PATH In North Branford Receives $25K Grant From CT Health Foundation

NORTH BRANFORD, CT —Parents Available to Help, the Northford-based nonprofit organization which provides informational and emotional support to families who have a child with developmental or health-related needs, has received a $25,000 grant from the Connecticut Health Foundation.

The funds are part of 39 grants totaling $1.4 million given to organizations and health departments around the state this quarter.

Parents Available to Help will use this funding for its Family Caregivers as Community Leaders Project. The project offers family caregivers training and certification to become community health workers. A focus of the project will be to recruit family caregivers from marginalized communities who have children or youth with special health care needs and who identify as people of color.

"We know community health workers are extremely valuable when it comes to improving health outcomes. Our hope is these programs will also show the value of these roles within local health departments when given the latitude to be responsive to the needs of community members," said Connecticut Health Foundation President and CEO Tiffany Donelson in a news release. "Expanding community health worker services in public settings can help the state make even more progress toward eliminating health disparities."