CVS Health Foundation announces more than $1M in grants
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The CVS Health Foundation announced more than $1 million in grants to 33 Free and Charitable Clinics as part of a multi-year grant program with the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics. During the past four years, the Foundation has donated nearly $5 million to NAFC to increase access to quality care and support the management of chronic disease.
“As a pharmacy innovation company, we are committed to helping people on their path to better health in the communities where we live and work," said Eileen Howard Boone, president of the CVS Health Foundation. "Our support for the National Association of Free & Charitable Clinics has yielded significant results over the past four years that demonstrate how increased access to quality care and innovative approaches to chronic disease management can affect the lives of the most vulnerable Americans.”
The CVS Health Foundation also released results that it states demonstrate how the support of previous grant recipients is making a meaningful impact on their goals of improving care coordination, managing chronic conditions and increasing access to care. Critical results from the past year include:
SLO Noor Foundation (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) offered one extra day of services per week, providing care to an additional 241 patients that would otherwise not have been able to receive such necessary care in 2016.
Through its smoking cessation classes, 70% of participants at the Miami Rescue Mission (Miami, Fla.) reported either quitting or significantly cutting back the use of tobacco.
Good News Clinics (Gainesville, Ga.) recruited 22 additional physicians to expand availability of services for Health Access patients — surpassing its goal of 10 and thereby lessening the wait time for patients requiring specialty care.
“The NAFC is extremely grateful for the support our members receive from the CVS Health Foundation and their recognition of the life-saving work Free and Charitable Clinics provide to the medically underserved throughout this country,” said Nicole Lamoureux, NAFC CEO. “Their unwavering commitment and investment over the years has allowed our Free and Charitable Clinics to expand health care access, coordinate health care efforts and build healthier communities.”