GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: New Haven Register

The New Haven Register reports that four foundations pledged a total of $615,000 to underwrite the costs to implement the SustiNet health plan, Connecticut’s public insurance option. SustiNet was adopted in 2009 by the Connecticut legislature, which also overrode a veto by Governor M. Jodi Rell, but funds for the program’s implementation were never allocated.

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Featuring work by the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, with support from the Jessie B. Cox Charitable Trust.

RESEARCH IN ACTION

A report by Corporate Accountability International as part of its national public education and action campaign, Think Outside the Bottle, outlines bottled water spending in nine states, maps trends in public water system investments and examines the additional costs associated with water bottling.

The report recommends the elimination of all unnecessary state spending on bottled water and calls for renewed investments in the nation’s public water systems.

Author: Public Accountability International

Date: March 2009

Contact: Kristin Urquiza: info @ stopcorporate abuse.org

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Featuring Corporate Accountability International, a grantee of the Jessie B. Cox Trust

GRANTEES IN THE NEWS

Source: Shelterforce Magazine

Shelterforce Magzine describes the potential crisis looming in affordable housing as a large number of mortgages subsidized by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are set to expire in the next few years. Without action by government and tenants, many owners could choose to convert their units to market-rate, which would decrease the already small pool of  affordable housing available. Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants is profiled in the article for its work organizing tenants living in HUD housing.

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Featuring Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants, a grantee of the Herman and Frieda L. Miller Foundation.