MINNEAPOLIS, January 29, 2007 — The Medica Foundation in its second cycle of funding for 2006 made a $74,653 grant to Carlton County Public Health and Human Services for its Prenatal, Postpartum, Well-Baby Mental Health Program, which provides home visits for at-risk new mothers and babies to foster secure attachment between mother and baby, help mothers overcome postpartum depression and encourage parenting that optimizes healthy physical, social and emotional development of children.
“The Medica Foundation recognizes the need for preventive and behavioral health services throughout Minnesota,” said Rob Longendyke, executive director. “We are pleased to be able to provide this much needed funding and look forward to working with our partners on these much needed services in Carlton County.”
In addition to the Prenatal, Postpartum, Well-Baby Mental Health Program , the Medica Foundation provided $30,000 in funding to a project serving the area -- The Early Childhood Mental Health Initiative. It creates a strong network of local, regional and statewide services to support the healthy social and emotional development of Minnesota children ages 0-5.
In 2006, the Medica Foundation provided $1.5 million in funding for projects throughout the state, including several that address access to preventive and behavioral health services in rural Minnesota.
About the Medica Foundation: The Medica Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable grant-making foundation and a sister organization to Medica Health Plans, a Minnesota-based nonprofit HMO. The Foundation generally seeks to fund community-based programs and initiatives that can provide sustainable, measurable improvements in the availability, access and quality of healthcare.
Email:
foundation@medica.com; Phone: 952/992-2060
About Medica: Medica (www.medica.com) is Minnesota’s largest HMO, largest PPO and leading non-profit and independent provider of health plans. Medica has more than 1.3 million members and nearly 27,000 providers in a regional health care network service area that is available to 98 percent of Minnesotans and a growing number of adjoining counties in Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota. Medica also offers national network coverage to employers who also have employees outside the Medica regional network. Medica has the highest accreditation, Excellent, from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA
®) for the commercial health plans it provides to Minnesotans and North Dakotans and for Medicaid HMO plans. Medica’s vision is to become the community’s health plan of choice, trusted for its integrity, respected for its service, and admired for its commitment to innovation and efficiency.
For more information, contact:Greg Bury
Senior Communications Manager
Office: 952-992-8437
Cell: 612-810-4556
E-mail:
greg.bury@medica.com###