BlueCross Foundation Grants Nearly $3.5 Million to Support Healthcare in South Carolina.COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. Foundation in 2006 made grant awards totaling $3,499,467 million to public schools, nursing education, free medical clinics, hospice care, and other community groups serving the healthcare needs of the uninsured and underinsured un·der·in·sure tr.v. un·der·in·sured, un·der·in·sur·ing, un·der·in·sures To insure under a policy that provides inadequate benefits: Be certain that you are not underinsured against catastrophic illness. across South Carolina. The latest round of grants, decided in December, includes a total of $1,261,040 awarded to eight groups. These recipients are: * University of South Carolina
• • at Salkehatchie, serving Allendale, Barnwell, Bamberg, Colleton, and Hampton counties, $450,000 over three years for nursing education * AccessNET, a consortium of healthcare providers in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties, $150,000 for transportation, chronic disease case management, and Spanish language Spanish language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Spain and 19 Latin American nations, Spanish is spoken as a first language by about 330 million persons education * Capital campaign for a new hospice in Georgetown-Tidelands, $100,000 * Columbia Free Medical Clinic, serving the Midlands counties, $100,000 * Good Samaritan Good Samaritan man who helped half-dead victim of thieves after a priest and a Levite had “passed by.” [N.T.: Luke 10:33] See : Helpfulness Good Samaritan Medical Clinic, serving Chester County Chester County is the name of several counties in the United States:
* Free Medical Clinic of Newberry County, $50,000 * Rosa Clark Free Medical Clinic, serving Oconee County, $34,040 * CareLINK care management system, serving Fairfield and Newberry Counties, $100,000 over two years * Helping Hands Free Medical Clinic, an outreach of Marion Regional Healthcare System, serving Marion County, $25,000. * Commun-I-Care, assistance with supplying prescription medications to zero-income patients, primary through free medical clinics statewide, $202,000. "These grants will make medical services more accessible to target populations such as the working poor, children, the elderly, Native Americans, migrant and seasonal farm workers, individuals with chronic diseases, the homeless and single heads of households," said BlueCross CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Chairman of the Foundation Board of Directors M. Edward Sellers. "The BlueCross BlueShield Foundation is pleased to award these grants help support community efforts." Headquartered in Columbia, the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation is a philanthropic affiliate of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. It was created to identify and help solve South Carolinians' health problems, with special emphasis on access, affordability and quality of healthcare. The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
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