August 8, 2022 – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) along with Direct Relief and the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), have awarded four community health centers with a total of $1.08 million to implement programs to support chronic disease management to underserved communities.
The BD Helping Build Healthy Communities Innovations in Care award recognizes U.S. community health centers for excellence in helping vulnerable patients manage their complex chronic diseases and improve their overall health.
This year’s awardees will receive a grant for $270,000 each to build upon the demonstrated impact their novel care approaches have on at-risk populations. All four community health centers also received the Innovations in Care award in 2021.
The supplemental funding will enable the health centers to continue enhancing impact through holistic, culturally sensitive, team-based care and by providing pharmacist-led patient education and counseling.
The funding will also be used to help remove barriers to care by addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) — including where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and their age, all of which affect a wide range of health and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
The Innovations in Care 2022 award winners are:
- Healthnet (Indianapolis, IN)
- Northeast Valley Health Corporation (San Fernando, CA)
- Share Our Selves (Costa Mesa, CA)
- Wahiawa Center for Community Health (Wahiawa, HI)