Fallon Community Health Plan awards $15,000 to the Multi-Service Center
Grant money to support education program for at-risk youth
Worcester, Mass., November 28, 2007—Fallon Community Health Plan (FCHP) will award $15,000 to the Multi-Service Center in Leominster through its Community Benefits Grant program. This funding will support Project Youth, a program that provides youth who have not obtained a high school diploma, with personalized education counseling, GED assistance and pre-employment training.
“The Multi-Service Center has been providing educational support services to at-risk youth since 1985,” said Barbara Abraham, Executive Director, Multi-Service Center. “Those youth who successfully complete the Project Youth program are able to develop strong self-confidence in their own abilities, as well as to become stronger contributors to their community.”
With the grant, the center is able to create a full-time, permanent staff person to support Project Youth, and to provide the program with a higher level of continuity, increased collaborations and expanded outreach.
“Project Youth complements other community efforts by working collaboratively with the efforts of the public schools, social service agencies and other GED-type providers,” added Abraham. “Since all of our services are provided free-of-charge, we work collaboratively with local school districts, families, the court system
and social service agencies to refer eligible youth to our program, and ultimately, get them back into the education system.”
Every year, Fallon Community Health Plan seeks grant applications from non-profit organizations dedicated to improving the lives of youth in communities throughout Massachusetts.
“Education is so important to one’s future success, and we’re proud to support the Multi-Service Center and its dedication to helping at-risk youth obtain their high school diploma and pursue a career or even a college education,” 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.