UnitedHealthcare Awards $1 Million Grant to Jordan Valley Community Health Center to Expand Use of Community Health Workers
May 21 2019 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
- Grant is part of UnitedHealthcare’s
Empowering Health program, which is redefining access to care by
investing in social and environmental factors that influence
people’s health
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, has
awarded a $1 million grant to Jordan Valley Community Health Center
(JVCHC) to help the nonprofit expand its community health worker
program. Last year, UnitedHealthcare provided $1.5 million to
JVCHC, which enabled the health care center to reach over 10,000
patients by adding 15 new community health workers and expanding
services.
The community health workers connect Missourians in need to
critical resources such as food, housing and transportation, and
provide one-on-one health screenings and preventive-care services.
The team also helps individuals and families apply for and use
health benefits, schedule doctor appointments, manage medications,
and provide personal support to set and reach goals that can
improve their long-term health.
“We are very grateful to have received this additional grant
from UnitedHealthcare to grow our community health worker program
and offer needed services to more people in our community,” said
Brooks Miller, CEO of Jordan Valley Community Health Center. “The
personal connection our community health workers have with the
people they serve establishes a caring and trusting environment at
Jordan Valley Community Health Center. This grant enables us to
build on that foundation and continue improving our community’s
health through access and relationships.”
The grant was made possible through UnitedHealthcare’s
Empowering Health program, a national initiative to improve the
health of underserved people in local communities through greater
investments in social-support programs. Nearly 80 percent1 of what
influences a person’s health relates to nonmedical issues. Yet the
health care system today directs much of its resources to treating
illnesses rather than addressing these underlying social needs –
which ultimately creates the need for more medical care.
“We believe health care must expand beyond clinical care and
treat the whole person by addressing each individual’s unique
social needs, such as food security, access to transportation, and
safe and affordable housing,” said Jamie Bruce, CEO of
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Missouri. “Empowering Health
will accelerate the work and resources necessary to improve the
health of many people in this area, especially those with complex
health and social service needs.”
About Jordan Valley Community Health CenterJordan Valley
Community Health Center is a federally qualified health center in
Southwest Missouri, with a mission to improving the community’s
health through access and relationships, committed to providing
quality medical, dental, vision and behavioral health services at
nine clinic locations.
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 1.3 million
physicians and care professionals, and 6,000 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.
1Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings Model,
2014.
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Garrett KasperUnitedHealthcare(314)
592-7347garrett_kasper@uhc.com
Michael EatonJordan Valley Community Health Center(417)
860-2003meaton@jordanvalley.org
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