United Health Foundation Partners With Family First Health of Pennsylvania to Improve Access to Care for Children and Families
October 22 2020 - 8:57AM
Business Wire
Three-year, $2 million grant will support
Family First Health’s Federally Qualified Health Center at Hannah
Penn K-8 school, home to a significantly underserved population
The United Health Foundation is partnering with Family First
Health, a federally qualified health center, on an innovative
program to improve access to health care for children and their
families while widening the reach to serve vulnerable populations
in the Keystone State.
United Health Foundation’s three-year, $2 million grant to
Family First Health will enhance services at Family First Health’s
York, Pennsylvania location, a school-based health center housed at
Hannah Penn K-8 school, home to a significantly underserved
population. The grant will help the school’s health center connect
students, families and school staff to expanded primary care
services as well as offer new behavioral health and wellness
resources to the school’s students. The program will also deploy
“Health Connectors,” health care professionals who will provide
in-home support to families, such as helping individuals manage
chronic conditions. Health Connectors will also connect families to
the providers at the Hannah Penn Center and help those eligible
enroll in health insurance.
“Family First Health is connecting students to primary care, as
well as additional services that help them to be healthy and ready
to learn. This is incredibly needed and important during these
historic times,” said Gov. Tom Wolf. “On behalf of York and the
entire state, I want to thank the United Health Foundation for its
support of this innovative health model and its commitment to
children and families at their most foundational times.”
“The United Health Foundation is committed to improving and
expanding access to health care in Pennsylvania,” said Marynell
Benson, a regional president of Optum Complex Care Management, a
UnitedHealth Group business. “Together with Family First Health,
this partnership will support underserved families with expanded
primary care services as well as behavioral health and wellness
resources.”
Hannah Penn K-8’s school district ranks among the highest in the
state for acute poverty. The socioeconomic challenges in the
district translate into a high transiency rate, with a roughly 23%
student turnover during the 2018 school year.
“Family First Health is committed to providing primary medical
and dental care, integrated behavioral health and substance misuse
treatment services to Pennsylvania residents regardless of their
ability to pay,” said Family First Health CEO Jenny Englerth. “This
generous grant from the United Health Foundation is especially
critical during this unprecedented time because it will allow
Family First Health to help underserved populations obtain the care
they might not have otherwise received during school closure and
stay-at-home orders.”
While this grant partnership was initiated prior to the COVID-19
outbreak, it is a timely partnership during the pandemic because it
is helping connect people with needed care. Overall, UnitedHealth
Group has contributed more than $100 million to fight COVID-19,
support impacted communities and address emerging health care
issues related to the pandemic.
Family First Health is a federally qualified health center that
is accessible and community minded. Family First Health Center
makes a difference in the health and quality of life of the people
and communities it serves by providing quality, compassionate
primary medical and dental care and social services to those who
need them most; coordinating care and working with other providers
to provide the full range of services patients need; promoting and
supporting healthy lifestyles; collaborating with others to improve
access and break down the barriers of affordability, language and
culture; and advocating for patients and the medically underserved.
https://www.familyfirsthealth.org
About the United Health Foundation
Through collaboration with community partners, grants and
outreach efforts, the United Health Foundation works to improve our
health system, build a diverse and dynamic health workforce and
enhance the well-being of local communities. The 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, the United Health Foundation has
committed more than $500 million to programs and communities around
the world. To learn more, visit www.unitedhealthgroup.com.
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