(August 2011) (DENVER) - The Caring for Colorado Foundation is providing 53 grants totaling $2.3 million to non-profit organizations statewide to boost health care in Colorado in the following areas: mental and dental health, prevention programs, case management/care coordination, infrastructure, transportation, telehealth, Colorado's safety net, healthy policy, and the health professions workforce. Caring for Colorado is a health grantmaking foundation working to increase health and health care access statewide.  Click here for the full story

The Colorado PIN project is a partnership of educators, community leaders and health care providers working together to develop new and innovative ways to increase the number and competences of nurses providing home health care in Colorado. Click here for an interview with Susan Hill, MSPH, Vice President of Programs at Caring for Colorado and Deb Center, RN, MSN, CNS, Project Director of the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence. The following article appeared in the Newsletter of Partners Investing in Nursing (p.8, vol., No.1)