GIH Bulletin

CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (Owings Mills, MD) awarded a $50,000 grant to the Independent College Fund of Maryland (I-Fund) (Baltimore) as part of a regional initiative aimed at increasing college graduation among students with a financial need who are majoring in the health and life science fields.

Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) announced nearly $2 million in grants to 16 California-based organizations that support the needs of the state’s aging population.

Connecticut Health Foundation (New Britain) announced intended funding to support the development of systems that will identify low-income pregnant women or women contemplating pregnancy, promote their oral health, and provide pathways to establish ongoing dental homes for their continued care.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation (Detroit) awarded a $92,318 grant to the State of Michigan Department of Community Health (Lansing) to supplement the Prostate Cancer Research Fund, which was established to promote research on prostate health throughout Michigan.

Archstone Foundation (Long Beach, CA) announced the approval of 14 grants for more than $1 million to California-based organizations that address the
needs of older adults.

Aetna Foundation (Harford, CT) awarded a $331,000 grant to Engelberg Center for Health Reform at the Brookings Institution (Washington, DC) to help the center explore innovative approaches to implementing and evaluating value-based purchasing programs

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation (Chapel Hill) awarded a three-year, $610,000 grant to the North Carolina Dental Health Fund of the North Carolina Dental Society (Cary).

Aetna Foundation (Hartford, CT) and Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (CT) awarded approximately $720,000 to fund two obesity awareness and prevention programs at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (Farmington).

Aetna Foundation, Inc. (Hartford, CT) announced two grants totaling $250,000 as part of its continuing efforts to establish racial and ethnic equity in health and health care.

The Blue Foundation for a Healthy Florida, Inc. (Jacksonville) announced grants to 11 Florida nonprofits as part of its biannual IMPACT Health Care (Improving Access to Health Care) grants program.