UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Supports Fight against Food Insecurity in Washington
July 27 2015 - 06:15PM
Business Wire
- Grant adds to $31 million in federal
and $6 million in state dollars that support Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)in the state
- One in 5 children in Washington live in
a household that struggles to put food on the table[i] and more
than 23 percent of adults over 60 are food insecure[ii]
UnitedHealthcare is supporting Washington’s Food Insecurity
Nutrition Incentives (FINI) Project, which aims to enable
low-income people participating in the state’s Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to have easier access to
healthy fruits and vegetables.
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Consumers visiting the Everett Farmers
Market supported by UnitedHealthcare found a variety of healthy
fruits and vegetables available for purchase. (Photo: Kim
Doyel)
In April, the USDA awarded $31.5 million in funding to national,
local and state agencies, including the Washington State Department
of Health, to encourage access to healthy foods. UnitedHealthcare
Community Plan contributed $65,000 toward the state’s grant. The
FINI Project matched the contribution with $62,951 for a total of
$127,951 to help fight food insecurity in Washington.
The UnitedHealthcare grant will be used to provide in-clinic
information on nutrition, diet and exercise at 35 Federally
Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and 58 farmers markets in
five Washington counties (King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane and
Yakima). Medicaid and SNAP beneficiaries who meet with a care
provider, health coach or nutritionist at the clinics receive a
voucher for a local farmers market where they can receive a bag of
produce and cooking recipes.
“People in low-income households are vulnerable to obesity and
food insecurity due to limited access to healthy foods,” said Doug
Bowes, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan. “UnitedHealthcare is
honored to support the federal and state government FINI
initiatives by generating more awareness and access to nutritious
foods in the communities we serve.”
For more information and a list of participating clinics and
farmers markets taking place July through October, visit
uhccommunityplan.com.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 1 million people in Washington
with a network of 96 hospitals and more than 32,000 physicians and
other care providers statewide. Additionally, the company employs
more than 1,000 people.
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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 more than 850,000 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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[i] Hunger Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status
Report 2014, Food Research and Action Center[ii] 2015 America’s
Health Rankings Senior Report
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UnitedHealthcareMolly McMillen,
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