SilverSummit Healthplan, a Nevada managed care organization that exists to improve the health of its members through focused, compassionate and coordinated care and a company of Centene Corporation(NYSE: CNC), announced today it has awarded $326,057 in Special Rural Community Investment Program Grants to 16 organizations across rural Nevada.
The Special Rural Community Investment Program is designed to support organizations that are exclusively committed to serving rural Nevadans. Through the program, SilverSummit has provided grants to both supplement existing projects and contribute to new initiatives that support housing, justice re-entry, maternal child health, youth recreation, nutrition education, food insecurity and more. To be chosen by the SilverSummit Community Investment Program Selection Committee, applicants must meet several criteria including eligibility, clarity in responses, technical compliance, cultural competence, evidence-based programming, outcome orientation, ability to address health disparities, and engagement of SilverSummit Members.
SilverSummit’s Special Rural Community Investment Program awardees include:
- Carson Valley Health – To expand the Comprehensive Nutrition Education Program, which provides health management guidance to individuals at risk of contracting, or living with, diabetes, kidney disease and other health issues, into Douglas County.
- Central Nevada Health District – To subsidize a nine-week youth summer program in Pershing and Mineral Counties to help prevent at-risk behaviors, which will include life-skills based games and group activities.
- Churchill Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs/New Frontier Treatment Center – To purchase new furniture for the living, dining and group activity rooms of its remodeled residential and outpatient building.
- Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe – To upgrade medical equipment and enhance dental and clinical services at the Fallon Tribal Health Center, improving both the patient and provider experience.
- Friends in Service Helping (FISH) – To fund monthly rent payments and security deposits for students residing in the Revitalization Project, a FISH initiative dedicated to providing stable housing, work readiness skills and financial literacy training for individuals transitioning from technical schooling to high-paying careers.
- Jewish Family Service Agency – To contribute to a housing assistance program aimed at decreasing evictions due to non-payment of rent or mortgage.
- Lincoln Community Coalition of Nevada – To help create a novel resource center, which will provide virtual care and Medicaid and Veteran benefit application assistance to local residents emerging from incarceration or rehabilitation programs or who are experiencing mental health challenges.
- Living Free Health & Fitness – To support its therapeutic workplace in Nye County, which rehabilitates and employs individuals recovering from substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health, medical or aging-related challenges.
- NAMI Western Nevada – To advance the Freedom Bridges Peer Empowerment Program, which will support individuals living with mental illness and/or substance use disorders as they transition from incarceration into life in rural and frontier counties.
- National Bleeding Disorders Foundation – Nevada Chapter – To support underserved communities in Northern Nevada by providing vital rental and utility assistance through the housing program, which ensures a transparent and equitable fund distribution process. All applicants undergo eligibility review, and assistance is granted at the discretion of the Nevada Chapter of NBDF and its committees, with funds disbursed directly to verified vendors. Additionally, they will offer educational scholarships for individuals with certain bleeding disorders, focusing on empowerment in high cost living areas.
- Nevada Outreach Training Organization (No To Abuse) – To finance rent payments for at-risk and/or lower-income individuals who are experiencing job loss, sickness, loss of wages or other financial challenges.
- NyE Communities Coalition – To forward the organization’s Diabetes Self-Management Programming, which aims to help those living with diabetes to better manage their symptoms, utilizing the evidence-based program developed by Dr. Lorig at Stanford University and currently managed through the Self-Management Resource Center. These strategies, which include remote and in-person yoga and Qigong classes, have led to better management of diabetes systems, and reduced unscheduled medical and emergency room visits.
- Partnership Douglas County – To bolster the Empowering YOUth initiative, which offers four alternative activities to teach leadership skills and stress and anxiety management techniques.
- Tahoe Youth and Family Services – To address gaps in affordable behavioral health services in Douglas County by funding individual mental health therapy and substance use disorder treatment for adults and youth.
- William Bee Ririe Hospital and Rural Health Clinic – To sponsor a comprehensive community education series for pregnant women in White Pine County, designed to help improve early and continuous prenatal care and rates of breastfeeding. The series will also provide special resources, referrals and opportunities for mothers struggling with addiction, abuse or other issues.
- Winged Wolf Innovations – To contribute to the rebrand and restructuring of the Rural Nevada Continuum of Care (RN CoC). Winged Wolf plays a consulting role within the RN CoC, a coordinated initiative under the Department of Housing and Urban Development aimed at combating homelessness across Nevada. These efforts will help to enhance the capabilities of homeless service providers and county leaders who make funding decisions throughout the RN CoC.
For more information about SilverSummit Healthplan’s Special Rural Community Investment Program, please visit the SilverSummit website.
About SilverSummit Healthplan
SilverSummit Healthplan is a managed care plan that provides health insurance to the people of Nevada and is a Centene Corporation company. Established in 2017, SilverSummit exists to improve the health of its members through focused, compassionate and coordinated care. For more information, visit www.silversummithealthplan.com.
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