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UnitedHealthcare funds maternal health, food access in Virginia
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Six community-based organizations in Virginia will receive a total of $900,000 in funding from UnitedHealthcare. The national managed care organization announced Thursday that it will donate $11.4 million in grants to 84 community based organizations across the nation as part of its Empowering Health initiative, which aims to expand access to care and address the impact of social determinants of health on underserved communities.
Initiatives that address social determinants of health are becoming more relevant in the health care sector. The American Journal of Preventive Medicine estimates that 80 percent of what influences a person’s health does not directly involve medical care, but access to food, housing, transportation, and financial security.
Women leaving incarceration can soon find a new home in the Oak Cottage for Women
It s a first of its kind in Williamson County- the Oak Cottage for Women provides a home for women leaving prison. Now they hope to give more women a fresh start as they prepare to break ground yet again.
and last updated 2021-06-25 23:29:06-04
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WTVF) â It s a Franklin home that at first glance looks unassuming, but soon, it will serve a unique purpose.
âWe help them to get a job, we feed them, we clothe them, we transport them. They come homeless to our house and we take care of all their needs,â said Founder and Executive Director of Oak Cottage for Women, Judy Felts.
Stephanie Spencer from Urban Baby Beginnings. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM)
About 700 women die from pregnancy-related complications each year according to the Centers for Disease Control. In Virginia, Black women are three times more likely to die during pregnancy than white women. Health experts and lawmakers are working to address the persistent racial disparities regarding maternal health.
As part of those efforts, the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts established a maternal health task force, seeking the help of health specialists from Urban Baby Beginnings and Birth in Color RVA to find solutions.
Recently, the task force launched a program that offers free prenatal and postnatal care to the commonwealth’s most vulnerable by connecting people with community doulas.
Stephanie Spencer and her father Joe will open a new restuarant in Farmington Hills. An Eastern Market institution for decades, Detroit s Louisiana Creole Gumbo restaurant is set to open its first suburban location at 29216 Orchard Lake Rd., in Farmington Hills in mid-March. Joe Spencer, president of Louisiana Creole Gumbo, says the restaurant will be carryout-only until the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Once they offer dine-in seating, it will be able to seat up to 30 people. For more than 50 years, Louisiana Creole Gumbo has served its signature creole, gumbo, jambalaya, red beans, meats, rice, and more to the Detroit community. As far as the food, we ll be serving the same menu, Spencer tells