The United Health Foundation has pledged $10 million to nonprofits in hard hit states to support people impacted by COVID-19. The donation is part of UnitedHealth Group’s $60 million initial commitment to fight COVID-19 and support heavily impacted populations, including health care workers, seniors and people experiencing food insecurity and homelessness.
Feeding Florida, whose member food banks support more than 2,200 local charitable agencies and provide food to the 2.8 million Floridians facing hunger, including over 850,000 children.
The United Health Foundation’s $500,000 pledge will support:
Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, a residential shelter in Orlando that helps families and individuals return to stable, permanent homes as quickly as possible.
The United Health Foundation’s $500,000 pledge will support:
Downtown Emergency Service Center in Seattle, Washington, which provides housing, emergency shelter, crisis intervention and health care to approximately 8,000 homeless and formerly homeless people across the Seattle area.
The United Health Foundation’s $1 million pledge will support:
Food Bank For New York City, the city’s largest hunger-relief organization, which provides emergency food to vulnerable New Yorkers who may be quarantined, along with those impacted by the economic downturn.
The United Health Foundation’s $500,000 pledge will support:
Care For the Homeless, New York City, which delivers health care, social services and shelters to homeless individuals and families, through 25 health center sites and two shelters.
The United Health Foundation’s $500,000 pledge will support:
Food Bank of South Jersey, which established the Emergency Food Fund to enable the organization to respond promptly to emergency food requests while maintaining existing operations during the COVID-19 crisis.
The United Health Foundation’s $1 million pledge will support:
California Community Foundation, which launched the COVID-19 LA County Response Fund to address the immediate and emerging needs of Los Angeles County’s most vulnerable residents.
The United Health Foundation’s $1 million pledge will support:
Michigan’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Initiative, launched by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, to support critical services for Michiganders impacted by the pandemic. Funds will be distributed through the State Emergency Operations Center based on critical needs.
The United Health Foundation’s $250,000 pledge will support:
Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans, which leads the fight against hunger and builds food security in South Louisiana by providing food access, advocacy, education and disaster response.
The United Health Foundation’s $250,000 pledge will support:
Covenant House New Orleans, a shelter for individuals aged 22 and younger that provides supportive counseling and the tools needed to help youth become independent, productive members of the community.
The United Health Foundation’s $250,000 pledge will support:
“Several areas of the United States will require extra support in the coming days to help residents experiencing homelessness and food insecurity as a result of the COVID-19 emergency,” said Tracy Malone, president, the United Health Foundation. “By collaborating with these leading community partners, we are ensuring critical aid is deployed quickly and effectively to those in urgent need.”
In addition to financial support, UnitedHealth Group workers are supporting their local communities in a variety of ways:
Preparing food: Cafeteria workers and cooks in UnitedHealth Group offices in Minneapolis, Minn., Greensboro, N.C., Las Vegas, and Hartford, Conn., are staying fully employed and cooking 60,000 meals per week – nearly 30 tons of food donated by the company – for those with food insecurity in their respective communities.
Individual support: The United Health Foundation will provide an unlimited dollar-for-dollar match for employee donations made to a select number of organizations supporting COVID-19 response across the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Australia, Philippines, Singapore and India through May 31. These organizations include National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Feeding America and Meals on Wheels.
Offering expertise: In Wisconsin, a UnitedHealth Group housing navigator helped find temporary housing and food for 45 individuals living in a local homeless shelter that closed due to COVID-19 infection.
Supporting state efforts: Two UnitedHealth Group physicians, Drs. Jeffrey Brenner and Kathy Stilo, were loaned to the New Jersey Department of Health for 90 days to help prepare for an influx of COVID-19 patients. They oversee the myConnections Housing Plus Health program, nationally renowned for its ability to coordinate logistics, resources, meals, transportation and wraparound services. This work, and other support performed by Optum team members, led New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to thank UnitedHealth Group for its efforts.
Update
(June 11, 2020) See how the United Health Foundation is helping to address food insecurity during COVID-19 with a donation to the Arizona Food Bank Network. The additional donations bring UnitedHealth Group’s commitment to fight COVID-19 and support impacted communities to more than $75 million.
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(May 13, 2020) See how the United Health Foundation is supporting frontline health care workers fighting COVID-19 with a donation to the Pennsylvania Homecare Association.
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(April 28, 2020) See how the United Health Foundation is supporting expanded COVID-19 testing and behavioral health care with donations to the Colorado Community Health Network and to University of Chicago Medicine.
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