Fallon Community Health Plan awards $21,000 to Great Brook Valley Health Center
Grant money to support expansion of Peer Leadership Program
Worcester, Mass., December 3, 2007—Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) will award $21,000 to the Great Brook Valley Health Center through its Community Benefits Grant Program. This funding will support the expansion of the center’s Peer Leadership Program, which provides educational and recreational activities to at-risk youth.
“The Great Brook Valley Health Center is committed to creating access to high-quality, comprehensive health care for all people,” said Leah P. Gallivan, Interim CEO, Great Brook Valley Health Center. “This program is designed to promote awareness of risky behaviors and increase decision making skills that can result in increased self-esteem, and the potential for academic success and career development.”
With the grant, the center is able to hire a part-time health educator and two peer leaders, while anticipating serving an additional 100 youth. “One success of the program is reflected in the fact that while peer leaders have strong messages to deliver, they also advance themselves in their ability to relate to others in crisis and at-risk, identify their own need for life skills development and their own potential to emerge as healthy and successful adults,” added Gallivan.
Every year, Fallon Community Health Plan seeks grant applications from non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the lives of youth in communities throughout Massachusetts.
“Children are our future, and by supporting the Great Brook Valley Health Center and its Peer Leadership Program, FCHP is helping youth in our community develop life skills that will keep them from risk, while also staying focused on education and career goals,” said Eric H. Schultz, President and CEO, Fallon Community Health Plan.
Lauren M. Petit
lauren.petit@fchp.org
About FCHP
Founded in 1977, Fallon Community Health Plan provides health care services designed to meet the unique and changing needs of all we serve. FCHP is the only health plan in Massachusetts that is both an insurer and provider of care. Our product portfolio includes a variety of group and individual health plan options (HMO, POS, PPO, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage plans) featuring flexible and innovative benefit designs. We administer fully-insured and self-insured funding arrangements with customized services for employers. Our uniquely developed provider networks offer high-quality, cost-effective, coordinated care and give our members access to doctors and hospitals throughout Massachusetts. We also offer a broad spectrum of services and programs to ensure our members, at every stage of life, remain as healthy and productive as possible. FCHP is a provider of care through its Summit ElderCareSM program, an advanced and completely integrated program that offers seniors and their caregivers an alternative to nursing home placement. Our continued commitment to deliver high-quality health care and exceptional customer service has earned FCHP consistent ratings as one of the nation’s top health plans, and in 2007, placed our Medicare and Medicaid health plans as the best in the nation. FCHP is the only health plan in Massachusetts to have been awarded “Excellent” Accreditation by the National Committee for Quality Assurance for our HMO, Medicare Advantage and Medicaid products.