UnitedHealthcare Donates $1.5 Million to Nonprofits in California
2022年8月11日 - 12:00AM
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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 $1.5 million in Empowering Health grants to seven
community-based organizations in California 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 California include:
- Global Communities, San Diego County – $320,000 to increase the
availability, diversity and sustainability of breastfeeding
services in San Diego. The project will strengthen the prenatal
workforce by identifying and training individuals from
underrepresented communities to provide lactation support, and
increase access to breastfeeding education, support and
classes.
- YMCA of San Diego County – $320,000 to address gaps in health
literacy and provide access to healthy living lifestyle programs
and services by implementing the Community Connections model at the
Copley-Price Family YMCA and Jackie Robinson Family YMCA
locations.
- Mama’s Kitchen, San Diego County – $300,000 to expand the
home-delivered meal service program, which provides medically
tailored meals for low-income individuals recently discharged from
the hospital with a primary diagnosis of HIV, cancer, congestive
heart failure or Type 2 diabetes.
- Central California Food Bank, Central Valley – $200,000 to
purchase a refrigerated vehicle for the mobile pantry program to
distribute nutritious food in rural communities.
- Mental Health America of Los Angeles – $150,000 to reach high
school- and college-age youth through the Project Resilience
program, to educate students and school faculty about mental health
and connect them to mental health services, including a mental
health hotline for students.
- United Cambodian Community, Long Beach – $120,000 to support
the organization’s Community Wellness Program, which implements
culturally appropriate and community-driven mental health and
social isolation solutions for the underserved Cambodian
community.
- Bakersfield Senior Center, Central Valley – $90,000 to purchase
a refrigerated vehicle for the healthy food program to distribute
home-delivered meals to socially isolated older adults who may not
have access to transportation.
“Social and economic factors have a profound impact on achieving
and maintaining good health,” said Beth Soberg, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare of California. “Through our Empowering Health
grants and local outreach efforts from UnitedHealthcare, we’re
working with local organizations in the state to provide
Californians 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
California this includes more than $22.3 million in contributions
from 2019-2021 representing its businesses, foundations and
employees.
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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