Grants Support Vital Programs
The grants received during the last half of fiscal year 2015 and the first half of fiscal year 2016, totaling $290,050, include:
Altrusa International, Inc. NECT
$500 to support the availability of Narcan for clients and their families
Chelsea Groton Foundation
$1,000 to provide Mental Health First Aid Training for the community
Community Foundation of Eastern CT
$6,000 to create the IICAPS Emergency Fund for clients
The Connecticut Health Foundation
$100,000 to support Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration
Charter Oak Federal Credit Union
$1,500 to support the creation of an auto-detail educational track at Joshua Center Thames Valley
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
$25,000 to support the education and training to staff to diagnose and treat gambling addiction
The ECSU Foundation
Luncheon on March 24, 2016, attended by almost 100 people, generated $9,000. Over nine years, the annual ECSU Foundation luncheons have raised a more than $100,000 for Natchaug Hospital education programs.
Hartford Dispensary
$25,000, to support an American Board of Addiction Medicine Fellowship
Johnson Family Foundation
$20,000, to support renovations to the new Sachem House program building
$20,000 to support client needs
Jeffrey P. Ossen Family Foundation
$12,500, to support the purchase of two sensory machines for use on the inpatient units
Office of Policy and Management
$75,000, to support renovations to the new Sachem House program building
Frank Loomis Palmer Fund
$5,000 to provide Mental Health First Aid training for the community
The Leo and Rose Pageau Trust
$3,000 to support desk replacement and classroom education technology at Joshua Center Windham CDT School
Putnam Bank Foundation
$1,000 to provide therapeutic rocking chair replacements
SBM Charitable Foundation
$3,000 to support the installation of sound reduction equipment in the Journey House gym
Soroptimist International of Willimantic
$550 to support Trauma Sensitive Yoga for Journey House Residents
Swindells Charitable Foundation
$2,000 for a clothing fund for clients at the Joshua Center Windham CDT School and the child and adolescent inpatient units