UnitedHealthcare Donates Nearly $1 Million to Nonprofits in South Carolina
09 Julho 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Funding is part of UnitedHealthcare’s $12.3 million in
Empowering Health grants focused on expanding access to care and
addressing the social determinants of health for people in
underserved communities
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, is
awarding nearly $1 million in Empowering Health grants to eight
community-based organizations in South Carolina to expand access to
care and address the social determinants of health for uninsured
individuals and underserved communities.
In total, UnitedHealthcare is donating $12.3 million through
Empowering Health grants across 21 states. UnitedHealthcare
launched its Empowering Health commitment in 2018.
More than half of the Empowering Health grants will help
organizations increase their capacity to fight COVID-19 and support
impacted communities. These grants will assist individuals and
families experiencing challenges from social distancing, food
insecurity, social isolation and behavioral health issues, which
are among the most urgent needs resulting from the pandemic.
Grant recipients in South Carolina include:
- Fetter Health Care Network in Charleston — $300,000 to expand
the GroceryRx program to provide Federally Qualified Health Center
patients with access to farmers’ market services, weekly nutrition
classes and food vouchers for patients who participate in group
classes.
- American Heart Association — $250,000 to distribute healthy
food to vulnerable communities across the state in response to
COVID-19.
- Golden Harvest Food Bank in Aiken — $95,000 to provide
emergency food and food boxes for people experiencing food
insecurity in response to COVID-19.
- Harvest Hope Food Bank in Columbia — $95,000 to provide
emergency food and food boxes for people experiencing food
insecurity in response to COVID-19.
- Lowcountry Food Bank in Charleston — $95,000 to provide
emergency food and food boxes for people experiencing food
insecurity in response to COVID-19.
- Lions Vision Services— $65,000 to expand Eye Surgery and Low
Vision Equipment Programs designed to ensure uninsured and
underserved individuals statewide are empowered to live safe,
meaningful and fulfilling lives.
- South Carolina Primary Health Care Association — $50,000 for 20
Community Health Center staff members to receive Community Health
Worker Core Competency training through the University of South
Carolina aimed at reducing social isolation in vulnerable
populations living in underserved communities.
- Big Red Barn Retreat — $45,000 to support the implementation of
the Warrior PATHH (Progressive and Alternative Training for Healing
Heroes) program, the nation's first nonclinical program designed to
cultivate and facilitate Posttraumatic Growth among combat veterans
and first responders who are struggling with post-traumatic stress
and/or combat stress.
“This unprecedented environment has compounded challenges faced
by South Carolina’s most vulnerable residents and created further
barriers to accessing the health care and services they need,” said
Wanda Coley, vice president of strategy and execution,
UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement of South Carolina. “Our
support of these organizations in South Carolina through this
UnitedHealthcare Empowering Health commitment will help provide
critical aid and resources to the communities in South Carolina
that need it the most.”
Providing access to better health in high-risk and high-need
local communities is a profound challenge. According to the
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, nearly 80% of what
influences a person’s health relates to nonmedical issues, such as
food, housing, transportation and the financial means to pay for
basic daily needs.
The Empowering Health grants bring to more than $100 million
UnitedHealth Group’s efforts to fight COVID-19 and assist impacted
communities by supporting vulnerable populations, protecting the
health care workforce and advancing breakthrough innovations in
testing and treatment.
In addition to UnitedHealthcare’s support in South Carolina, the
company has launched similar community initiatives and
public-private collaborations nationwide focused on addressing
social determinants of health. UnitedHealthcare has invested more
than $500 million in affordable-housing communities since 2011,
partnered with food banks and meal-delivery services, and last year
joined with the American Medical Association to standardize how
social determinants of health data is collected and used to create
more holistic care plans.
About UnitedHealthcare UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to
helping people live healthier lives and making the health system
work better for everyone by simplifying the health care experience,
meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted
relationships with care providers. In the United States,
UnitedHealthcare offers the full spectrum of health benefit
programs for individuals, employers, and Medicare and Medicaid
beneficiaries, and contracts directly with more than 1.3 million
physicians and care professionals, and 6,500 hospitals and other
care facilities nationwide. The company also provides health
benefits and delivers care to people through owned and operated
health care facilities in South America. UnitedHealthcare is one of
the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified
health care company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare
at www.uhc.com or follow @UHC on Twitter.
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