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The Colorado Foundation for Public Health and the Environment is a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) corporation, formed in 1993 exclusively for charitable and educational purposes to:

Complement the activities, providing professional and technical consultation as needed, of existing public and private organizations which improve the health of Coloradans and the environment that affects their health
Help public and private sector groups develop, plan, seek to fund, manage and evaluate projects and programs that match our basic purpose
Assist those people, partnerships and organizations that develop creative and potentially valuable programs and need assistance with requesting or managing the funds.

Our Vision:

All Coloradans have the opportunity to be healthy and live in a healthy environment

Our Mission:

The Colorado Foundation for Pubilc Health and the Environment works with people and organizations to develop and manage projects to protect and improve the public's health and the environment in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.

Current Projects

Colorado Clinical Translation and Science Institute (Community Engagement Core)

Funding Source:

National Institute of Health via Colorado Clinical Translational Science Institute (CCTSI); The CCTSI Community Engagement Core is supported by NIH/NCRR Colorado CTSI Grant Number UL1 RR025780.

Description:

The Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI) is a collaborative enterprise between University of Colorado Denver, University of Colorado at Boulder, six affiliated hospitals and health care organizations, and multiple community organizations with a goal to accelerate the translation of research discoveries into improved patient care and public health. The CCTSI was created in 2008 with funding from the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) initiative of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Community Engagement is critical to increase the reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of clinical and translational research. Accordingly, the Community Engagement (CE) Core of the CCTSI endeavors to transform the existing community research infrastructure using community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles while building capacity in our community-academic partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to reduce health disparities in the Rocky Mountain Region through targeted investments in community translational research, followed by wider dissemination of successful practices. A dynamic Partnership of Academicians and Communities for Translation (PACT) guides the work of the CE Core while facilitating bidirectional exchange between communities and academic programs. The CE Core has engaged 20 existing community-academic partnerships in the PACT, which encompasses more than 4 million community members, including rural, minority and underserved populations.