Four Wisconsin Nonprofits Awarded $100,000 in Grants from UnitedHealthcare to Improve Independence for People with Disabilities
July 19 2017 - 12:49PM
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- Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch presented
the grants during a ceremony at Independence First
- Four grants of $25,000 each to
support organizations that address health needs and barriers for
Wisconsinites with disabilities
A total of $100,000 in grants from UnitedHealthcare Community
Plan of Wisconsin will enable four community organizations across
the state to enhance their programming and improve access to health
resources for Wisconsin residents with disabilities.
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Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch
joins UnitedHealthcare to announce $100,000 in grants to
organizations improving health and independence of Wisconsinites
with disabilities (Photo: John-Paul Greco).
Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch joined Yasmine Winkler, regional CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Community & State, and Ellen Sexton, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Wisconsin, in awarding $25,000
grants to four organizations during a ceremony today at
Independence First in Milwaukee.
“UnitedHealthcare’s grants to these four organizations will go a
long way toward helping Wisconsin residents receive the support
they need to live on their own,” said Lt. Gov. Kleefisch. “Many
people with disabilities in Wisconsin are able to live
independently and work thanks to organizations such as the four
being recognized with grants from UnitedHealthcare.”
The four grant awardees include:
- The Arc Wisconsin
(https://www.thearc.org/) – The grant will enable the organization
to train 20 human-service professionals across Wisconsin who will
provide future-planning education and support to 60 families and
individuals with intellectual and/or developmental
disabilities.
- Easterseals Southeast Wisconsin
(http://www.easterseals.com/wi-se/) – The grant will help
Easterseals provide training and employment services for 350
people, including assessment, job shadowing, job coaching and
follow-up.
- Independence First
(https://www.independencefirst.org) – The grant will help
Independence First expand access to mobility equipment by providing
30 people with equipment vouchers and increase connections to
independent-living resources for people with disabilities.
- Life Navigators
(http://www.lifenavigators.org/) – The grant will fund the
Intergenerational Family Support Program with in-home and
telephonic intervention services for 40 caretakers and consumers,
community training for 50 caregivers, and training for 50
financial-planning professionals.
“UnitedHealthcare partners with community organizations that
understand how each individual’s circumstances in life affect their
health care and well-being,” said Sexton. “We are grateful for the
opportunity to support these four Wisconsin organizations that are
working to improve the health and independence of Wisconsin
residents with disabilities and special needs.”
People with disabilities often face challenges including finding
and maintaining employment, securing affordable housing and
managing their disability, along with health conditions. According
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people with
disabilities are more likely than people without disabilities to
report poorer overall health, less access to quality health care,
and have higher rates of smoking, physical inactivity, stress and
depression. In Wisconsin, there is a gap of more than 40 percent
between employment rates of working-age people with and without
disabilities, according to the 2014 Annual Disability Status
Report.
Grant applications were submitted in March following community
brainstorming sessions across the state, led by UnitedHealthcare,
where local care providers and other stakeholders discussed
opportunities to address health care for the disabled.
Wisconsin-based nonprofits, Federally Quality Health Centers
(FQHCs) and government agencies were among the qualifying
organizations that submitted proposals.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 1.6 million people in
Wisconsin enrolled in employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare and
Medicaid health plans, with a network of 163 hospitals and more
than 32,000 physicians and other care providers statewide.
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