The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) announces it will open the FY 2022 Nonprofit Grant Program RFP for Letters of Interest (LOI) on October 27, 2021.  The LOI process will be open through December 3, 2021 at 1:00 p.m.  Organizations whose mission statement AND the capital project or program are related to CHEFA’s four grantmaking priorities of childcare, culture, education, and healthcare (as […]

CHEFA anticipates the FY 2022 Targeted Grant Program will open with a LOI process in the June/July 2021 timeframe. At that time details of the statewide program will be provided to potential applicants. A full application process for selected LOIs will commence in the September/October 2021 timeframe. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

CHEFA awarded the Working Cities Challenge (WCC) a $250,000 grant through our FY 2020 Targeted Grant Program. The Working Cities Challenge is a program of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and is focused on the revitalization of post-industrial cities. The program is operating in the cities of Hartford, East Hartford, Middletown, Waterbury and Danbury. […]

As part of our FY 2019 Nonprofit Grant Program CHEFA awarded Oak Hill/CT Institute for the Blind a grant in the amount of $73,947 for medical equipment and facility upgrades for people with disabilities and chronic health issues. This grant provided needed assistance to a young girl, who has a disability and requires assistive technology […]

FY 2021 CHEFA COVID-19 Grant Program Awards Summary

Wednesday June 24, 2020 – The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) Board of Directors awarded $3M in grants as part of the newly established FY 2021 CHEFA COVID-19 Grant Program. Jeanette W. Weldon, CHEFA Executive Director stated, “Many Connecticut residents are suffering as a result of the COVID crisis. These CHEFA grants will […]

May 20, 2020-The Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) awarded more than $1 million in grants to assist education, healthcare, childcare, and cultural organizations throughout Connecticut.   The eighteen awards provide grants to entities in four out of the eight Connecticut counties, including: Hartford, New Haven, New London, and Fairfield. In addition, two grants will […]

In an effort to support workforce and economic development in the State of Connecticut, the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA or Authority), is proud to announce a major commitment to statewide workforce initiatives. CHEFA’s Board of Directors met on January 15th and awarded FY 2020 Targeted Grant Program grants totaling $1 Million Dollars to four […]

Alumna of the Radiologic Technology Program joined in a ribbon cutting for a new lab at Capital, including the administrative director and managers of Medical Imagining at ECHN hospitals. From left: Samantha Bourbeau, Agnieszka Dziiubinski, Jillian Menzel with Program Coordinator Paul Creech and Christina Gallignano. A newly renovated Radiologic Technology Laboratory opened in the fall […]