Aetna Distributes $2.2 Million Through Regional Grants Program; Almost $275,000 donated in New York; 92 percent of grants focus on racial and ethnic disparities.HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) today announced the final total of its national Regional Grants Program for 2004. The company made $2.2 million in grants nationally to 109 organizations. Funds in 2004 were specifically directed toward enhancing cultural competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. and improving the oral health of children and adults. Since 2001, Aetna has awarded more than $7.5 million through the Regional Grants Program, including $5 million for initiatives that address racial and ethnic disparities in health care. "We are committed to building healthy communities, with particular emphasis on addressing racial and ethnic disparities in health care," said Marilda L. Gandara, president of the Aetna Foundation. "The Regional Grants Program, in its fourth year, funds programs that improve understanding of racial and cultural diversity and provide access to quality health care." Racial and ethnic disparities in health care have become a critical issue as minorities are projected to make up 41.5 percent of the American workforce by 2008. Over the past two years, Aetna has focused on reducing disparities in health care among racial and ethnic populations through an integrated business and philanthropic phil·an·throp·ic also phil·an·throp·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or marked by philanthropy; humanitarian. 2. Organized to provide humanitarian or charitable assistance: approach. New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of organizations received almost $275,000 in 2004, $900,000 since 2001 The grants include a $46,000 donation to The Committee for Hispanic Hispanic Multiculture A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race Social medicine Any of 17 major Latino subcultures, concentrated in California, Texas, Chicago, Miam, NY, and elsewhere Children and Families, Inc. In addition, $25,000 was distributed to the Trustees of Columbia University Columbia University, mainly in New York City; founded 1754 as King's College by grant of King George II; first college in New York City, fifth oldest in the United States; one of the eight Ivy League institutions. in the City of New York. A total of $67,000 was given to the university during the past two years. "We are pleased to support local organizations that share Aetna's commitment to ending disparities in health care," said David Corkum, Regional Vice President, Northeast National Accounts. "We look forward to working with the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families and other program recipients to accomplish this goal." "One of our goals at the Committee for Hispanic Children and Families is to improve the oral health of Latino children," said Elba Montalvo, Executive Director. "Aetna's generosity Generosity See also Aid, Organizational; Kindness. Abbé Constantin self-sacrificing priest; curé of Longueral. [Fr. Lit.: The Abbé Constantin, Walsh Modern, 105] Amelia takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit. allows us to offer children's oral health information and free dental screenings to 500 families at our annual resource fair." The Aetna Foundation 2004 regional grant recipients in New York: --Aging in New York Fund, Inc. --American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District II --Candy Apple Pre School Center, Inc. --Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York --The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. --Finger Lakes Health Systems Agency --Greater Rochester Diversity Council, Inc. --Lenox Hill Hospital --North General Hospital --T. Franklin Williams MD Foundation, Inc. --Queens Child Guidance Center Incorporated --University of Rochester, Eastman Dental Center The Eastman Dental Center, founded in 1915, along with the Eastman Department of Dentistry, is a unit of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, serving as the University of Rochester's primary dental care and education facility. --Spirit of Freedom Awards --VIP Community Services --Young Women's Christian Association of Brooklyn About the Aetna Foundation The Aetna Foundation is the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc. Founded in 1972, the Foundation seeks to help build healthy communities by funding initiatives that improve the quality of life where our employees and customers work and live. Since 1980, the Aetna Foundation has contributed more than $270 million in grants, scholarships and social investments. The Foundation's giving is focused on reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care. Additional information about the Aetna Foundation is available at www.aetna.com/foundation. About Aetna As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy pharmacy, art of compounding and dispensing drugs and medication. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. Until modern times medication was prepared and dispensed by the physician himself. In the 18th cent. , group life, disability and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 13.7 million medical members, 11.9 million dental members, 8.4 million pharmacy members and 13.5 million group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 655,000 health care professionals, including over 390,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 3,937 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. (Figures as of December 31, 2004) |
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