UnitedHealthcare Donates $1 Million to Support Food Security & Housing Programs Offered by Catholic Charities of Southern Nev...
September 29 2020 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
- Grant partnership will help expand Catholic Charities’ Meals
on Wheels and Renewing Hope Program for Men
- Funding will support program expansion for three
years
UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) company,
announced today it will contribute $1 million to Catholic Charities
of Southern Nevada (CCSN) over the next three years to provide
vital support to their Meals on Wheels program and Renewing Hope
Program for Men.
CCSN will use the funds to provide up to 300 seniors with food
deliveries, decreasing the current wait list and increasing food
security across Clark County. UnitedHealthcare’s donation will also
be used to support the operation of the Renewing Hope Program for
Men, which supports homeless men with a desire to gain
self-sufficiency.
"Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada proudly serves thousands
in need in our community, and we are grateful and humbled by the
support of our local donors in order to sustain these invaluable
services,” said Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada President and
CEO Deacon Tom Roberts. “Thanks to UnitedHealthcare, we’ll be able
to continue to support two of Southern Nevada’s most vulnerable
populations – seniors and homeless men striving for
self-sufficiency, independence and dignity.”
Since 1941, Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada has brought
help and hope to anyone in need regardless of race, religion or
creed. Today, CCSN is Southern Nevada’s largest social services
organization, with 225 employees and more than 5,000 registered
volunteers. CCSN provides food, shelter and wraparound services to
4,200 Nevadans every day.
“At UnitedHealthcare, we recognize the importance of supporting
local programs that positively impact social determinants of health
such as food insecurity, housing, employment and behavioral
health,” added Don Giancursio, CEO, UnitedHealthcare of Nevada.
“These social determinants directly impact an individual’s ability
to remain healthy and well. We are inspired every day by the
efforts of organizations like Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada
that tackle the greatest needs in our community.”
“UnitedHealthcare and Catholic Charities are two local
organizations restoring hope among some of the most challenged and
vulnerable families in southern Nevada,” stated Governor Steve
Sisolak, State of Nevada. “I know first-hand the great work that
Catholic Charities does for our community, none of which would be
possible without the generosity of our community partners and
organizations like UnitedHealthcare.”
Renewing Hope Program for Men offers a structured
environment for homeless men who desire to gain self-sufficiency
through employment and treatment for substance use disorders. This
structured work and living environment offers private sleeping
quarters, facility dining, one-on-one intensive case management,
life skills classes, job readiness education, and support
groups.
Meals on Wheels provides frozen meals, milk and fruit to
2,393 homebound seniors in Southern Nevada every week of the year.
According to the United Health Foundation’s America’s Health
Rankings 2019 Senior Report, Nevada ranks 21st in home-delivered
meals and 34th in food insecurity. The meals provided are designed
to meet the nutritional needs of seniors. Social wellness checks
and case management services are also available to each senior.
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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Lisa Contreras Regional Communications Director,
UnitedHealthcare (520) 444-6600 Lisa_Contreras@uhc.com
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