UnitedHealthcare Awards Nearly $100,000 in Community Builder Grants to Six Community Organizations in Michigan
December 03 2020 - 7:58AM
Business Wire
- Grants ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 will support programs
that address:
- Social determinants of health: food assistance, housing,
utility payment and employment/education/training services
- Non-emergent care in local emergency departments
- Access to primary and preventive care services
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic UnitedHealthcare Community
Plan of Michigan has awarded nearly $100,000 in Community Builder
Grants to six community organizations aimed at improving access to
health care services and addressing social determinants of
health.
“Through the Community Builder Grant program, we are investing
in community partnerships designed to break down barriers to health
care services and improve quality of life among underserved
populations,” said Dennis Mouras, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community
Plan of Michigan. “We are grateful for the opportunity to support
these organizations and their community-based efforts.”
The six grant recipients include:
- Muskegon Community Health Project – serving Muskegon;
$25,000 to link clients to housing, employment and education
opportunities in an effort to build a more just community.
- Kids’ Health Connections – serving Detroit; $25,000 to
provide services that prevent childhood diseases during the
COVID-19 pandemic. Kids’ Health Connections was formerly known as
Wayne Children’s Healthcare Access Program (also Wayne CHAP).
- Community Action Agency – serving Jackson, Lenawee and
Hillsdale counties; $12,500 will support a targeted mentorship
component to the agency’s YouthBuild program that provides men and
women ages 16 to 24 the opportunity to earn their high school
diploma or GED while also being trained in basic construction
skills.
- Bronson Health Foundation – serving Kalamazoo County;
$10,000 for a collaborative effort by Bronson Healthcare Group with
the Kalamazoo County Public Health Commission and Integrated
Services of Kalamazoo to work with homeless individuals suffering
chronic unmanaged pain who are frequent users of emergency
department services and community safety-net systems. The program
is patterned after the national, evidence-based Frequent User
System Engagement model. It aims to improve the quality of life for
participating individuals (as defined by the individual) and lessen
reliance on safety-net programs and services.
- Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency
(NEMCSA) – $10,000 for Alpena-based Northeast Michigan
Community Service Agency to provide gap funding for emergency needs
among community members in 11 northeast Michigan counties.
- Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency – serving
Greater Detroit; $10,000 to support the Wayne Metro and
UnitedHealthcare Food Distribution Initiative.
“NEMCSA is grateful for the generosity of UnitedHealthcare,”
said Lisa Bolen, executive director and CEO, Northeast Michigan
Community Service Agency. “This grant arrives at a critical time,
and these funds will help individuals in the northeast Michigan
community overcome struggles during this time of crisis.”
As part of the community partnerships built through the
Community Builder Grant Program, UnitedHealthcare will identify
lessons learned and how to collect and measure data to share best
practices that are able to help people lead healthier and
fulfilling lifestyles.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 800,000 people in Michigan
enrolled in employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare and Medicaid
benefit plans, with a network of 149 hospitals, and nearly 45,000
physicians and other care providers statewide. Recently, the United
Health Foundation committed $2.5 million to the Michigan Primary
Care Association to establish a breast cancer genetic testing and
screening pilot program for high-risk women, men and their families
at five Michigan community health centers.
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 1.3 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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