UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of North Carolina has awarded $275,000 in grant funding to three local organizations supporting children in foster care.
The funding will support the following three nonprofits, helping expand or introduce programs and resources to foster families as well as kinship families:
- Methodist Home for Children receives $125,000 to enhance programs that stabilize placements with families for children with dual diagnoses, the historically underserved population of children diagnosed with both a developmental disability and mental health disorder.
- Boys & Girls Home of North Carolina receives $75,000 to increase preventive and aftercare services for families and support kinship placements.
- Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina receives $75,000 to increase support groups, kinship navigation and resources for kinship families.
“Caring for the most vulnerable members of our community starts with meeting their most basic needs, and we are dedicated to supporting the children of North Carolina who face elevated challenges each day,” said Anita Bachmann, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of North Carolina. “We’re honored to collaborate with these nonprofits in their efforts to keep kids healthy and in caring homes.”
The funding will help each organization find permanent situations for children, as well as increase access to care and build healthier communities in the state.
“We believe every child deserves a chance — and that includes the historically underserved population of children dually diagnosed,” said Bruce Stanley, CEO and president of Methodist Home for Children. “The generous support of UnitedHealthcare builds our capacity to equip dually diagnosed children to successfully re-integrate to their homes and school communities — and to live their lives as productively and independently as possible.”
