Fallon Community Health Plan announces generous financial program to support community-based organizations servicing children and adolescents
Worcester, Mass., April 18, 2008―President and CEO Eric H. Schultz announced today that Fallon Community Health Plan will award more than $130,000 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 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, Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, Norfolk, northern Bristol, Middlesex, 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 and community mental health agencies.
Some of last year’s grant recipients included: Square One, $15,000; The Bridge of Central Massachusetts, $15,000; Multi-Service Center, $15,000; Whitin Community Center, $20,000; and Notre Dame High School, $15,000.
For more information or to download a copy of the application, please visit www.fchp.org or contact Kate McEvoy-Zdonczyk, Director of Community and Government Relations for Fallon Community Health Plan at 508-368-9523. Deadline for submissions is June 13, 2008 by 3 p.m.
Lauren M. Petit
lauren.petit@fchp.org
About FCHP
Founded in 1977, Fallon Community Health Plan provides health FCHP is the only health plan in Massachusetts that is both an insurer and provider of care services designed to meet the unique and changing needs of all we serve. f 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 ElderCare® 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.