UnitedHealthcare Awards Goodwill Industries of Kentucky $90,000 to Benefit Workforce Re-entry Program
01 Julho 2019 - 10:30AM
Business Wire
- Grant will help provide wage assistance and support services
for people overcoming employment barriers and becoming
self-sufficient.
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kentucky awarded Goodwill
Industries of Kentucky (Goodwill Kentucky) a $90,000 grant to help
support people eligible for Medicaid, including those in the
justice system who are re-entering society, with resources to find
and sustain employment.
Through this grant, UnitedHealthcare and Goodwill Kentucky are
partnering to enhance wage assistance and support services for
program participants.
The grant funding period began May 1, 2019, and will benefit
Louisville RISE (Reintegrating Individuals Successfully Every Day),
a Goodwill Kentucky program that provides Kentuckians with skills
training and mentorship. The partnership will support events
including expungement clinics, which help people clear certain
cases from their criminal records, as well as literacy classes,
health and wellness presentations, and career-development
resources.
“At UnitedHealthcare, we look at an individual’s medical needs,
but also at behavioral, functional and social needs, which are
supported by programs like RISE,” said Amy Johnston, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Kentucky. “The unique value that
managed care offers Kentuckians includes working with
community-based organizations to identify and address areas that
affect health outcomes and quality of life. We are grateful for the
opportunity to partner with Goodwill Kentucky on this program.”
UnitedHealthcare’s support will help participants overcome
barriers to self-sufficiency, emphasize finding employment and
promote employment retention. Program participants enter RISE after
completing Goodwill’s Soft Skills Academy where they earn a Work
Ready Certificate by learning and practicing six key skills
necessary for maintaining employment.
“An integral part of our mission is to empower ‘second chance’
participants to achieve economic independence through professional
skills training and educational development tools,” said Dennis
Ritchie, career services manager, Goodwill Industries of Kentucky.
“Our partnership with UnitedHealthcare helps address a unique set
of challenges for our population to get them on a path to
self-sufficiency.”
The initial goal of the grant is to move 200 people through the
program in one year. RISE is currently available in Jefferson
County, with the possibility to expand statewide in 2020.
The grant is part of UnitedHealthcare’s Empowering Health
initiative focused on expanding access to care and addressing the
social determinants of health for people in underserved
communities.
About Goodwill Industries of Kentucky In the 2018 fiscal
year, Goodwill Kentucky placed Kentuckians into more than 2,600
jobs across the state – both inside and outside of Goodwill.
Goodwill Kentucky’s career path programs and employment services,
which serve Kentuckians who have disabilities or other challenges,
are funded through a combination of grants, corporate and
individual giving, and its retail stores, which sell donated
clothing and household items at 65 locations across Kentucky.
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