UnitedHealthcare Donates $500,000 to Nonprofits in Georgia
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company, is awarding
In total, UnitedHealthcare is donating
Grant recipients in Georgia include:
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National Birth Equity Collaborative –
$125,000 t o implement the Birth Equity Practice Center for ongoing training and promotion of healthier birth experiences and health outcomes for Black birthing people and their babies statewide. -
Atlanta Community Food Bank –
$100,000 t o support the Food as Medicine program, a food pharmacy program in collaboration with Grady Health System that helps patients with certain chronic conditions improve their health with nutritious food prescriptions and more. -
Wellspring Living –
$100,000 t o expand behavioral health programming through the addition of an enrichment coordinator and a nutritionist, and the provision of equine-assisted therapy (activities with horses and members of the horse family to promote physical and mental health) for participants recovery at the Receiving Hope Center. -
Emory University –
$75,000 t o improve health outcomes in Black mothers and their babies by supporting culturally responsive outreach and engagement in a mindfulness-based intervention addressing previous trauma, mental health needs and adverse childhood experiences. -
Open Hand Atlanta –
$75,000 t o expand its six-week Cooking Matters for Healthcare Partners nutrition and cooking education class. -
Hope Center –
$25,000 t o purchase a refrigerated vehicle for distributing fresh produce and boxed meals to homebound senior adults and families living in the Albany area.
“Social and economic factors have a profound impact on achieving and maintaining good health,” said Tiah Tomlin, manager of community engagement, UnitedHealthcare of Georgia. “Through Empowering Health grants, we’re working with local organizations to provide Georgians 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
Since launching its Empowering Health commitment in 2018, UnitedHealthcare has now invested more than
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 Georgia this includes more than
Additionally, UnitedHealth Group has invested more than
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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