Astrazeneca Foundation Awards 12 Nonprofit Organizations More Than $2M to Advance Health Equity - Seite 3

LCH Health and Community Services in Kennett Square, PA ($250,000) for LCH Access to Care for Southern Chester County which aims to improve the health of the community by providing high-quality physical and mental healthcare integrated with supportive services, such as social services, legal services and education, to address numerous social determinants of health.

Mary’s Center in Washington, D.C. ($200,365) for Providing Breast Care Services to Uninsured Participants which aims to increase breast cancer screening for participants and provide care coordination to all participants with a cancer diagnosis by providing high-quality culturally affirming care and services for uninsured and under-resourced participants in Washington, D.C. and Maryland through community partnerships with local hospitals, radiology and oncology providers and mobile mammography services.

SOME, Inc. in Washington, D.C. ($250,000) for Breaking Barriers, Boosting Care: SOME & the AstraZeneca Foundation’s Whole Person Approach to Healthcare which aims to empower and catalyze transformative change in the lives of medically fragile individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty in DC by providing equitable access to whole-person, comprehensive healthcare that proactively addresses each person’s unique challenges and needs, ensuring they receive the highest standard of care so they can reclaim their health with dignity.

The Foundation also awarded final grants of $120,000 to six CCH Next Generation grant awardees for their efforts to advance health equity in communities across the US:

Camino Health Center [Camino Community Development Corp.] in Charlotte, NC to expand the focus of its Camino Vida program to address obesity for uninsured Latinos in Mecklenburg County and support patients in developing nutritional habits and patterns of exercise that promote lifestyle changes and reduce the need for medical intervention through culturally sensitive nutrition and fitness programming.

Central Oklahoma American Indian Health Council, Inc. dba Oklahoma City Indian Clinic (OKCIC) in Oklahoma City, OK to pilot an initiative to provide Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) technology to eligible American Indian patients with diabetes in Central Oklahoma with the aim of improving blood glucose control and preventing and reducing complications from diabetes.

Charitable Pharmacy of Central Ohio in Columbus, OH to continue to provide quality pharmacy services, health education, access to free healthy food and connections to wrap around services to reduce the identified risk factors of health inequities, poverty and food insecurity for underserved, low-income patients in Franklin County, and further increase access to its food pantry and other community resources through Community Health Workers.