Kingsley House will use investment from The
Humana Foundation for employment program to help lift families out
of generational poverty
Growing Local Food Collaborative will use
investment to address food security, as well as financial asset
security and sustaining employment
The Humana Foundation, philanthropic arm of Humana Inc. (NYSE:
HUM) for the past 40 years, announces its second year of
investments, totaling nearly $1 million in two local projects in
the greater New Orleans area. Kingsley House will receive an
investment of $341,000 to fund a program that helps lift families
out of generational poverty. Growing Local Food Collaborative, a
partnership among several organizations, will receive an investment
of $600,000 to address food security, as well as financial asset
security and post-secondary education and sustaining
employment.
The investments from The Humana Foundation were renewed based on
the significant results achieved by both organizations in 2020, who
used innovative thinking to face new needs created by the pandemic.
Kingsley House transitioned 75% of its programming to an online
environment. It also strengthened partnerships with health care
partners and employers actively training and hiring Kingsley
Connections Program participants. Growing Local Food Collaborative
shifted some farmers to a digital sales model, and provided
information on food relief and food access resources to families
who are newly food insecure. Additionally, they were also able to
provide home food delivery through Top Box Foods to individuals
with health conditions that made them particularly susceptible to
COVID-19.
“The Humana Foundation’s Strategic Community Investments
holistically address social determinants of health locally, working
to close measurable gaps in health outcomes,” said Walter D. Woods,
CEO of The Humana Foundation. “We are looking forward to the second
year of our partnership with Kingsley House and Growing Local Food
Collaborative as we work together to achieve greater health equity
in a sustainable manner.”
Founded in 1896, Kingsley House works to educate children,
strengthen families and build community, envisioning a future New
Orleans where all young children are ready to learn and all
citizens are healthy and economically stable. Kingsley House, in
collaboration with DePaul Community Health Centers and Crescent
City Family Services and other Thriving Family Collaborative
members will continue to use The Foundation’s investment for its
Career Pathways program, creating greater economic security, and
post-secondary attainment and sustaining employment in New Orleans
by using the Whole Family approach to lift families out of
generational poverty.
“Humana’s continued investment in our community is critical to
helping families during this most recent health and economic
crisis,” said Keith H. Liederman, CEO of Kingsley House. “With
their support, and in collaboration with our partners of the
Thriving Families Collaborative, we have been able to connect
families to available resources and help secure living-wage careers
during the pandemic. Humana's commitment is assisting families on
their path toward economic prosperity.”
Growing Local Food Collaborative will receive $600,000 to
continue their work addressing financial asset security,
post-secondary attainment and sustaining employment, and food
security in New Orleans. The program takes a unique, cooperative
approach by working through local partnerships to bring fresh food
into food deserts, to create new markets and train local farmers,
and to provide training and an employment pipeline for youth in the
local food and hospitality economy.
"Our Growing Local Food Collaborative is so excited to be
partnering with The Humana Foundation again this year to continue
working toward a more inclusive and equitable food system that
supports good health and wellness in our community," said Marianne
Cufone. The organizations she leads, Recirculating Farms, along
with Liberty’s Kitchen, Top Box Foods Louisiana, SPROUT NOLA, and
New Orleans Food Policy Action Committee, teamed up to form the
Growing Local Food Collaborative to work from farm to fork on food
systems change.
The Humana Foundation’s Strategic Community Investment
Program
Through partnerships with local organizations and community
members, The Humana Foundation’s Strategic Community Investment
Program creates measurable results in some of the most common
social determinants of health, including post-secondary attainment
and sustaining employment, social connectedness, financial asset
security and food security. These investments are located in Humana
Bold Goal communities, places where Humana and The Humana
Foundation are working to help people improve their health 20
percent by 2020 and beyond.
In 2020, The Humana Foundation invested $5,446,000 through the
Strategic Community Investment Program in 12 organizations across
eight communities. The Humana Foundation’s continuing and expanded
Strategic Community Investments include the following locations:
Baton Rouge, LA., Broward County, FL., Jacksonville, FL.;
Knoxville, TN., Louisville, KY., New Orleans, LA., San Antonio,
TX., and Tampa FL.
For more information on specific investment results, please
visit the Strategic Community Investment page
HumanaFoundation.org.
About Kingsley House
At Kingsley House, we envision a city and region where all young
children are ready to succeed and all citizens are healthy and
economically stable. Recognizing that vulnerable families are at
risk of being caught in an intractable cycle of poverty, we are
committed to ensuring that individuals and families have the
supports necessary to be successful at all stages of life. To
accomplish our goals, we join forces with dedicated community
partners. Collectively, we work with families to fuel economic
growth and social change in our city, state and region.
For more information about Kingsley House visit
www.kingsleyhouse.org
About Growing Local Food
Collaborative
The Growing Local Food Collaborative is building an equitable
local food system in New Orleans, Louisiana by bringing together
multi-sector partners to promote health and wellness through
increased food access, job training, and policy advocacy. From farm
to fork, the Collaborative supports our community through local
food production and distribution, farmer support and development,
entrepreneurship, and market expansion; particularly in
neighborhoods with limited access to fresh food. The Collaborative
works to reduce food waste, elevate agricultural practices that
respect people and our planet, and create opportunities for stable
green jobs in food and farming. Members of the Growing Local Food
Collaborative are: Liberty’s Kitchen, New Orleans Food Policy
Advisory Committee, Recirculating Farms, SPROUT NOLA, and Top Box
Foods Louisiana. Second Harvest Food Bank joins on special
projects.
About The Humana
Foundation
The Humana Foundation was established in 1981 as the
philanthropic arm of Humana Inc., one of the nation’s leading
health and well-being companies. Located in Louisville, Ky., The
Foundation seeks to co-create communities where leadership,
culture, and systems work to improve and sustain positive health
outcomes. For more information, visit humanafoundation.org.
Humana and The Humana Foundation are dedicated to Corporate
Social Responsibility. Our goal is to ensure that every business
decision we make reflects our commitment to improving the health
and well-being of our members, our employees, the communities we
serve, and our planet.
About Humana
Humana Inc. 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 with the
goal of making 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 website at 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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