Family Health Centers of Georgia Receives $75,000 from UnitedHealthcare to Expand Healthy Babies Program
July 29 2015 - 2:35PM
Business Wire
- Grant part of nearly $250,000
UnitedHealthcare has provided to community-based organizations in
Georgia this year for training, education and increasing access to
care in underserved communities
The Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc. (FHCGA) received
$75,000 from UnitedHealthcare to help increase access to and
utilization of preventive health services for pregnant women and
new mothers, particularly in underserved communities.
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Jocelyn Chisholm Carter of
UnitedHealthcare (second from left) presents a $75,000 check to The
Family Health Centers of Georgia, Inc. to support the Georgia
Department of Community Health's Planning for Healthy Babies (P4HB)
program and help reduce the number of babies born at risk for
life-long health challenges. L to R: State Rep. Pat Gardner;
Jocelyn Chisholm Carter; Dr. Michael Brooks, MBA, president/CEO,
The Family Health Centers of Georgia; Atlanta City Council Member
Cleta Winslow; and State Senator Vincent Fort (Photo: Wingate
Downs).
The grant supports the Georgia Department of Community Health’s
Planning for Healthy Babies (P4HB) program
(www.dch.georgia.gov/p4hb), which was created to help reduce the
number of babies born at risk for life-long health challenges. The
Family Health Centers of Georgia will work to increase the
enrollment of eligible women into the P4HB program that offers
family planning and related services for all eligible women, plus
nurse case management and care and treatment of chronic conditions
for eligible women who have delivered a low-birth-weight baby.
In addition, FHCGA will work to connect women, new mothers and
their babies to preventive health and comprehensive health care
services through its statewide family planning initiative, the
Georgia Family Planning System
(www.georgiafamilyplanningsystem.org).
“UnitedHealthcare’s support is important to our patients and to
medically underserved populations throughout Georgia. This grant
increases our capacity to educate young women and mothers on the
programs and services available to them and their children. Our
goal is to improve their health and well-being,” said Dr. Michael
Brooks, MBA, president and CEO of FHCGA. “The Family Health Centers
has had a longstanding relationship with UnitedHealthcare, and its
continued support goes a long way in helping us improve access to
quality health care.”
Jocelyn Chisholm Carter of UnitedHealthcare announced the grants
while visiting with patients, doctors and staff at The Family
Health Centers of Georgia in Atlanta.
“The Family Health Centers is having a tremendous impact in
communities throughout Georgia, helping provide education, training
and health services in underserved areas,” said Carter. “We are
honored to help provide new resources and tools that will help
expand programs for young women and mothers that will help them
live healthier lives.”
This year, UnitedHealthcare has provided nearly $250,000 in
grants to more than a dozen community-based organizations and
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Georgia, and are part
of UnitedHealthcare’s efforts to develop solutions that help care
for the economically disadvantaged, the medically underserved and
people who lack access to employer-funded health care coverage.
“This grant from UnitedHealthcare will provide important
resources to The Family Health Centers of Georgia that will help
families in our community have greater access to care and
services,” said State Rep. Pat Gardner.
FQHCs provide comprehensive health services, including dental,
vision and mental health services, in a single location for
medically underserved patients. Compared to the general population,
health center patients are disproportionately poor, uninsured or
publicly insured. Medical professionals at FQHCs are often trained
to recognize and understand the unique language, cultural and
economic barriers that can discourage people from seeking care.
Georgia’s FQHC organizations provide care at 152 clinic sites in 86
counties across the state and are represented by the Georgia
Association for Primary Health Care.
According to the 2014 America’s Health Rankings® report, an
annual comprehensive assessment of the nation’s health on a
state-by-state basis, Georgia ranks 38th in overall health. Nearly
10 percent of infants weigh less than 5 pounds 8 ounces at birth,
and nearly 7 infants per 1,000 live births die annually. Community
health organizations, like the ones receiving the UnitedHealthcare
grants, can help improve the state’s low-ranking measures.
UnitedHealthcare serves more than 1 million people in Georgia
with a network of 166 hospitals and more than 22,000 physicians and
other care providers statewide.
About The Family Health Centers of
Georgia, Inc. (FHCGA)The Family Health Centers of
Georgia, Inc. (FHCGA) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3, federally
qualified community health center. FHCGA is NCQA Recognized Level 3
and accredited by The Joint Commission as a Primary Care Medical
Home. FHCGA has been providing comprehensive primary healthcare
services since 1975. The mission of The Family Health Centers of
Georgia, Inc. is to provide the highest quality comprehensive
healthcare services which are culturally and linguistically
appropriate, accessible and affordable, focusing on prevention,
early diagnosis, and treatment to residents and at-risk populations
in the West End and Greater Atlanta areas. For more information,
visit FHCGA at www.fhcga.org.
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 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
www.uhc.com or follow @myUHC on Twitter.
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UnitedHealthcareBuddy Castellano,
952-931-4775Buddy_castellano@uhc.comorFamily Health Centers of
GeorgiaM.G. Bledsoe, 404-617-4095mbledsoe.fhcga@yahoo.com
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