Connecticut grants
program: health

 


Improving the Health of Connecticut's Communities

Aetna's partnerships with the state's nonprofits have included a community-wide collaborative effort that helped significantly improve on-time immunization rates for Hartford's children; the Aetna Foundation Children's Center, created with St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, to help prevent and treat child abuse; and the Child Health Data Center, funded by the Aetna Foundation at Connecticut Children's Medical Center (CCMC), which provides state and nonprofit organizations with crucial child health information.

 

Easing Trauma and Suffering

Aetna led a fundraising effort to help Hartford Hospital extend the reach of specialized palliative and end-of-life care its patients and their families receive. With a $295,000 multiyear grant, Aetna supported a partnership between the hospital, and the American Trauma Society--resulting in a best-practice model for end-of-life care in a trauma setting.

 

Keeping Kids Healthy and Learning

The Aetna Foundation was proud to provide $85,000 to establish health clinics at Hartford's Weaver and Bulkeley high schools, which provides students with crucial health services during school hours. A $250,000 grant to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC), is helping expand its Easy Breathing childhood asthma program, which has become a national model for asthma care and prevention. Aetna marked its 150th anniversary with a series of activities, one of which was a lead role in helping the CCMC raise nearly $300,000 to expand its pediatric intensive care unit.

 

Raising Awareness of Health Risks

In 2008, Aetna continued support of the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women Luncheon. The Aetna Foundation’s $35,000 sponsorship will continue to support the organization’s campaign to raise awareness about heart disease, the nation’s number one cause of death among women.

 

Building Diversity in Health Professions

The Aetna Foundation has made a $2 million commitment to endow the Aetna Health Professions Partnership Initiative at the UConn Health Center. This initiative builds interest in health professions among disadvantaged students from middle school through college. In addition, retired Aetna executive chairman, Dr. John W. Rowe, current chairman of the UConn Board of Trustees, and his wife, Valerie, made a $1.5 million personal contribution to establish a program to enrich the academic experience for honor students pursuing health profession-related majors at UConn.