Humana Foundation Awards $735,000 to South Florida Nonprofits to Improve Health of Community
July 18 2017 - 10:42AM
Business Wire
Eight South Florida Nonprofits Are Recipients
of Grant Funding
The Humana Foundation, located in Louisville, Ky., is providing
a total of $735,000 to eight nonprofit organizations in South
Florida to improve the health and well-being of area residents.
The Humana Foundation grants will be awarded to the Broward
Regional Health Planning Council; Education Fund; Florida
International University; Foot Print to Success Clubhouse; Health
Foundation of South Florida’s Florida Health Networks; Hispanic
Unity of Florida; Memorial Foundation; and United Way of Broward
County as part of the Humana Foundation’s 2017 grant cycle.
As the philanthropic arm of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), the Humana
Foundation seeks to improve community health and well-being while
addressing root causes and barriers that keep people from being
their healthiest. Broward County is a priority for Humana, as the
company is committed to making the community 20 percent healthier
by 2020 as part of its Bold Goal initiative.
“The Humana Foundation believes the programs proposed by these
eight organizations will positively impact the health of South
Florida residents and address key social determinants of health,
such as behavioral health support and access to health services,
which can significantly impact an individual’s health,” said Pattie
Dale Tye, interim executive director of the Humana Foundation. “We
are proud to support these nonprofits in their efforts to provide
resources and help community members achieve their best
health.”
The eight organizations will use the funding to create new and
unique programs that will improve community health:
- Broward Regional Health Planning
Council: This community-centered care project will
utilize Community Health Workers to connect adults who are
pre-diabetic, diabetic and hypertensive with services to fill gaps
in their health care.
- The Education Fund:
IMPACT Teacher Training will leverage the expansion of the Food
Forest for Schools Collaborative Nutrition Initiative (CNI), a
comprehensive seed-to-table, student-centered, edible garden
program.
- Florida International University -
Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing and Health Science:
The Intense Nurse Directed Evidence-Based Practice Treatment
utilizing Telehealth (INDEPT) program will provide extended
behavioral health care and mental health services to adolescents
and their families during inpatient stay and pre/post discharge via
telehealth education.
- Foot Print to Success
Clubhouse: Healthy Lifestyle Interventions targets
Clubhouse members who are diagnosed with severe and persistent
mental illness with, or at risk of, developing chronic conditions
to improve their health and longevity.
- Health Foundation of South
Florida’s Florida Health Networks: The Healthy
Living, Healthy Aging program will focus on significantly
increasing the number of older adults receiving self-management
education and support for prevention and management of chronic
conditions. The program will include training for ten community
health educators and will engage a minimum of 3,000 older adults
with information about self-management education.
- Hispanic Unity of
Florida: Expansion of the Te Ayudo project, which
reduces health care disparities and increases access to health care
services for low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals and
families, particularly Hispanic and other minority
populations.
- Memorial Foundation, the
philanthropic arm of Memorial Healthcare System: Journey
2 Health focuses on improving patient health by teaching patients
how to properly access health care services; assisting patients and
their families in establishing a medical home for primary and
preventive care; linking patients with chronic health conditions to
disease management services; and providing referrals to partner
agencies for supportive services.
- United Way of Broward
County: The Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral
for Treatment (SBIRT) Broward program is a county-wide portable
screening program with a primary focus on identifying depression,
anxiety and stress.
“We are thankful to be able to expand our resources to Broward
County residents with the help of this generous grant from the
Humana Foundation,” said Josie Bacallao, President and CEO of
Hispanic Unity of Florida. “We hope the Te Ayudo project will
continue to reduce health care disparities and increase critical
access to health care services for low-income, uninsured and
underinsured individuals and families.”
“Humana is committed to improving the health and well-being of
our community, and we are so pleased the Humana Foundation is
providing financial support to these eight organizations,” said Dr.
Fernando Valverde, Humana South and North Florida Medicare
President. “We look forward to seeing the transformative impact
these health and wellness programs will have on our community in
the years to come.”
For information about the Humana Foundation go to
HumanaFoundation.org.
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 improve community health and well-being through
support of nonprofit partners that promote healthy behaviors,
health education, and access to health services. For more
information, visit www.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 associates, the communities we
serve, and our planet.
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