UnitedHealthcare Donates $500,000 to Nonprofits in Texas
22 Luglio 2021 - 03:00PM
Business Wire
Funding is part of UnitedHealthcare’s $11.4
million in Empowering Health grants focused on expanding access to
care and addressing the social determinants of health for people in
underserved communities
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, is
awarding $500,000 in Empowering Health grants to five
community-based organizations in Texas to expand access to care and
address the social determinants of health for uninsured individuals
and underserved communities.
In total, UnitedHealthcare is donating $11.4 million through
Empowering Health grants across 18 states and the District of
Columbia. The grants will assist individuals and families
experiencing challenges from food insecurity, social isolation and
behavioral health issues, and support local health promotion and
health literacy efforts.
Grant recipients in Texas include:
- Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley – $210,000 to purchase a
refrigerated truck to implement a monthly Kids Produce Market that
will give children in underserved communities and their families
access to healthy food and provide healthy food distribution to
public housing sites in rural communities.
- El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank – $100,000 to support
critical emergency food relief in response to COVID-19, by
distributing urgently needed food, and providing home-delivered
groceries and food to partner agencies.
- CitySquare – $75,000 to expand the client-choice food pantry
and food rescue programs for food insecure individuals in
Dallas.
- West Texas Food Bank – $75,000 to implement food insecurity
screenings in local hospitals and clinics and provide food-insecure
patients with healthy food, nutrition education materials and
information about local resources for food assistance.
- Mental Health America of Greater Houston – $40,000 to implement
evidence-based mental health training programs and curriculum in
school districts in El Paso and the Rio Grande Valley in response
to increased behavioral health challenges for teachers and students
related to COVID-19.
“Social and economic factors have a profound impact on achieving
and maintaining good health,” said Don Langer, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Texas. “Through Empowering
Health grants, we’re working with local organizations to provide
Texans with greater access to essential resources in high-risk and
high-need communities so they can live healthier lives.”
Good health encompasses more than simply visiting a doctor’s
office. According to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine,
nearly 80% of what influences a person’s health relates to
nonmedical issues, such as food, housing, transportation and the
financial means to pay for basic daily needs. And for so many, the
global pandemic has caused additional social and economic
challenges that continue to affect healthy behaviors and exacerbate
health disparities.
Since launching its Empowering Health commitment in 2018,
UnitedHealthcare has now invested more than $40 million in
Empowering Health grants reaching more than 6 million people
through partnerships with community-based organizations in 29
states.
UnitedHealth Group, including UnitedHealthcare and Optum, and
its affiliated companies, is committed to reducing health
disparities and building healthier communities by supporting
programs to improve access to care and address key determinants of
health. In Texas this includes more than $20 million in
contributions from 2018-2020 representing its businesses,
foundations and employees.
Additionally, UnitedHealth Group has invested more than $500
million in affordable housing communities since 2011, partnered
with food banks and meal-delivery services, and in 2019 joined with
the American Medical Association to standardize how social
determinants of health data is collected and used to create more
holistic care plans.
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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