United Way Award to Partners in Care Foundation Provides Continued Assistance to Uninsured and Underinsured in Los Angeles County Communities for 2007-2008 Project Year
For Immediate Release: Greater Los Angeles Area
April 7, 2008
Contact: Kathy Abbott-Mayer, Director of Strategic Communications, Partners in Care Foundation, Phone 818-837-3775 ext. 137; Email kabbott-mayer@picf.org. To learn more about Partners in Care please visit www.picf.org.
United Way Award to Partners in Care Foundation Provides Continued Assistance to Uninsured and Underinsured in Los Angeles County Communities for 2007-2008 Project Year
LOS ANGELES, April 7, 2008— In its 10th year of service to the Greater Los Angeles area, Southern California and beyond, Partners in Care Foundation is nearing completion of its 2007-2008 United Way project year award which fortified ongoing efforts to provide greater access to care for the uninsured and underinsured in Los Angeles County, announced June Simmons, President and CEO for Partners in Care Foundation.
“The generous and continued support from the United Way this year has once again strengthened and expanded Partners in Care programs for those most in need in Los Angeles County, “ noted Ms. Simmons. “The funding has enabled Partners to reach a larger population of diverse families and children and to provide the critically necessary self-care management, prevention, early intervention information and care that is critical to helping people stay well or to restore their health. These efforts are fundamental to achieving quality of life as well as providing a strong platform for healthcare reform.”
Support for Partners in Care was one of many grants awarded under the United Way’s “Creating Pathways Out of Poverty” campaign. The efforts were targeted to improve the lives of those in need with a 10-year action plan aimed at three main goals: meeting basic needs such as food, health care and shelter; improving young people’s education; and teaching adults the skills they need to become financially stable.
About Partners in Care, www.picf.org: Partners in Care is a leading non profit which creates, tests and implements healthcare program innovations. Partners’ new models of care improve quality of life for those served, while reducing the cost burden on the healthcare delivery system. Based in San Fernando, California and serving communities throughout Southern California, Partners has followed its mission of “Changing the Shape of Healthcare” for the last 10 years. Currently Partners is taking many of its program innovations national as models of care that are targeted to change and improve healthcare delivery.
CONTACT: For additional information about Partners in Care Foundation contact:
Kathy Abbott-Mayer, Director Strategic Communications; Phone 818-837-3775 ext 137; Email kabbott-mayer@picf.org To learn more about Partners in Care Foundation please visit: www.picf.org
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