Fallon Community Health Plan announces grant program to support community-based organizations servicing children and adolescents
Worcester, Mass., April 2, 2009―President and CEO Eric H. Schultz announced today that Fallon Community Health Plan will award more than $100,000 in grants to support innovative, community-based programs that provide preventive health and social services for children in the first three years of life or for programs that promote opportunities for at-risk youth between the ages of 12 and 19.
Grants will be awarded to new or existing programs that serve the targeted populations in Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, northern Plymouth and Worcester counties.
Eligible organizations include, but are not limited to, non-profit health and social service agencies, public schools, city or town agencies, community health centers, community mental health agencies and hospitals.
Some of last year’s grant recipients included: Massachusetts Citizens for Children, $25,000; Home for Little Wanderers, $20,000; Western Massachusetts Labor Action, $20,000; and the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester, $13,500.
For more information or to download a copy of the application, please visit fchp.org/_about/Benefits.htm or contact Kate McEvoy-Zdonczyk, Senior Director of Community and Government Relations for Fallon Community Health Plan at 1-508-368-9523.
Deadline for submissions is 3 p.m. on Monday, June 15, 2009.
Lauren M. Petit
lauren.petit@fchp.org
About Fallon Community Health Plan
Founded in 1977, Fallon Community Health Plan is a nationally recognized, not-for-profit health care services organization. From traditional health insurance products available throughout Massachusetts for all populations, to innovative health care programs and services for independent seniors, FCHP supports the diverse and changing needs of all those it serves. FCHP has consistently ranked among the nation’s top health plans, and is the only health plan in Massachusetts to have been awarded “Excellent” Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for its HMO, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid products.