood - East Edge To maintain care for all thirteen beds and other forgotten spaces along the Edgewood mall.
Fair Haven - Saltonstall and Lloyd To add color to the site, transplant some shrubs, add a gate and make signs.
Hill - Arch Street To reduce maintenance requirements.
Newhallville - Shepard Street Park/Read Street To restore/maintain the park like spaces.
Newhallville - Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary To maintain the site. They would like a new fence.
Newhallville - Huntington Group that has transformed a vacant lot into a pleasant corner park like space.
West River - Peace Garden To maintain the site.
Wooster Square - Bradley-Wooster To maintain the site.
Wooster Square - Friends of Lenzi Park To focus on maintenance especially mulching and pruning.
New Haven Neighborhood Small Grants
Cedar Hill
Abundant Harvest Outreach Ministries ($600) To support the costs associated with running 3 community events: a camping expedition, a trip to Freedom Schooner Amistad and Community Day event.
City-Wide
Aspirations for Higher Learning Pre-Collegiate Institute ($1,500) To help cover the cost to take 65 high school students that are participating in the Aspirations for Higher Learning summer program on a college tour of Howard University, University of Maryland College Park, Catholic University, George Washington University, Georgetown University and American University.
Christian Community Commission ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing tents, tables and chairs for this year’s 13th anniversary of New Haven’s Gospel Fest.
Citywide Youth Coalition ($1,000) To support the costs associated with activities for youth.
Create A Comic Project ($750) To support the cost of purchasing prizes, marketing expenses, hotel arrangements and traveling expenses for a guest speaker.
Da Fam Club ($500) To support the costs of purchasing various sports equipment.
Da Fam Club ($500) To support the costs of running a 23 week basketball camp for 48 boys ages 10-13.
Elm City Cycling ($1,000) To support the costs associated with a bike jamboree: a bike repair station, fitting bike helmets, basic biking rules and activity stations for kids.
Elm Shakespeare Company ($1,000) To support the costs associated with purchasing costumes.
Friends of Beaver Pond Park ($2,820) To support the costs associated with the day long celebration of Earth Day which will include a bike ride event from East Rock to West Rock.
Higher Heights Youth Empowerment Programs, Inc. ($1,800) To support the costs associated with purchasing student shirts, portfolio binders, food, speakers, public service announcement training and printing and copying expenses.
Jazz Haven ($1,000) To support the costs associated with the 2009 New Haven Jazz Festival.
New Haven Inner City Outings ($1,500) To cover some of the cost associated with taking two groups of youth to Mystic Aquarium and to Project Oceanology, which focus in different ways on the marine life and the ecosystems in the Long Island Sound.
Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Southern Connecticut ($1,100) To help support the cost of purchasing food, refreshments, insurance, postage as well as paying for a guest speaker and offering the community screening & testing.
Site Projects, Inc. ($1,500) Site Projects is seeking funding for a public arts project to be installed in downtown New Haven in May 2009 by the internationally known Swiss artist Felice Varini. Ms. Virini will create a cityscape mural that when viewed from a specific vantage point creates a geometrical design and when viewed from any other angle the design breaks up and the overall image, while still artistically pleasing and interesting, is fragmented. The vantage point will be on Chapel Street, looking down the corridor between Ann Taylor clothing store and Zinc Restaurant.
The Color of Words ($2,000) To support an advocacy project aimed at raising awareness among high school students on the realities that surround the college admission process, the financial costs and benefits of a college education.
Westville Village Renaissance Alliance ($1,000) To support the costs of audio/video equipment, refreshments, event space, and speakers, insurance, printing and copying for a series of programs focused on fun and educational events that address the needs of business owners and residents to manage and thrive during the current economic crisis.
William Street Community Garden ($1,200) To support the costs of two bee hives, 2 beekeeping suits, equipment, two packages of bees, and a 2-hour workshop presented by a beekeeping expert.
Dixwell
Community Garden ($200.00) To support the cost of purchasing various supplies including a weed whacker, water hose, sprinkler, shed for storages, food and tree cutting expenses.
Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary ($1,500) To complete the fence installation of the Ivy Narrow Bird Sanctuary.
The Ninth Square Collective ($1,100) To support the cost of purchasing art supplies, refreshments, insurance and printing expenses.
Dwight
Whalley Avenue Special Services District ($989) To support the cost of printing designs, layout and printing posters created by students from the Troop Public School that depict the importance of appropriate trash handling.
East Rock
Bishop St.-Hine Pl Blockwatch ($600) To help cover the costs of a block party with the goal of raising safety awareness, recruiting new members for the annual greenspace plantings, and generally fostering community.
Friends of East Rock Park ($1,500) To support three projects: 4 seasonal festivals, a youth environmental work program, and an environmental interpretive trail design and installation.
SoHu Blockwatch ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing food, beverages, paper goods and various materials for entertainment/activities.
Upper State Street Association Inc. ($600) To support the cost of purchasing printed flyers, table cloths, historic plaques, a band, and printing expenses. The historic plaques will be placed on buildings so that folks can go on a walking tour and learn about the community.
Upper State Street Association Inc. ($600) To support the cost of purchasing holiday trees, decorations, printed flyers, table cloths, a band and printing expenses.
Fair Haven
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($600) To support the cost of portapotty rentals, sound system, popcorn machine rental, fliers & advertising and children's arts & craft supplies/games.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Association ($450) To support the cost of purchasing a variety of different outreach materials to be used to promote economic development in the Chatham Square Neighborhood as well as the Neighborhood Association itself.
Chatham Square Neighborhood Youth Empowerment Group ($600) To support the cost of running several activities for youth including but not limited to a bicycle day with a picnic and Friday soccer events during the summer.
Fair Haven Summit ($500) Funding is requested to hold a one day Fair Haven Summit to be held at the Columbus Family Academy on June 20, 2009. The Summit will address issues affecting the Fair Haven Community.
Friends of Dover Beach ($400) To support the cost of purchasing food and paper goods for 80-100 people.
Noble Daughters/ Church on the Rock ($500) To support the cost of running several activities including an educational field trip to a state university and a mother-daughter luncheon for girls ages 12-16 living in the Farnam Courts Housing Projects.
Fair Haven Heights
Columbus Family Academy PTO ($1,000) To help students attend a theater Saturday workshop to improve oratory, reading, dancing, acting and singing abilities.
Farnam Courts Tenants Association/LEAP ($600) To support the implementation of a one day anti-violence community day for 250 children and their families.
Garden in the Park ($500) To support the cost of purchasing various gardening tools, fruit trees, berry bushes, flowers, compost, food paper goods, a poet and truck rental.
Hamden
Faith Healing and Deliverance Ministries ($600) To support a youth extravaganza event entitled "The Now Generation" which will take place the weekend of June 26-28 and will include worship, mentorship and fellowship for youth in New Haven and Hamden.
Hill
Hill Youth Action Team ($600) To support a block party organized by the Hill Youth Action Team to increase awareness about the services available for youth and families in the Hill neighborhood.
Multi-neighborhood
New Haven SoapBox Derby Racing ($1,500) To pay for expenses related to the hosting of the Soapbox Derby Race at Edgewood Park.
Retired and Senior Volunteer Program/South Central Agency on Ageing ($2,000) To support two knitting projects.
Rite-Way for Kids ($1,900) To support the community service and enrichment activities of the Rite-Way-for-Kids group, including a clean-up activity in the Dixwell neighborhood, preparation of a garden for a community resident or family, a trip to the West Rock Nature Center, and several workshops on pregnancy prevention, substance abuse, and violence prevention.
Newhallville
Blockwatch #692 ($600) To help cover the costs of a block party.
Newhall Gardens TRC ($600) To support the cost of bringing all of the residents of Newhall Gardens (elderly & disabled) together for dinner around the holidays (Thanksgiving & Christmas).
West River
Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School PTO ($500) To support the building of raised beds in the school's garden.
Batter Terrace Block Watch #342 ($600) To help cover the costs of a block party.
Evergreen Family Oriented Tree, Inc. ($1,250) To support the cost of convening 5 support/discussion groups with females to discuss the obstacles faced by previously incarcerated women as they work towards successful re-entry back into society.
West River Neighborhood Association ($500) To support the cost of purchasing eggs, dye, prizes and entertainment.
Soul-o-ettes Drill Team ($1,000) To support the costs associated with purchasing t-shirts, various games, sports equipment, arts & craft supplies, and transportation to a competition.
Westville
West Rock Avenue Blockwatch #303 ($655) To support several environmentally friendly activities around the Mitchell Branch Library including tree planting, garden tours, children's flower planting, and ladybug and butterfly release celebrations.
Wooster Square
Downtown/Wooster Square Community Management Team ($800) To support the costs associated with conducting a survey on quality of life issues that affect residents, businesses, customers and partners.
New Responsive Competitive Grants
All Our Kin ($50,000) To
support and expand fundraising capacity and to strengthen services to
train, support and sustain community child care providers, ensuring
that children and families have the foundation they need to succeed in
school and life.
ALSO-Cornerstone Inc. ($50,000) To
provide financial resources to complete a merger with The Connection
Inc., a Connecticut-based nonprofit that works to strengthen the
collective ability to build and sustain safe, healthy and caring
communities.
Ansonia Public Schools ($25,000) To
support the Ansonia High School Human Relations Club, a group of
students who lead their peers, teachers, members of the community, and
students throughout Connecticut to participate in activities that
reduce prejudice and discrimination and increase cultural, religious,
racial, and ethnic awareness.
Area Congregations Together Inc. ($150,000) To establish a development program.
Arts Council of Greater New Haven ($50,000) To
provide general operating support for audience development and regional
arts and culture promotion, foster community access and engagement in
the arts, provide professional development training for artists and
organizations and spearhead advocacy initiatives at the regional, state
and national levels.
Audubon Connecticut ($75,000) To
support the Important Bird Area (IBA) program identifying and
protecting land tracts as critical bird habitats or migratory stopovers.
Beth El Center Inc. ($25,000) To
provide general operating support for transitional shelter programs for
homeless individuals and families and a soup kitchen/food pantry that
feeds individuals and families from Greater New Haven and Lower
Naugatuck Valley.
Birmingham Group Health Services ($130,000) To support the operations of the Domestic Violence Services of Greater New Haven program.
Boys & Girls Club of New Haven ($60,000) To
provide general operating support for educational and enrichment
programs for children and families, especially those from low-income
households.
Citywide Youth Coalition ($40,000) To
provide general operating support to sustain and expand programming and
services to youth-serving organizations so they can better meet the
needs and to enhance the lives of children, youth and families in
Greater New Haven.
Communicare Inc. ($40,000) To support Communicare members
(Birmingham Group Health Services, Bridges…A Community Support System
and Harbor Health Services) to develop a plan that will bring their
current partnership to a new level of integration.
Community Action Agency (Community Fuel Bank) ($30,000) To
support the Community Fuel Bank of Greater New Haven to assist at least
1500 working poor and/or elderly households with energy assistance
grants to prevent shut off through out the year.
Connecticut Association for Human Services ($25,000) To
support the Online Benefits Screening Initiative that improves access
to work-supports for low-wage New Haven residents through the
adaptation of EarnBenefits, an electronic benefits tool.
Connecticut Association for the Performing Arts ($15,000) To support community programming.
Connecticut Children's Museum - Parents and Community for Kids ($165,000) To
support the Parents and Communities for Kids (PACK) Initiative which
promotes family learning for underserved parents and children by
providing literacy-based learning opportunities at fifteen community
classrooms in New Haven, Hamden and Ansonia.
Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance - Regional Youth/Adult Substance Abuse Program Inc. ($15,000) To
provide general operating support for the Connecticut Juvenile Justice
Alliance to reduce the number of children and youth entering the
juvenile justice system through legislative education and advocacy,
strategic communications, community organizing and national, state and
local partnerships.
Consultation Center ($40,515) To support respite to Grandfamilies in the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Program.
Creative Arts Workshop ($25,000) To
provide general operating support for educational programming in fine
arts and crafts for children and adults and free art exhibitions of a
variety of visual arts media.
Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen ($20,000) To
provide 60,000 free hot evening meals, 6,000 free bag lunches, and
18,000 free food pantry bags to the homeless, working poor and
underprivileged citizens and families of the Greater New Haven area.
Empower New Haven Inc. ($50,000) To
support The New Haven Nonprofit Academy which provides training and
technical assistance based programming that builds the capacity of and
promotes growth and sustainability for Greater New Haven nonprofits.
Community Foundation funds help meet the match to be eligible for
federal funds.
FISH of Greater New Haven ($12,500) To
continue direct homebound distribution of food to 10,000 individuals
who are ill, aged, disabled (temporarily or long-term).
Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven ($30,000) To
support the Skills for Life program which provides construction skills
training and job readiness programming for young adults from New Haven
who are under the guardianship of Connecticut's Foster Care system.
Hamden Public Schools ($28,500) To
support a needs assessment for the in-school clinic at Church Street
Elementary for the purpose of providing integrated prevention services,
multidisciplinary assessments, and treatments for vulnerable and
at-risk preschool to sixth grade students who struggle with learning
disabilities in combination with social, emotional and behavioral
problems.
Harbor Health Services Inc. ($40,000) To
implement a nationally proven, evidence-based, process change and
improvement model that impacts administrative and clinical processes
and business care.
Housatonic Council, Boy Scouts of America ($32,500) To
support the construction of a handicapped-accessible shower and
lavatory facility capable of serving both male and female campers at
Strang Scout Reservation.
Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) ($40,000) To
provide general operating support for outreach and educational
programming to help refugees and other displaced people achieve
self-sufficiency.
International Festival of Arts & Ideas ($75,000) To provide general operating support for community-building civic engagement programs for the 2010 Festival.
Jewish Family Service of New Haven ($60,000) To provide general operating support for integrated programming of mental health services for the Greater New Haven community.
Junta for Progressive Action ($15,000) To
provide general operating support for services, programs and advocacy
that improve the social, political, and economic conditions of the
Latino community in Greater New Haven.
LEAP ($60,000) To provide general operating support for youth development and community engagement activities.
Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent Child Resource Center Inc. ($135,000) To
provide general operating support to promote, enhance and maintain
positive behavioral health of children and families in Lower Naugatuck
Valley.
Master's Manna Inc. ($21,000) To
provide general operating support to continue to serve the basic needs
of the community through a food pantry, free medical clinic, soup
kitchen, clothes closet and a diaper bank and eventually relocate to a
larger site.
New Haven Home Ownership Center ($20,000) To
provide general operating support for comprehensive counseling and
financial services to low- and moderate-income residents of the Greater
New Haven area who seek help navigating the process of buying their
first home, securing additional loans for home improvement projects,
and avoiding foreclosure.
New Haven Symphony Orchestra ($70,000) To
provide general operating support to continue the current schedule of
concerts, broadcasts, education and community engagement activities in
the Greater New Haven region.
Patrons of the New Haven Free Public Library ($10,000) To provide general operating support for the Readmobile.
Planned Parenthood of CT Inc. ($20,000) To support Teen Talk, a teen pregnancy prevention program.
Prevent Blindness Tri-State ($40,000) To
support the Healthy Eyes for Connecticut Kids Project which provides
vision screening, referral and follow up services for preschool
children from New Haven, Ansonia, Seymour, Derby and Shelton.
Project Access New Haven ($50,000) To support a coordinated system of donated specialty healthcare for eligible uninsured adults.
Rape Crisis Center of Milford Inc. ($45,000) To
provide general operating support for educational programming to end
sexual assault and for comprehensive and culturally competent sexual
assault victim services.
Salvation Army Ansonia Corps ($15,000) To
provide general operating support for comprehensive emergency
assistance in the forms of food, clothing, utilities and furniture
vouchers.
Schooner Inc. ($25,000) To
provide operating support for hands-on marine science educational
experiences on Long Island Sound and sailing programs on the tall ship,
the Quinnipiack.
Solar Youth ($65,000) To provide general operating support for environmental exploration, leadership and community service programming for youth.
Street Outreach Worker Program - City of New Haven ($185,000) To
support the Street Outreach Worker Program, a youth advocacy program to
prevent and reduce youth violence. This initiative is a collaboration
of the City of New Haven Community Services Administration, the New
Haven Police Department and New Haven Family Alliance.
STRIVE - New Haven ($70,000) To provide general operating support to prepare, train, place and support Greater New Haven residents in securing employment.
Student Parenting and Family Services Inc. ($35,000) To
support the Education for Independence Project which provides child
care, academic counseling and life skills education for teenage parents
in New Haven public schools.
TEAM Inc. ($67,500) To
support the Valley Family Resource Center which promotes strong
networks of resource, referral, and advocacy among families, schools,
and agencies to focus on quality and healthy development for all
children.
Valley Council for Health & Human Services - Valley United Way ($20,000) To
support the CARES (Community Assessment Research & Education for
Solutions) Initiative, a long-term project designed to track critical
information about community well-being in the Lower Naugatuck Valley
and utilize this information to address residents' needs.
Visiting Nurse Association of South Central CT ($135,734) To
support the Home Health Aide Training Program which creates easily
accessible and affordable means for low-income workers to be trained as
Certified Nurse's Aides or home health aides.
VNA Services ($45,000) To
support the Phelps Community Project which provides financial
assistance and health services in the form of counseling, home-health
aid, therapy and medical supplies for emergency assistance to Hamden
residents 60 years of age and older.
Women and Family Life Center ($15,000) To
provide general operating support to help women, youth and families
meet the challenges of daily living and personal development through
education, enrichment, support and referral services.
Workplace Inc. ($45,000) To
support an Emergency Grant Fund which will provide jobseekers and
under-employed Lower Naugatuck Valley residents with food, shelter,
clothing and other critical needs that can jeopardize their ability to
seek or retain employment.
Yale New Haven Hospital ($60,000) To
support care coordination services to pregnant women, particularly
African American women to improve birth outcomes as part of the New
Haven Healthy Start program.
Out-of-cycle Grants
ACES ($15,000) To support a match for a $30,000
grant from the CT Commission on Culture and Tourism for its Early
Learning Arts Program. Arts Fund
Beulah Heights First Pentacostal Church ($7,500) To
support the Social Integration Project which provides supportive
services to New Haven's homeless population during non-traditional
hours. Specifically, funds would be used for expenses related to the
Summer Academy. Caroline Silverthau Fund
Connecticut Children & Family Center f/b/o CTRIBAT Institute for Social Development Inc. ( $10,000)
For operating support to help CTRIBAT address male youth violence,
which continues to be prevalent and on the rise in New Haven. Peter
& Judith Shurman Fund
Literacy Volunteers for Greater New Haven ($50,000) To
provide general operating support to recruit, train and support
volunteers who work as literacy tutors at the Literacy Center at
Science Park. Unrestricted Funds
New Haven Legal Assistance ($50,000) To provide operating support to help bridge a budget gap and avert elimination of services.
Quinnipiac River Fund Grants
Catalyst Studios ($17,600) To support the completion and launch of Consider the Quinnipiac exhibit. The photo-based campaign is designed to raise awareness about the River and advance environmental advocacy on behalf of its waters and surrounding habitats.
Connecticut Northeast Organic Farmers Association ($9,000) To support residential organic landscaping workshops and website enhancements to better serve homeowners of the Quinnipiac River watershed in protecting their health and the environment.
Elm City Park Conservancy ($7,800) To reduce erosion in the Rip-Rap at the edge of the River in Quinnipiac Park.
Land Use Leadership Alliance (LULA) ($15,000) To support a four day training program for local land use leaders. The program will educate them on the scope of their jurisdiction, the flexibility they have under the law and tools for natural resource. It will also cover watershed protection and collaborative techniques including consensus building, facilitated decision-making, community participation and effective meeting management.
The New Haven Land Trust Inc. ($5,000) To support the Quinnipiac River Education and Access Program (QREAP) that brings increased public access and ecological research activities to the Quinnipiac Meadows/Eugene B. Fargegorge and Quinnipiac Ridge Preserves.
Quinnipiac River Watershed Association ($15,000) To support The Friends of the Quinnipiac Project to remedy the effects of poor land use practiced by managers and owners of riparian properties through outreach, education, training, public recognition and technical assistance.
University of New Haven, Dept. of Biology ($13,500) To support the assessment of the condition of macrofaunal communities in New Haven Harbor relative to selected environmental factors and the structure of the Harbor's benthic habitats. A comparison of the results will be made to available previous information to assess any long-term changes.
Watershed Partnership Inc. ($18,000) To support the Safe Grounds Campaign which helps reduce non-point source pollution from lawn pesticides and synthetic fertilizers in the Quinnipiac River watershed.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Administration ($8,000) To support investigations into the causes and implications of marsh drowning in the Quinnipiac River.
Yale University - Grant & Contract Administration ($12,000) To support the measurement of copper concentration and bioavailability throughout the Quinnipiac River system and its tributaries.
Valley Neighborhood Small Grants
Ansonia
Prendergast School Community Explorers ($1,000) To support the costs associated with bringing families with special needs children to a variety of local businesses to develop strategies that will help them to be successful in the community.
Bridge Ministry ($1,000) To support a Back To School Rally and Community Cook-out in August at the Tinney Center in Ansonia.
Ansonia Garden Club ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing a park bench, plants/flowers, potting soil, fertilizer and mulch to be used at the Main Street area of the Malus Park/Veterans Memorial.
Ansonia Historical Commission ($2,000) To support the costs associated with the repairing and restoring of the monument located outside of the Ansonia Public Library.
Ansonia High School Human Relations Club/Doyle Senior Center ($2,000) To support the cost of two intergenerational programs/dinners involving members of the Ansonia High School Human Relations Club and members of the Doyle Senior Center in Ansonia.
Assumption Church Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the costs associated with running Bereavement Group, CPR class and Children's Health & Safety Programs.
Ansonia Summer Youth Theater Club/Ansonia Community Action ($2,250) To support the costs associated with taking Valley children on various trips to places including the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat, Chevrolet Theatre and the Pequot Museum.
Kathleen C.B. Samela Food Bank/Christ Church ($2,200) To support the cost of purchasing office equipment for the Ansonia Food Bank which has relocated to Christ Church.
Annual Thanksgiving Basket Committee/Star of Bethlehem Church ($2,500) Funds are requested to support the cost of purchasing perishable, non-perishable food items and supplies to create Thanksgiving baskets to be given out to 50 needy families.
Friends of Gattison Park ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing yard equipment like shovels & rakes, refreshments, paint, paint supplies, plants and flowers.
Ansonia Cultural Commission ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing various materials for the festival including hay, corn stalks, mums and trophies, ribbons.
Ansonia High School PTSO ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing raffle prizes to be given out to participating High School students.
Valley NAACP/Valley Parish Nurse Program ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing screening supplies, decorations, educational materials, refreshments, bike helmets and car seats.
Riverside Tenants' Association ($2,500) To support the cost of purchasing various supplies to be used by children at the Tinney Community Center as well as to help cover the costs associated with on 5 field trips.
YET (Youth Empowerment Team) Program ($1,500) To support the costs associated with the 3rd Annual Back to School Family Cook-out.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters ($1,500) To support the continuation of youth activities for students at Prendergast Elementary School paired with students from Ansonia High School.
Derby
Derby Historical Society ($3,000) To match a 2008 grant from the Connecticut Humanities Council Cultural Heritage Development Fund to organize the historical collection.
Derby Neck Needlers/Derby Neck Library ($1,500) To support the cost of securing a contract with two illustrators, purchasing various art supplies and printing expenses.
Friends of the Derby Public Library/Derby Public Library ($1,040) To support the cost of purchasing activity mats, hula-hoops, various resource books, four yoga classes and a nutrition program for children.
Oxford
Oxford Historical Society, Inc. ($3,000) To support the electrical upgrades to the Twitchell-Rowland Homestead, the future site of the Oxford Historical Society and a museum.
Oxford High School Booster Club, Inc. ($1,000) To support the costs associated with running the Post Prom event.
Oxford Cultural Arts Commission ($2,200) To support the advertising and printing needs associated with a winter concert, 4 summer concerts, 6 art education mini-events and the grand opening of a "Gallery of Art".
Youth Conservation Corps ($1,500) To support the costs associated with the student volunteers learning, working and contributing to The Weir Farm.
Oxford Land Trust, Inc. ($1,885) To support the costs associated with purchasing 7 stainless steel signs and 7 pressure treated boards.
Seymour
Police Department - Community Resource Division ($1,850) To support a collaboration between the Seymour Police Department's Community Resource Division and the Valley Substance Abuse Action Council in planning and implementing the Citizen's Police Academy.
Great Hill United Methodist Church Parish Nurse Program ($2,385) To support the costs for battery/pads for AED, refreshments, educational materials, knitting supplies, screening supplies and presenter fees.
Seymour Oxford Rotary Club ($350) To help support the cost of dinner for the honorees, their families and guests.
Shelton
Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley ($1,000) To support the cost of producing a monthly newspaper that is written, edited and published by children.
Shelton School Readiness Council ($1,500) To support five speakers/lecturers and various materials to be distributed to attendees at the roundtable discussions.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the cost of running a program designed to teach mothers the importance of spending quality time with their children.
United Anime Clubs of the Shelton Library System ($940.92) To support the cost of purchasing video equipment, marketing, refreshments, and equipment rental for the "premiere" showing during Shelton's BIG Read event(s).
Sutter-Terlizzi Post 16 American Legion ($1,125) To support the cost of sending 10 High School juniors to the American Legion Boys State program.
Shelton Historical Society ($1,500) To support the cost of painting the exterior of Trap Fall School.
Valley-Wide
Antoinette's House Residents ($719.98) To support the cost of purchasing a freezer to be used by women & children living at a domestic shelter run by The Umbrella.
The Nurturing Families Network Parenting Group/The Visiting Nurse Assoc. ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing hot meals to serve to families who participate in the Nurturing Families Parenting Network Group.
Friends of the Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center ($2,500) To support the costs associated with running a yearlong Nature & Arts program.
North Star/The Parent/Child Resource Center ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing office equipment and supplies.
Valley Historical Research Committee ($2,565) To support the cost of publishing a biography of Henry Shelton Sanford.
Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley ($1,000) To support the cost of producing a theatrical production with children.
Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley - Keystone Club ($1,000) To support the cost of a finance program for teens to help them better manage their money.
The Salvation Army Ansonia Corps ($1,800) To support the cost of an educational trip for youth to Hillside Equestrian Meadows and a week long overnight camp for youth.
Diabetes Education & Support Group/Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,000) To support the cost of running an educational support group.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($1,500) To support the cost of printing 1,500 calendars to be distributed to households across the valley.
Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International ($2,000) To help support sending 17 girls from Valley Schools to the Annual Laurel Girls State Conference at Eastern Connecticut State University.
Ansonia High School National Honor Society ($1,853.98) To support the cost of purchasing various computer equipment including a Gateway Convertible PC, an overhead projector and a Doteasy web page.
Valley Arts Council, INC. ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing paint brushes, tarps, lighting, hardware, cleaning supplies, two signs and substrate for the signs.
Valley Parish Nurse Program ($2,000) To support the cost of purchasing decorations, bike helmets, educational materials, refreshments, various supplies and table rentals.
Ansonia High School Life Skills Center ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing stamps, train fare, food, and other various items, which would give students an independent living experience.
Ansonia Rescue Medical Services ($1,500) To support the costs associated with running CPR trainings.
St. Joseph Catholic Church - Ansonia Parish Nurse Program ($1,195) To support the cost of purchasing blood pressure equipment, stethoscopes, medical/health related literature and CPR/AED training for 20 people.
Valley Council for Health and Human Services ($1,500) To support the costs associated with two Community Conversations.
Howe Avenue Residential Supervised Housing ($1,500) To support the costs associated with building a deck in the back yard and purchasing a patio set to be used by residents.
American Red Cross, Valley Chapter ($1,000) To support the cost of purchasing 1,500 vials to be distributed to roughly 1,250 households. The "Vials of Life" will contain important medical information to be accessed by emergency personal in the event of a medical emergency.
Family and Children's Aid/The Shelton Safe Home for Children ($1,500) To support the cost of purchasing a Highlander Swing Set.
Valley United Way High School Volunteer Council ($2,000) To help support the cost of transporting students to local schools for 10 meetings.
PACK ($1,558) To support the costs associated with the convening of monthly Community Messenger Meetings.
Valley YMCA ($1,000) To support the costs of purchasing equipment for the Community Center Room.
Community Women & Heart Disease Committee/Valley Parish Nurse Program ($750) To support the costs associated with providing 50 women with complimentary tickets to the Annual Women & Heart Disease Program.
Alumni Association-LNV Boys & Girls Club ($750) To support the cost of a yearly carnival open to the community.
Paugassett Lodge 553 Order of the Arrow/Housatonic Counsil B.S.A. ($2,791.06) To support the costs associated with stripping the existing 40-year-old roof and re-roofing the Tierney building, which is used as a Camp Headquarters, Handicraft Lodge and Computer Learning Center.
The Youth CONNection/Center Stage Theater ($2,791.06) To support the costs of posters and print advertisement, coping, postage and design services.