Blue Cross announces $2.8 million in grants for health programs.Cross of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). today announced grants totaling $2,761,785 for 15 health-related programs, including nearly $1.3 million to expand health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract for Native Americans This is a list of Native Americans (first nations and descendents) Cherokee
The Blue Cross Board of Directors has voted to donate $1 million to support the California Indian California Indian Any member of the various North American Indian peoples living in and around present-day California, U.S. Of the many California groups, most were composed of independent territorial and political units that were smaller than the average groupings of other Health program. The funds will be used to expand primary and preventive preventive /pre·ven·tive/ (pre-vent´iv) prophylactic. pre·ven·tive or pre·ven·ta·tive adj. Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease; prophylactic. n. health care at 24 Indian Health Clinics throughout the state. With approximately ap·prox·i·mate adj. 1. Almost exact or correct: the approximate time of the accident. 2. 300,000 people, California has the largest Native American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of population in the nation. California's Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program was awarded $278,584 to expand primary and preventive health services at clinics in small, rural communities. So far this year, the Blue Cross California HealthCare Partnerships program has awarded $4.9 million in grants to 135 organizations and programs throughout the state. Other grants approved by the Blue Cross Board were: -0-
o Hispanic Concilio of San Mateo County,
$121,905, to provide cultural outreach,
education and health care services, with a
focus on diabetes, to San Mateo County's Latino
population. Using the "promotores" model,
community members will be trained to assist
people from their neighborhoods in preventing,
identifying and dealing with their diabetes.
o Corporation for Supportive Housing, Oakland,
$200,000, for comprehensive primary health
care, mental health and substance abuse
treatment for homeless and at-risk adults with
disabilities in a supervised housing setting.
o Open Door Community Health Center, Humboldt
County, $78,911, for a pilot program to
establish preventive, primary and dental care
system in three rural communities. Community
coordinators will establish new clinics to meet
the needs of each site.
o John F. Kennedy University South Bay Community
Counseling Center, Orinda, received a second
year grant of $97,245, for comprehensive
school-based mental health services for
children and families in 23 Santa Clara County
elementary schools.
o AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles,
$150,000, to expand prevention services at five
outpatient service centers and to target the
East Los Angeles community, focusing on Latino
injection-drug users.
o Gay & Lesbian Adolescent Social Services, Inc.,
West Hollywood, $153,402, for Mobile Health
Outreach Project to provide primary health
care, HIV/AIDS prevention and screening for
youth living on the streets of Hollywood and
West Hollywood.
o Greater Los Angeles Council on Deafness, Inc.,
Los Angeles, $107,496, to improve health care
delivery to deaf consumers by developing a
collaborative relationship between the health
care and deaf communities.
o Vietnamese Community of Orange County, Inc.,
Santa Ana, $100,000, to develop a community
clinic utilizing existing health care resources
to maximize health services for Vietnamese
women and children.
o Human Options, Inc., South Orange County,
$75,000, to train medical personnel to
recognize and intervene with abused women and
their children and provide counseling for
children exposed to the trauma of domestic
violence.
o East Oakland Over Sixty Health Center, Oakland
and Berkeley, $150,000, to expand primary and
mental health services to low-income seniors in
the East Bay and San Francisco Bay areas.
o Asian Health Services, Oakland, $140,204, to
expand health services for low-income Asian
immigrants and refugees.
o Community Health Clinic Ole, Napa, $59,038, to
increase primary care for infants and children
among the Spanish-speaking and medically
underserved population of Napa Valley.
o Blind Babies Foundation, San Francisco,
$50,000, to provide support, education and a
variety of developmental activities to visually
impaired children aged 0 to 3 and their
families.
Blue Cross of California is a non-profit, public benefit managed health care corporation serving more than 6.8 million Californians. Blue Cross is the majority stockholder of WellPoint Noun 1. wellpoint - a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area well point tube, tubing - conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases Health Networks Inc., the largest publicly traded managed health care company in the state. Blue Cross and WellPoint offer health maintenance organizations (HMOs), preferred provider organizations pre·ferred provider organization n. Abbr. PPO A medical insurance plan in which members receive more coverage if they choose health care providers approved by or affiliated with the plan. (PPOs), and specialty A contract under seal. A specialty is a written document that has been sealed and delivered and is given as security for the payment of a specifically indicated debt. managed health care networks. Total benefits paid out on behalf of Blue Cross subscribers and Medicare Medicare, national health insurance program in the United States for persons aged 65 and over and the disabled. It was established in 1965 with passage of the Social Security Amendments and is now run by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. beneficiaries in 1994 exceeded $9.9 billion. CONTACT: Blue Cross of California Don Fair: (818) 703-3311 |
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