Fidelis Care Awards The Birthing Place Foundation with Maternal Health Grant In Recognition of Maternal Health Awareness Day
Fidelis Care awarded a maternal health grant to The Birthing Place Foundation in the Bronx, NY in recognition of Maternal Health Awareness Day. The grant will support The Birthing Place Foundation’s ongoing efforts in maternal health – particularly to help underserved, lower-income women and their families.
The Fidelis Care grant will support The Birthing Place’s Familia Flourish: Breastfeeding and Beyond (FFBB) program, which aims to improve mental health outcomes for postpartum parents, while providing educational and career opportunities for BIPOC birth professionals.
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Every third Monday of January, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor a monumental leader who fought for justice and equality. Dr. King strived to make sure everyone, no matter their background, has the same opportunities in life. This included having access to quality healthcare, which he believed was one of the most important ways to achieve fairness.
Dr. King once said, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” He believed that everyone deserves a chance to be healthy, but he saw how many people, especially in poor or minority
The Fidelis Care ‘Veggies to Go’ program distributed 1,895 bags of healthy food to individuals and families in need during its 2024 season. That adds up to a total nearly 80,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables given away since the program began in 2022. Veggies to Go addresses nutrition and food insecurity in urban and rural communities across New York State.
“Nutrition is healthcare,” said Fidelis Care Sales and Marketing Director Shannon Lombardo. “We know that one bag of fresh fruits and vegetables is not going to solve a family’s food insecurity. But the Fidelis Care Veggies to Go program
2024/11/20
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為慶祝11月21日的全國鄉村健康日，飛達利斯保健向九個社區組織提供了12.8萬美元的鄉村健康捐款。這筆捐款旨在幫助支持紐約鄉村社區健康和福祉，重點為高需求、低收入的個人及其家庭提供服務的組織。
接受2024年飛達利斯保健鄉村健康捐款的組織是：
2024/10/4
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This Hispanic Heritage Month, Latinos Unidos of the Hudson Valley recognizes that health issues are some of the most important challenges facing the Hispanic community. Language barriers and lack of information in their native language as well as social stigma deter many Spanish speakers from getting help with their health concerns. That is why Latinos Unidos makes it a top priority to partner with Fidelis Care and other healthcare organizations to make sure that the Hispanic community has access to quality, affordable healthcare.
A Fidelis Care representative attended our Saturday morning ESL class and spoke in Spanish and English on what
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