Organization Category: Health

HEALTHYCT

As a member-driven non-profit, our mission is to provide Connecticut residents with comprehensive health insurance and easy access to quality healthcare. We’re committed to developing an innovative, progressive health plan that supports the delivery of patient-centered care for individuals, families and businesses.

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ALLIANCE FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY

ACGT is committed to building alliances between philanthropic individuals and organizations, and medical and academic institutions, to promote gene therapy research to combat cancer. To this end, ACGT will identify, fund and monitor innovative research that meets a rigorous set of scientific standards, and has the potential, in the foreseeable future, to treat cancers of […]

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THE ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER – CONNECTICUT OFFICE

The Arthritis Foundation Northern and Southern New England chapter serves five New England states- Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Foundation provides services to over 1.5 million residents who have arthritis, chronic joint pain or one of the 126 related diseases. We support $1.9 million in arthritis research grants in our chapter […]

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CONNECTICUT RENAISSANCE

Since 1967 Connecticut Renaissance has provided quality substance abuse and mental health treatment to men, women, and adolescents throughout the state of Connecticut. Through programs run by a compassionate, committed, results-oriented team of counselors, therapists and administrators, Renaissance has earned the reputation as a leader in Evidence-Based Treatment practices, and continues to break new ground […]

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BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL – CHILD FIRST

Child First helps struggling families build strong, nurturing relationships that heal and protect young children from the devastating impact of trauma and chronic stress. We use a two-generation approach, providing psychotherapy to parents and children together in their homes, and connecting them with the services they need to make healthy child development possible. Research shows […]

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CHILD AND FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER

Founded in 1925, The Child and Family Guidance Center is a child-centered, family-focused, and community-based agency that offers high-quality mental health care to children under the age of 18 and their families. Providing practical, emotional and financial assistance to Connecticut families of children in treatment for cancer through programs and services that meet the unique and […]

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AMERICARES FREE CLINICS

Provides a 40-foot mobile unit with two examination rooms. Clinic patients receive comprehensive health care including medications, lab work and diagnostic testing all at no cost. Stamford Hospital provides free diagnostic services including X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs; Quest diagnostics provides free laboratory testing for patients.

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WELLSPRING

Wellspring and the Arch Bridge School’s approach in all of its programs is founded on a belief in the uniqueness and dignity of the individual. We strive always to see, know, and reach the essential person in our care. What we seek in therapy, counseling and education is not external social adjustment alone, but to […]

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GREENWICH HOSPITAL – SACKLER CENTER FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT

Greenwich Hospital’s Sackler Center for Pain Management offers highly individualized inpatient and outpatient care to help people lead productive, enjoyable lives, free of the complications of chronic pain. Because each person perceives pain differently, patients are encouraged to be active partners in their care. Continued personal involvement is key to proper diagnosis and the most […]

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THE WITNESS PROJECT OF CONNECTICUT

Founded in 2002, the Witness Project serves underserved women in Bridgeport, Norwalk and Stamford and provides culturally sensitive breast health education, patient navigation services for uninsured women and sponsors mammography screening days in the community. All of these efforts combined help facilitate early detection which is key to survival of breast cancer. The Witness Project […]

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ONESIGHT

Eye exams and glasses are provided for people who are low income and are without insurance that covers vision care. Contact the local store – LensCrafters, Pearle Vision, Sears Optical or Target Optical – for details on eligibility and application requirements of the OneSight program.

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CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER

The Crisis Pregnancy Center is a Christian Prolife Center that assists women to make life-affirming decisions by helping them to make plans to keep and parent their babies, or to make an adoption plan by providing them with compassionate and loving emotional, physical and spiritual support. The CPC is a non-profit Christian organization and does not generate any […]

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