UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Rhode Island Provided $110,000 to Support Children’s Health
November 23 2021 - 07:00AM
Business Wire
Investments in community organizations focused
on serving children by providing health education, advocacy and
healthy meals
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, has
provided $110,000 in investments in the past several months to
community-based organizations in Rhode Island to support children
and their families with health education, advocacy and healthy
meals.
"We're honored to be investing in local organizations that offer
resources to children and their families to address social factors
that have a profound impact on their health," said Patrice Cooper,
chief executive officer of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Rhode
Island. "These organizations play a vital role in providing greater
access to education and essential services in high-risk and
high-need communities throughout Rhode Island.”
Investments in Rhode Island have gone to:
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center — $30,000 to
support the organization’s hunger relief, community-building
wellness, and youth education programs.
- Progreso Latino — $30,000 to support educational outreach to
adolescents about the COVID-19 vaccine.
- Rhode Island Food Bank — $25,000 to provide Meals4Kids to 2,000
students during school vacations.
- RIPIN — $25,000 to further the organization’s mission of
providing information, training, education, support and advocacy
for person/family-centered care and system change.
“UnitedHealthcare’s generous funding helps sustain programs that
improve the economic, social and physical well-being of thousands
of people across Newport County,” said Heather Hole, executive
director of the Strout Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community
Center. “This funding means we can continue offering programs that
engage seniors, support families, educate kids and fight
food-insecurity, at a time when our services have never been more
important. We are so grateful to UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of
Rhode Island for standing by us in our work to make our community
healthier.”
“Progreso Latino, Inc. has been working assiduously as part of
the community to confront the challenges associated with the
pandemic, including connecting individuals and families to
available resources and support,” said Mario Bueno, executive
director of Progreso Latino, Inc. “We are so excited to continue
working with partners and volunteers in order to bolster our
resilient community.”
“We’re grateful to UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Rhode
Island for their generous contribution of $25,000 to provide 2,000
Meals4Kids boxes to low-income families with children,” said Andrew
Schiff, Rhode Island Community Food Bank CEO. “These boxes provide
a week’s worth of breakfasts, lunches and snacks to help us ensure
that children at risk of hunger have the food they need to grow and
thrive.”
“Families raising children with special needs have been through
so much the past year and a half,” said Sam Salganik, executive
director of RIPIN. “This funding will help us connect more families
to the health care and education supports that their children need
to thrive.”
Good health encompasses more than 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. For so many, the global
pandemic has caused additional social and economic challenges that
continue to affect healthy behaviors and exacerbate health
disparities.
These investments are part of several initiatives that
UnitedHealthcare, along with its parent company UnitedHealth Group,
have launched to address health equity throughout the United
States. The company is also investing in programs and partnerships
focused on food, housing, transportation and social isolation,
including $500 million invested in affordable housing in
underserved areas and $80 million to fight the pandemic and support
vulnerable minority populations disproportionately impacted by
COVID-19.
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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