{"id":471605,"date":"2021-04-06T08:05:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=471605"},"modified":"2021-04-06T08:05:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T12:05:21","slug":"unitedhealthcare-awards-more-than-276000-in-maternal-health-grants-to-six-community-organizations-in-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/unitedhealthcare-awards-more-than-276000-in-maternal-health-grants-to-six-community-organizations-in-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"UnitedHealthcare Awards More Than $276,000 in Maternal Health Grants to Six Community Organizations in Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }\n.bwlistdisc { list-style-type: disc }\n.bwuline { text-decoration: underline }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>UnitedHealthcare Awards More Than $276,000 in Maternal Health Grants to Six Community Organizations in Tennessee<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Grants ranging from $5,000 to $75,000 will support programs that address:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li><b><i>Maternal health outcome disparities<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Prepartum and postpartum education<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b><i>Social determinants of health &#8211; food, housing and essential needs<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>BRENTWOOD, Tenn.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nUnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee has awarded more than $276,000 in maternal health grants to six community organizations aimed at improving maternal health outcomes, reducing disparities and expanding access to care.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cPregnant women in the U.S. are increasingly experiencing adverse maternal and birth outcomes, particularly Black women,\u201d said Keith Payet, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee. \u201cUnitedHealthcare believes that we must identify and support high-risk mothers early and throughout their care journey including after birth, through partnerships with national and local community-based organizations.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe six grant recipients include:\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"bwlistdisc\">\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBSTARS901%2F&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=BSTARS&amp;index=1&amp;md5=d089022874a2d343a04fcaa23c8f0d2b\">BSTARS<\/a> \u2013 Serving Memphis; $5,000 to support Black women who choose to breastfeed.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccwtn.org%2F&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Catholic+Charities+of+West+Tennessee%2C+Inc.&amp;index=2&amp;md5=faf34bd574937428eb0076c323f5a82e\">Catholic Charities of West Tennessee, Inc.<\/a> \u2013 Serving West Tennessee; $40,200 to fund personnel, food boxes and marketing materials to expand services to target Memphis residents.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cafth.org%2F&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Community+Alliance+for+the+Homeless&amp;index=3&amp;md5=c822bf86b7bdfa98c0be994974cf9891\">Community Alliance for the Homeless<\/a> (CAFTH) \u2013 Serving Memphis and Shelby county; $45,000 to expand an emergency shelter program for households with children.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fmothertomotherinc%2F&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Mother+to+Mother&amp;index=4&amp;md5=734582411c8fb938eef8f5deea21a11e\">Mother to Mother<\/a> \u2013 Serving Nashville; $65,964 to purchase infant car seats, toddler car seats, cribs and strollers.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nashvillediaperconnection.org%2F&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Nashville+Diaper+Connection&amp;index=5&amp;md5=beb0dba9a218f6c5519f764b552b92f9\">Nashville Diaper Connection<\/a> \u2013 Serving Nashville; $45,000 to purchase diapers and support program promotional materials.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sisterreach.org%2F&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=SisterReach&amp;index=6&amp;md5=5eebd62c878ec9a8274c99f2ae570ecf\">SisterReach<\/a> \u2013 Serving Memphis; $75,000 to support housing, food, clothing, domestic violence prevention services, utility assistance and doula services.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\u201cNashville Diaper Connection&#8217;s mission is to ensure that every baby in Nashville has enough diapers to remain clean, dry and healthy. We leverage Nashville Diaper Connection&#8217;s partner network and our diaper donations to improve crucial maternal, infant and toddler health outcomes,\u201d said Doug Adair, CEO and founder of Nashville Diaper Connection. \u201cThis maternal health grant allows us to better serve high-risk mothers and babies while working toward our goal of \u201cNo Child Wet Behind.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;Centering the needs of women, mothers, children and families is central to what the reproductive justice framework was intended to accomplish. Ensuring that women and mothers can lead a healthy life, raise healthy families and live in compassionate and sustainable communities is not only our responsibility as human rights advocates, but as neighbors and servants in our community,\u201d said Cherisse Scott, CEO and founder, SisterReach. \u201cOur partnership with UnitedHealthcare allows us to address and provide some of the practical and immediate needs vulnerable people and families in Shelby County require. In March, we launched Pearl&#8217;s Pantry, named in honor of my dearly departed mother. The program will feature a food pantry and clothes closet for the entire family. Participants will also be connected to other programs and resources SisterReach and our program partners provide.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nInfants born preterm or with low birth weight are at an increased risk for experiencing physical disabilities and developmental impairments throughout their lives. According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americashealthrankings.org%2F&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=America%26%238217%3Bs+Health+Rankings&amp;index=7&amp;md5=fdd5c0982be0a2c4824c881c3209f766\">America\u2019s Health Rankings<\/a>, the rate of Tennessee\u2019s low birth weight infants (defined as less than 5 pounds 8 ounces) is now 9.3% of births, leaving the state ranked 41 of 50 states. Additionally the state\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marchofdimes.org%2Fperistats%2Ftools%2Freportcard.aspx%3Freg%3D47&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=preterm+birth+rates&amp;index=8&amp;md5=551c65d2a0d6819fbe388d5e62f3ad26\">preterm birth rates<\/a> have been increasing for three years, making up 11.2% of current births, and the state\u2019s Black women have a 44% higher rate than all other women according to March of Dimes, which fights for the health of all moms and babies\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThese grants are part of several initiatives that UnitedHealthcare, along with its parent company UnitedHealth Group, is launching to address maternal health outcomes throughout the United States, including over $5 million in recent philanthropic grants to support maternal health and $2.85 million in support to <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marchofdimes.org%2Fnews%2Fmarch-of-dimes-and-unitedhealthcare-collaborate-to-improve-maternal-health-and-reduce-racial-disparities-in-outcomes.aspx&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=March+of+Dimes&amp;index=9&amp;md5=d6d62ca7862f31bc9d760f93a2519b88\">March of Dimes<\/a> for a public-private partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services that aims to reduce the Black-White disparity gap and improve maternal health outcomes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nUnitedHealthcare serves more than 1.3 million people in Tennessee enrolled in employer-sponsored, individual, Medicare and Medicaid benefit plans, with a network of 127 hospitals, and more than 35,000 physicians and other care providers statewide.\n<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"bwuline\">About UnitedHealthcare<br \/>\n<br \/><\/span><\/b>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 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.uhc.com&amp;esheet=52406687&amp;newsitemid=20210406005130&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.uhc.com&amp;index=10&amp;md5=754cd83157ddaf6b05d165a0f964bb42\">www.uhc.com<\/a> or follow @UHC on Twitter.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20210406005130r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210406005130\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210406005130\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Media Contact:<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>Tony Marusic<br \/>\n<br \/>UnitedHealthcare<br \/>\n<br \/>(312) 363-7714<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:tony_marusic@uhc.com\">tony_marusic@uhc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> United States North America Tennessee<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Insurance Baby\/Maternity Professional Services Philanthropy Managed Care General Health Fund Raising Consumer Health Other Philanthropy<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UnitedHealthcare Awards More Than $276,000 in Maternal Health Grants to Six Community Organizations in Tennessee Grants ranging from $5,000 to $75,000 will support programs that address: Maternal health outcome disparities Prepartum and postpartum education Social determinants of health &#8211; food, housing and essential needs \u00a0 BRENTWOOD, Tenn.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee has awarded more than $276,000 in maternal health grants to six community organizations aimed at improving maternal health outcomes, reducing disparities and expanding access to care. \u201cPregnant women in the U.S. are increasingly experiencing adverse maternal and birth outcomes, particularly Black women,\u201d said Keith Payet, CEO, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee. \u201cUnitedHealthcare believes that we must identify and support high-risk mothers early and throughout their care journey &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/unitedhealthcare-awards-more-than-276000-in-maternal-health-grants-to-six-community-organizations-in-tennessee\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UnitedHealthcare Awards More Than $276,000 in Maternal Health Grants to Six Community Organizations in Tennessee&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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