United Health Foundation Awards $1 Million Partnership Grant to Circle the City
May 10 2018 - 3:05PM
Business Wire
Grant will fund health care services for the
homeless at new downtown medical respite facility
United Health Foundation awarded a $1 million partnership grant
to Circle the City to help the organization provide health care
services in a new Medical Respite Center for the homeless at the
Maricopa Human Services Campus.
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UnitedHealthcare Community & State
CEO Heather Cianfrocco announces a $1 million partnership grant
from United Health Foundation to fund operations at Circle the
City’s new Medical Respite Center on the Maricopa Human Services
Campus (Photo courtesy of Robert Farthing, Riester Public
Relations).
The expanded physical, mental health and social services at the
new location will enable Circle the City to continue to support
patients in successful transitions from inpatient to outpatient
settings, and implement key processes and analytics to triage
frequent utilizers to appropriate levels of intervention within
Circle the City’s services.
“Our mission is to compassionately address the health care needs
of men, women and children facing homelessness,” said Brandon
Clark, CEO of Circle the City. “Medical respite care is a national
best practice in achieving this mission of holistic care for the
most vulnerable in our community. We are grateful for the
generosity of United Health Foundation for helping us expand this
innovative model.”
The announcement was made during an event at Circle the City’s
flagship Medical Respite Center in Phoenix. In attendance were
Arizona Medicaid Director Tom Betlach; Circle the City CEO Brandon
Clark, and founder and chief medical officer Sister Adele
O’Sullivan, M.D.; UnitedHealthcare Community & State CEO
Heather Cianfrocco; Circle the City staff and partners;
UnitedHealthcare volunteers; and medical respite patients.
“We continuously strive to improve our state’s Medicaid system,
and seek innovative ways to increase access to health care and
improve outcomes for vulnerable people. Organizations like Circle
the City and United Health Foundation are incredible partners that
are making a difference for our program and more importantly for
those we serve,” said Betlach.
“With homelessness on the rise statewide, this partnership will
help people receive the vital health and social services they need
and deserve,” said Cianfrocco. “We are grateful for the opportunity
to partner with Circle the City to help build healthier communities
one person at a time, and especially for the homeless in
Arizona.”
“The partnership between Circle the City and United Health
Foundation will make a major difference for vulnerable populations
across the Phoenix area. I appreciate United Health Foundation's
support and its efforts to serve and invest in Arizona's
communities," said Gov. Doug Ducey.
About Circle the CityCircle
the City is an Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit community health
organization dedicated to providing high quality, holistic
healthcare to men, women, and children facing homelessness in
Maricopa County. The organization’s homeless continuum of care is
one-of-a-kind in the state of Arizona and one of the only models of
its kind in the nation. Patients benefit from several different
models of care offered within Circle the City’s family of programs,
including primary care services, integrative outpatient behavioral
health and substance abuse services, mobile health outreach
services, or medical respite services in one of Circle the City’s
flagship respite care centers. For more information, please visit
www.circlethecity.org or call (623) 900-2203.
About United Health
FoundationThrough collaboration with community partners,
grants and outreach efforts, United Health Foundation works to
improve our health system, build a diverse and dynamic health
workforce and enhance the well-being of local communities. United
Health Foundation was established by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH)
in 1999 as a not-for-profit, private foundation dedicated to
improving health and health care. To date, United Health Foundation
has committed nearly $358 million to programs and communities
around the world. We invite you to learn more at www.unitedhealthgroup.com/SocialResponsibility.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare 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 1.2 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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