UnitedHealthcare Donates $1 Million to Nonprofits in Washington
10 Agosto 2022 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Funding is part of UnitedHealthcare’s $11 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 $1 million in Empowering Health grants to four
community-based organizations in Washington state to expand access
to care and address the social determinants of health for uninsured
individuals and underserved communities.
In total, UnitedHealthcare is donating $11 million in grants
through its Empowering Health program across 11 states. The grants
will assist individuals and families experiencing challenges from
food insecurity, social isolation and behavioral health issues, and
support local health promotion and health literacy efforts.
Grant recipients in Washington include:
- University of Washington School Mental Health Assessment,
Research, and Training (SMART) Center in partnership with the
Richland and Medical Lake School Districts –$600,000 to strengthen
an evidence-based comprehensive school mental health model. This
interconnected approach will increase participation and active
engagement of community partners, educators, families and youth,
with an emphasis on suicide prevention, supporting the mental
health strengths and needs of more than 15,500 students across the
two school districts.
- The American Indian Community Center, Goodheart Behavioral
Health, Spokane – $150,000 to hire a mental health clinician who
specializes in therapeutic interventions for the Native American
community and increase the number of community members served.
- Perinatal Support Washington, statewide – $162,500 to train and
employ more interns and therapists from various racial and ethnic
backgrounds to address gaps in perinatal mental health care for
Medicaid-eligible and pro bono clients who have difficulty finding
providers.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness Yakima, Yakima, Wapato and
Toppenish – $87,500 to expand the “Ending the Silence” mental
health awareness program and ensure it is culturally relevant and
responsive for Native American and Hispanic high school students in
school districts on the Yakama Reservation.
“Social and economic factors have a profound impact on achieving
and maintaining good health,” said Genevieve Caruncho-Simpson, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Washington. “Through our
Empowering Health grants and local outreach efforts from
UnitedHealthcare, we’re working with local organizations in the
state to provide Washington residents with an interconnected system
of clinical and social services that can produce better health
outcomes and make the health system work better for everyone.”
According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
approximately 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 COVID-19 pandemic
has caused additional social and economic challenges that continue
to affect healthy behaviors and exacerbate health disparities.
More than a third of members screened by UnitedHealthcare for
social-related needs experience at least one social determinant of
health. UnitedHealthcare leverages the company’s data to identify
health disparities according to race, ethnicity, gender, geography
and education level.
Since launching its Empowering Health commitment in 2018,
UnitedHealthcare has now invested more than $51 million in
Empowering Health grants reaching more than 8 million people
through partnerships with community-based organizations in 30
states and the District of Columbia.
UnitedHealth Group, including UnitedHealthcare and Optum, and
its affiliated companies, is dedicated to advancing health equity
and building healthier communities by supporting programs to
improve access to care and address key determinants of health. In
Washington this includes more than $5.8 million in contributions
from 2019-2021 representing its businesses, foundations and
employees, including a $3.3 million grant in 2021 to the North
Olympic Healthcare Network to improve behavioral health care on the
Olympic Peninsula.
Additionally, UnitedHealth Group has invested more than $800
million in affordable housing communities since 2011, partnered
with food banks and meal-delivery services, and in 2019 joined with
the American Medical Association to standardize how social
determinants of health data is collected and used to create more
holistic care plans. In June, the United Health Foundation, the
philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group, made a $100 million
commitment over 10 years to advance health equity, furthering its
efforts to eliminate health disparities. This was the largest
single philanthropic commitment ever made by the United Health
Foundation.
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 1.5 million physicians and care professionals, and more
than 6,700 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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