Connecticut Health Foundation
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Our vision is that Connecticut's next generation will be free from racial & ethnic health disparities.
The 2026 legislative session begins today in Connecticut.
These are the policy efforts we'll be watching closely:
-Access to health care coverage
-Sustainable funding for community health workers
-Maternal health
Read more about these areas here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
These are the policy efforts we'll be watching closely:
-Access to health care coverage
-Sustainable funding for community health workers
-Maternal health
Read more about these areas here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Key policy efforts we're focusing on in 2026 | CT Health Foundation
February 4, 2026 | Blog Post: As the 2026 legislative session kicks off, there are a few policy areas we will be watching. These include: Access to health care coverage This year
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February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The 2026 legislative session begins today in Connecticut.
These are the policy efforts we'll be watching closely:
-Access to health care coverage
-Sustainable funding for community health workers
-Maternal health
Read more about these areas here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
These are the policy efforts we'll be watching closely:
-Access to health care coverage
-Sustainable funding for community health workers
-Maternal health
Read more about these areas here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
In this week's health news roundup:
-New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities.
-Immigration enforcement drives health concerns in CT.
-A new tool in CT to track emergency department overcrowding.
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities.
-Immigration enforcement drives health concerns in CT.
-A new tool in CT to track emergency department overcrowding.
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
January 30, 2026 at 7:20 PM
In this week's health news roundup:
-New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities.
-Immigration enforcement drives health concerns in CT.
-A new tool in CT to track emergency department overcrowding.
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-New evidence shows how discrimination shortens lives in Black communities.
-Immigration enforcement drives health concerns in CT.
-A new tool in CT to track emergency department overcrowding.
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
In this week's health news roundup:
-Food insecurity on the rise in Connecticut
-Cuts to Medicaid threaten children’s health
-How one city is trying to combat poor maternal health outcomes
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-Food insecurity on the rise in Connecticut
-Cuts to Medicaid threaten children’s health
-How one city is trying to combat poor maternal health outcomes
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
January 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM
In this week's health news roundup:
-Food insecurity on the rise in Connecticut
-Cuts to Medicaid threaten children’s health
-How one city is trying to combat poor maternal health outcomes
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-Food insecurity on the rise in Connecticut
-Cuts to Medicaid threaten children’s health
-How one city is trying to combat poor maternal health outcomes
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Today is #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay.
Pregnancy and childbirth should be safe for everyone, but in the U.S. there are far too many maternal deaths, most of which are preventable.
Pregnancy and childbirth should be safe for everyone, but in the U.S. there are far too many maternal deaths, most of which are preventable.
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Today is #MaternalHealthAwarenessDay.
Pregnancy and childbirth should be safe for everyone, but in the U.S. there are far too many maternal deaths, most of which are preventable.
Pregnancy and childbirth should be safe for everyone, but in the U.S. there are far too many maternal deaths, most of which are preventable.
In great company at Families USA's Health Action Conference!
Members of the CT Health team are joined by our grantees Hartford Health Initiative, Make the Road CT, PT Partners, The New American Dream Foundation, Nonprofit Accountability Group, and Christian Community Action.
Members of the CT Health team are joined by our grantees Hartford Health Initiative, Make the Road CT, PT Partners, The New American Dream Foundation, Nonprofit Accountability Group, and Christian Community Action.
January 22, 2026 at 7:17 PM
In great company at Families USA's Health Action Conference!
Members of the CT Health team are joined by our grantees Hartford Health Initiative, Make the Road CT, PT Partners, The New American Dream Foundation, Nonprofit Accountability Group, and Christian Community Action.
Members of the CT Health team are joined by our grantees Hartford Health Initiative, Make the Road CT, PT Partners, The New American Dream Foundation, Nonprofit Accountability Group, and Christian Community Action.
In this week's health news roundup:
-Fewer Americans signing up for ACA health insurance as costs increase.
-24 hours of chaos after federal grants for mental health and addiction programs were cut off then restored.
-Confusing results of new pulse oximeter study
-Fewer Americans signing up for ACA health insurance as costs increase.
-24 hours of chaos after federal grants for mental health and addiction programs were cut off then restored.
-Confusing results of new pulse oximeter study
January 16, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In this week's health news roundup:
-Fewer Americans signing up for ACA health insurance as costs increase.
-24 hours of chaos after federal grants for mental health and addiction programs were cut off then restored.
-Confusing results of new pulse oximeter study
-Fewer Americans signing up for ACA health insurance as costs increase.
-24 hours of chaos after federal grants for mental health and addiction programs were cut off then restored.
-Confusing results of new pulse oximeter study
Marcella Nunez-Smith sat down with Yale School of Medicine to answer questions about our maternal health equity blueprint.
She talks about how the blueprint was created, why it focuses on severe maternal morbidity, and what's next.
Read her answers here: medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
She talks about how the blueprint was created, why it focuses on severe maternal morbidity, and what's next.
Read her answers here: medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
Reducing Maternal Morbidity in Connecticut: A Q&A With Marcella Nunez-Smith, MD
YSM spoke with Marcella Nunez-Smith about a new Connecticut Health Foundation initiative to promote maternal health equity in Connecticut.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Marcella Nunez-Smith sat down with Yale School of Medicine to answer questions about our maternal health equity blueprint.
She talks about how the blueprint was created, why it focuses on severe maternal morbidity, and what's next.
Read her answers here: medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
She talks about how the blueprint was created, why it focuses on severe maternal morbidity, and what's next.
Read her answers here: medicine.yale.edu/news-article...
We are thrilled to welcome Jennifer Muggeo to our board of directors!
Jennifer is the director of health for the Ledge Light Health District. We are grateful for her commitment to health equity and are excited to have her join our board.
Read more here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Jennifer is the director of health for the Ledge Light Health District. We are grateful for her commitment to health equity and are excited to have her join our board.
Read more here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Connecticut Health Foundation names Jennifer Muggeo to board of directors | CT Health Foundation
January 8, 2026 | News Release: The Connecticut Health Foundation has named Jennifer Muggeo to its board of directors. Muggeo is the director of health for the Ledge Light Health District, the local h...
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January 8, 2026 at 8:00 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Jennifer Muggeo to our board of directors!
Jennifer is the director of health for the Ledge Light Health District. We are grateful for her commitment to health equity and are excited to have her join our board.
Read more here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Jennifer is the director of health for the Ledge Light Health District. We are grateful for her commitment to health equity and are excited to have her join our board.
Read more here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
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Dr. Janell Green Smith's death has renewed attention to long-standing inequities in maternal health outcomes in the United States. https://bit.ly/4ss35ua
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Dr. Janell Green Smith's death has renewed attention to long-standing inequities in maternal health outcomes in the United States. https://bit.ly/4ss35ua
Last week, we held a launch event for the maternal health equity blueprint for Connecticut.
We were fortunate to be joined by people from across the state who are dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes.
We were fortunate to be joined by people from across the state who are dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes.
December 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Last week, we held a launch event for the maternal health equity blueprint for Connecticut.
We were fortunate to be joined by people from across the state who are dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes.
We were fortunate to be joined by people from across the state who are dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes.
"The birthing experience should be wonderful for everyone, and our goal is to make sure we have the right policies and practices in place so that individuals can have the best birthing experience in our state," said CT Health President and CEO Tiffany Donelson.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"The birthing experience should be wonderful for everyone, and our goal is to make sure we have the right policies and practices in place so that individuals can have the best birthing experience in our state," said CT Health President and CEO Tiffany Donelson.
In this week's health news roundup:
-Work requirements threaten access to SNAP
-How slow mail delivery can hurt medication access
-A push in CT to make a new treatment more accessible
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-Work requirements threaten access to SNAP
-How slow mail delivery can hurt medication access
-A push in CT to make a new treatment more accessible
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In this week's health news roundup:
-Work requirements threaten access to SNAP
-How slow mail delivery can hurt medication access
-A push in CT to make a new treatment more accessible
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-Work requirements threaten access to SNAP
-How slow mail delivery can hurt medication access
-A push in CT to make a new treatment more accessible
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
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As Medicaid changes soon begin to take effect due to H.R.1 and other recent federal policy changes, Tiffany Donelson, President and CEO of @cthealth.org, wrote a Views from the Field article about roles for philanthropy. Read more 👇
Roles for Philanthropy as Medicaid Changes Take Effect - Grantmakers In Health
For those of us who have worked toward health equity, who have spent the past few years building toward incremental gains and pushing for larger change, the events of this year can feel like one big…
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December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As Medicaid changes soon begin to take effect due to H.R.1 and other recent federal policy changes, Tiffany Donelson, President and CEO of @cthealth.org, wrote a Views from the Field article about roles for philanthropy. Read more 👇
In this week's health news roundup:
-Severe maternal morbidity in Connecticut
-Maternal distress in plain sight
-A link between financial stress and mental health issues
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-Severe maternal morbidity in Connecticut
-Maternal distress in plain sight
-A link between financial stress and mental health issues
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In this week's health news roundup:
-Severe maternal morbidity in Connecticut
-Maternal distress in plain sight
-A link between financial stress and mental health issues
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-Severe maternal morbidity in Connecticut
-Maternal distress in plain sight
-A link between financial stress and mental health issues
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Ahead of changes to Medicaid, our president and CEO is sharing her thoughts on what role philanthropy can take to minimize harm to communities.
Read Tiffany Donelson's Views From the Field for @gihealth.bsky.social here: www.gih.org/views-from-t...
Read Tiffany Donelson's Views From the Field for @gihealth.bsky.social here: www.gih.org/views-from-t...
Roles for Philanthropy as Medicaid Changes Take Effect - Grantmakers In Health
For those of us who have worked toward health equity, who have spent the past few years building toward incremental gains and pushing for larger change, the events of this year can feel like one big b...
www.gih.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ahead of changes to Medicaid, our president and CEO is sharing her thoughts on what role philanthropy can take to minimize harm to communities.
Read Tiffany Donelson's Views From the Field for @gihealth.bsky.social here: www.gih.org/views-from-t...
Read Tiffany Donelson's Views From the Field for @gihealth.bsky.social here: www.gih.org/views-from-t...
In this week’s health news roundup:
- Meet the newly insured
- Americans anxious about health care costs
- Will Prospect hospital mergers lead to higher costs?
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- Meet the newly insured
- Americans anxious about health care costs
- Will Prospect hospital mergers lead to higher costs?
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In this week’s health news roundup:
- Meet the newly insured
- Americans anxious about health care costs
- Will Prospect hospital mergers lead to higher costs?
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- Meet the newly insured
- Americans anxious about health care costs
- Will Prospect hospital mergers lead to higher costs?
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Connecticut ranks in the bottom half of the nation in life-threatening complications of pregnancy. There are steps we can take to change this. The blueprint for maternal health equity offers a way forward.
Read the blueprint:
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
Read the blueprint:
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Connecticut ranks in the bottom half of the nation in life-threatening complications of pregnancy. There are steps we can take to change this. The blueprint for maternal health equity offers a way forward.
Read the blueprint:
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
Read the blueprint:
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
We are excited to present Maternal Health Equity: A Blueprint for Connecticut.
The blueprint aims to reduce life-threatening complications of pregnancy in Black women, and outlines steps our state can take now to make progress.
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
The blueprint aims to reduce life-threatening complications of pregnancy in Black women, and outlines steps our state can take now to make progress.
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We are excited to present Maternal Health Equity: A Blueprint for Connecticut.
The blueprint aims to reduce life-threatening complications of pregnancy in Black women, and outlines steps our state can take now to make progress.
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
The blueprint aims to reduce life-threatening complications of pregnancy in Black women, and outlines steps our state can take now to make progress.
www.cthealth.org/publication/...
In this week's health news roundup:
-A series on Connecticut’s unhoused population
-Health disparities among cancer patients
-Medicaid cuts' impact on working disabled residents
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-A series on Connecticut’s unhoused population
-Health disparities among cancer patients
-Medicaid cuts' impact on working disabled residents
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
In this week's health news roundup:
-A series on Connecticut’s unhoused population
-Health disparities among cancer patients
-Medicaid cuts' impact on working disabled residents
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
-A series on Connecticut’s unhoused population
-Health disparities among cancer patients
-Medicaid cuts' impact on working disabled residents
Read these stories and others here: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
In this week’s health news roundup:
- Multiple myeloma treatments are improving, but disparities persist
- CT law faces challenge as feds try to undo medical debt protections
- How one company plans to profit from Medicaid cuts
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- Multiple myeloma treatments are improving, but disparities persist
- CT law faces challenge as feds try to undo medical debt protections
- How one company plans to profit from Medicaid cuts
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In this week’s health news roundup:
- Multiple myeloma treatments are improving, but disparities persist
- CT law faces challenge as feds try to undo medical debt protections
- How one company plans to profit from Medicaid cuts
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- Multiple myeloma treatments are improving, but disparities persist
- CT law faces challenge as feds try to undo medical debt protections
- How one company plans to profit from Medicaid cuts
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- 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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- 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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
We're excited to share our latest grants:
- Griffin Hospital's efforts to improve maternal health care
- Trusted messengers sharing information about changes in health care coverage
- Advocacy to ensure that all CT residents have access to health coverage
www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- Griffin Hospital's efforts to improve maternal health care
- Trusted messengers sharing information about changes in health care coverage
- Advocacy to ensure that all CT residents have access to health coverage
www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
Grant will support maternal health care delivery model | CT Health Foundation
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 improv...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We're excited to share our latest grants:
- Griffin Hospital's efforts to improve maternal health care
- Trusted messengers sharing information about changes in health care coverage
- Advocacy to ensure that all CT residents have access to health coverage
www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- Griffin Hospital's efforts to improve maternal health care
- Trusted messengers sharing information about changes in health care coverage
- Advocacy to ensure that all CT residents have access to health coverage
www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
In this week’s health news roundup:
- SNAP benefits poised to stop Nov. 1
- Mental health, care access, and trust worsening
- ICE is detaining pregnant immigrants against federal policy
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- SNAP benefits poised to stop Nov. 1
- Mental health, care access, and trust worsening
- ICE is detaining pregnant immigrants against federal policy
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In this week’s health news roundup:
- SNAP benefits poised to stop Nov. 1
- Mental health, care access, and trust worsening
- ICE is detaining pregnant immigrants against federal policy
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- SNAP benefits poised to stop Nov. 1
- Mental health, care access, and trust worsening
- ICE is detaining pregnant immigrants against federal policy
Read these stories and more: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- 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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
October 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- 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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- 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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...
- 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: www.cthealth.org/latest-news/...