Humana Partners with Leading Ohio Nonprofits to Address Food Insecurity and Housing
January 08 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Initiative designed to meet pressing social and
health needs amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) today
announced partnerships with several of Ohio’s leading community
service organizations to address social factors that can
significantly impact individual and community health, including
food insecurity and housing insecurity. Both of these social
determinants of health are even more acute today in light of the
COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic downturn.
These latest community investments total nearly $500,000 and
build on an earlier Humana initiative to provide more than $1.6
million in COVID-19 relief and recovery assistance in Ohio.
Food Insecurity
In Ohio, more than 1.6 million people are struggling with
hunger, including nearly 500,000 children. With that in mind,
Humana has made an initial investment to support three major local
food banks:
- The Foodbank, a Dayton-area organization serving the
Miami Valley.
- The Greater Cleveland Food Bank, the largest hunger
relief organization in Northeast Ohio.
- The Mid-Ohio Food Collective in the Columbus area
provides enough food for more than 170,000 meals every day to
people across 20 central and eastern Ohio counties.
“We are incredibly grateful to be working in partnership with
Humana to strengthen access to nutritious food for our neighbors
who are struggling in rural and/or Appalachian areas of our
footprint,” said Matt Habash, President and CEO of the Mid-Ohio
Food Collective. “Partnerships with health care companies like
Humana will go a long way toward improving health outcomes and
supporting our food-based health care work, including our ‘Farmacy’
initiatives, here in Ohio. We appreciate the extraordinary
leadership and generous investment by Humana to ensure that all in
our communities can thrive.”
Housing
On any given day, more than 10,000 Ohioans are homeless. To help
foster reliable housing for those in need, Humana is involved in
two local, affordable housing initiatives:
- Humana is providing funding, as well as health care and
research expertise, to Columbus-based Move to PROSPER, a
collaboration to determine how safer, more prosperous and higher
resourced neighborhoods can change the trajectory of a person’s
life. Move to PROSPER is expanding its pilot to a 100 household
project, to provide 100 local families with vital financial
assistance and personal development resources during these
challenging times.
- Humana is supporting the newly-developed Harper’s Pointe in
Cuyahoga County, created to provide rent-subsidized, permanent
housing, as well as support services, for individuals who on
average have spent 600 or more days homeless. Co-developed by
Cleveland-based CHN Housing Partners, Harper’s Pointe is
part of the broader Housing First Initiative to end long-term
homelessness. Humana will cover a funding gap for operational
staff, who assist residents in finding mental, physical and social
services, while serving as critical intervention support for those
with severe mental illness.
“At CHN, we partner with organizations that
are willing to tackle the advancement of health equity at the
community level, which is not an easy task,” said Kevin J. Nowak,
Executive Director of CHN Housing Partners. “Humana came to the
table and is contributing to the stability of Cuyahoga County, by
ensuring we have continuing operations for those experiencing
long-term homelessness and chronic conditions.”
“Healthy bodies and minds require nutritious meals and reliable
housing,” said Humana’s Regional Vice President of Health Services
Nisha Patel, M.D., who is based in the Columbus area. “Humana is
committed to co-creating solutions with community-based partners to
address social determinants of health and the health-related social
needs of our health plan members and our communities.”
Humana is recognized as a leader in addressing social
determinants of health through its Bold Goal program. The Bold Goal
is Humana’s population health strategy to improve the health of the
communities it serves, and in 2020, Humana named Cincinnati as one
of its latest Bold Goal communities.
Humana is proud to have served Ohio for more than 25 years.
Nearly 568,000 Ohioans have health coverage through Humana Medicare
Advantage plans, Medicare prescription drug plans, and commercial
group health plans; and the TRICARE military health care program as
administered by Humana.
About Humana
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) is committed to helping our millions of
medical and specialty members achieve their best health. Our
successful history in care delivery and health plan administration
is helping us create a new kind of integrated care with the power
to improve health and well-being and lower costs. Our efforts are
leading to a better quality of life for people with Medicare,
families, individuals, military service personnel, and communities
at large.
To accomplish that, we support physicians and other health care
professionals as they work to deliver the right care in the right
place for their patients, our members. Our range of clinical
capabilities, resources and tools – such as in-home care,
behavioral health, pharmacy services, data analytics and wellness
solutions – combine to produce a simplified experience that makes
health care easier to navigate and more effective.
More information regarding Humana is available to investors via
the Investor Relations page of the company’s web site at
www.humana.com, including copies of:
- Annual reports to stockholders
- Securities and Exchange Commission filings
- Most recent investor conference presentations
- Quarterly earnings news releases and conference calls
- Calendar of events
- Corporate Governance information
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