UnitedHealthcare Donates $50,000 to Support Health and Wellness Programs in Indiana
May 26 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Grants awarded to community-based
organizations that help low-income Hoosiers live healthier
lives
UnitedHealthcare has donated $50,000 to support Indiana
organizations’ health and wellness programs for low-income
families. Grant recipients include: Indiana Parenting Institute,
Nurse-Family Partnership and United Health Services.
Supporting and Empowering Young Families
A $10,000 grant to Indiana Parenting Institute will
support the organization’s “Birth2Eighteen” program, which teaches
young, underserved families effective parenting and life skills,
and connects them to community resources to improve family
relationships and encourage children to lead productive and
successful lives.
“Our vision is a community where children are well-nurtured by
their parents and the community to achieve their full potential as
responsible and productive citizens of society,” said Laura
Smith-Wynn, founder and president of Indiana Parenting Institute.
“We are excited to work with UnitedHealthcare to achieve this
healthy outcome for Indiana families.”
According to KIDS COUNT® in Indiana, 16 of every 1,000 children
in Indiana were victims of maltreatment in 2014 – the state’s
highest rate of child abuse and neglect in 10 years. The most
prevalent form of maltreatment in Indiana, and nationally, is
neglect, with parents and other relatives as the vast majority of
perpetrators.
Using Data to Drive Improved Birth Outcomes
A $25,000 grant to Nurse-Family Partnership’s National
Service Office will support development of a prototype perinatal
profile report that helps identify risk and protective factors for
healthy birth outcomes for low-income, first-time moms and babies.
The profile will serve as a communication bridge between care
providers, mothers and health plans, helping to ensure
comprehensive, coordinated and person-centered care.
“We are thrilled to partner with UnitedHealthcare to develop
this prototype so health care providers and high-risk mothers can
team up to better track health outcomes,” said Roxane White,
president and CEO of Nurse-Family Partnership. “Our nurses empower
moms to do all they can to be healthy themselves and to help their
babies thrive. A better health profile further empowers moms.”
The 2015 America’s Health Rankings® report noted that Indiana
has a higher-than-average infant mortality rate, with seven infant
deaths before the age of one for every 1,000 live births, and
nearly 8 percent of children born in Indiana weighing less than 5
pounds/8 ounces at birth.
Addressing Food Insecurity in North Indiana
A $15,000 grant to United Health Services will provide
nutritious and affordable food to students at Ivy Tech Community
College in North Indiana through the opening of a pop-up food
pantry, helping to reduce hunger while improving school performance
and retention.
“We know that food insecurity is a key predictor of poor health
outcomes, so addressing the issue is a means to help improve health
and well-being,” said Jim Baxter, director, Covering Kids &
Families of North Central Indiana, a division of United Health
Services. “We are grateful for this partnership with
UnitedHealthcare and the ability to meet the needs of Ivy Tech
Community College students in a new way.”
A 2014 study by Feeding Indiana’s Hungry and Feeding America
shows that 1 in 6 people, or an estimated 1.1 million people, in
Indiana turn to food pantries and meal service programs to feed
themselves and their families.
“We are grateful for the opportunity to provide additional
resources to organizations that help families live healthier lives
and that extend the reach of critical programs and services,
particularly for our state’s underserved children and families,”
said Yasmine Winkler, central region CEO, UnitedHealthcare
Community & State.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 870,000 Hoosiers enrolled in
employer-sponsored, individual and Medicare health plans with a
network of 170 hospitals and more than 20,000 physicians and other
care providers statewide.
About
UnitedHealthcareUnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping
people nationwide live healthier lives by simplifying the health
care experience, meeting consumer health and wellness needs, and
sustaining trusted relationships with care providers. The company
offers the full spectrum of health benefit programs for
individuals, employers, military service members, retirees and
their families, and Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and
contracts directly with 1 million physicians and care
professionals, and 6,000 hospitals and other care facilities
nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of
UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and
well-being company. For more information, visit UnitedHealthcare at
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