CVS Health announce the company’s more than $3 million investment in new grants to support Phoenix organizations working to increase equitable access to health care, address social determinants of health, and educate the community on the effects of air pollution.
These investments include $2.1 million over three years between Valleywise Health, Home Assist Health and Advance to support integrated diabetes management services, including home health and monitoring, medically tailored food boxes and educational resources, as part of our Health Zones initiative in Phoenix.
In addition, nearly $1 million is earmarked for Phoenix as part of a $3.5 million nationwide investment over four years with the American Lung Association to support Phoenix health care providers and organizations working to expand educational resources, increase access to care and supportive services for individuals with lung disease, and leverage local air quality data to raise awareness of where pollution is most concentrated.
$100,000 will be invested over two years with the Phoenix Indian Center to support efforts to fund its Suicide-Safer Communities project, which will expand its suicide prevention services for Native Americans living in Phoenix.
These investments also support the City of Phoenix’s priorities to improve health outcomes and exemplify the power of public and private collaborations to enhance communities’ quality of life and well-being.
In addition to the new grants, CVS Health will offer free health screenings to the Phoenix community through its Project Health program, starting in March. Project Health mobile unit events are staged at CVS Pharmacy parking lots and a vast network of local organizations to help ensure transportation is not a barrier to receiving health services. The mobile unit will be onsite at this announcement providing no-cost biometric screenings such as blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose level and body mass index as well as PHQ-2 assessments to help identify people who require additional evaluation for depression.
