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Fidelis Care Presents Brady Market with $5,000 Food Insecurity Grant

In observance of National Nutrition Month, Fidelis Care presented a $5,000 grant to support Brady Market’s programs to combat food insecurity in the Syracuse region. The grant is part of $315,000 in donations by Fidelis Care to nonprofit organizations on the front lines of fighting hunger across New York State. Food insecurity impacts about one in 10 New York households.

“Nutrition is healthcare,” said Fidelis Care Sales and Marketing Director Shannon Lombardo.  “Fidelis Care is committed to promoting health and well-being in Syracuse and communities across New York State. That begins by partnering with organizations like Brady Market to help families and individuals gain access to healthy, nutritious foods.”

Brady Market in Syracuse, operated by not-for-profit Brady Social Enterprises, Inc., is a grocery store with retail and wholesale operations, deli and catering, job training, and wraparound support services. It was inspired by the 70-plus year history of Brady Faith Center’s engagement with generations of individuals and families in some of the community’s most impoverished neighborhoods.

“Brady Market is very grateful for this Fidelis Care grant,” said Brady Faith Center Director Kevin Frank. “We absolutely can’t do what we do without wonderful partners. For many who live in the community, Brady Market is the only place to get fresh fruits and vegetables. We plan to use the Fidelis Care funding to take the lead in collaborating with 20 neighborhood organizations to deliver meals for 220 families. One of the wonderful things about this program is that our partner organizations know who needs food support the most. It’s just one of the ways that we are more than a market in this community.”

Lombardo added, “We know that one meal is not going to solve a family’s food insecurity, but these grants give us an opportunity to connect people with agencies and organizations like Brady Market to help them find the resources they need for long-term solutions.”

Fidelis Care takes pride in supporting the vital work of Brady Market and the other food insecurity grant recipients across New York State because no one should suffer from hunger. Click here to see the full list of Fidelis Care food insecurity grant recipient organizations.


Screener Program Provides Support to Families Impacted by Social Determinants of Health

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Fidelis Care’s innovative SDoH screener program was launched two years ago as a grassroots health equity initiative to address conditions in the environments where people are born, live, work, and play that affect their health, well-being, and quality of life. Social Determinants of Health can affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes – particularly among vulnerable populations and in underserved areas.

The screener enables trained Fidelis Care representatives to assess an individual’s immediate needs and challenges related to SDoH through a brief series of questions covering areas such as access to transportation, food, and secure and safe housing. More than 450,000 Fidelis Care members have participated to date.


Click 
here to learn more about the different Social Determinants of Health and find available resources.


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MOMMAS House Uses Grant Funds to Create Nurturing Parenting Program

Mommas House  Graduates

MOMMAS House, a residential program for young homeless pregnant or parenting women ages 18 to 24 and their babies, recently celebrated the completion of its first Nurturing Parenting Program class. MOMMAS House developed the Nurturing Parenting Program with funding provided by Fidelis Care. 

Taking place over nine weekly sessions, the Nurturing Parenting Program for the young mothers at MOMMAS House aims to foster healthy family dynamics through empathy, family bonding, and positive discipline strategies. These family-centered, trauma-informed programs are designed to develop nurturing parenting skills as a constructive alternative to abusive and neglectful parenting practices.  

The Nurturing Parenting Program is based on the following constructs: 

  1. Appropriate parental expectations. 
  2. Empathic awareness of the needs of children. 
  3. Understanding and valuing empathic, effective discipline strategies, and behavior encouragement techniques. 
  4. Understanding appropriate parent/child roles and responsibilities. 
  5. Development of power and independence in children. 

The program focuses on the needs of the mother and works to understand mothers’ personal history and experiences to better formulate parenting style. The course uses the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI) for pre- and post- testing. The assessments provide valuable insights into mothers’ parenting attitudes before and after the course. Assessment results will be used to gauge where additional support is needed in future efforts.  

Learn more about MOMMAS House here. To learn more about Fidelis Care's maternal health grants and recipient organizations, please click here


MOMMAS House Uses Grant Funds to Create Nurturing Parenting Program

Mommas House  Graduates

MOMMAS House, a residential program for young homeless pregnant or parenting women ages 18 to 24 and their babies, recently celebrated the completion of its first Nurturing Parenting Program class. MOMMAS House developed the Nurturing Parenting Program with funding provided by Fidelis Care. 

Taking place over nine weekly sessions, the Nurturing Parenting Program for the young mothers at MOMMAS House aims to foster healthy family dynamics through empathy, family bonding, and positive discipline strategies. These family-centered, trauma-informed programs are designed to develop nurturing parenting skills as a constructive alternative to abusive and neglectful parenting practices.  

The Nurturing Parenting Program is based on the following constructs: 

  1. Appropriate parental expectations. 
  2. Empathic awareness of the needs of children. 
  3. Understanding and valuing empathic, effective discipline strategies, and behavior encouragement techniques. 
  4. Understanding appropriate parent/child roles and responsibilities. 
  5. Development of power and independence in children. 

The program focuses on the needs of the mother and works to understand mothers’ personal history and experiences to better formulate parenting style. The course uses the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI) for pre- and post- testing. The assessments provide valuable insights into mothers’ parenting attitudes before and after the course. Assessment results will be used to gauge where additional support is needed in future efforts.  

Learn more about MOMMAS House here. To learn more about Fidelis Care's maternal health grants and recipient organizations, please click here