The Alliance of Community Health Plans will have an online discussion about how not-for-profit health plans are implementing innovative approaches to address food insecurity in their communities. Learn how:
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AvMed (Miami, Florida) partners with Feeding South Florida to provide a monthly mobile pantry, staffed by AvMed associates, that delivers free healthy food to neighborhoods in need. AvMed served more than 800 families during a recent distribution.
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HealthPartners (Minneapolis, Minnesota), in partnership with the Valley Outreach Food Shelf, applies the principles of food marketing, behavioral economics and health communications to a system that distributes more than 800,000 pounds of food to 1,500 households each year.
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Kaiser Permanente (Colorado) screens members for food insecurity and connects more than 3000 individuals to food resources, including local food pantries and government assistance programs through its partner Hunger Free Colorado.
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Presbyterian Healthcare Services (Albuquerque, New Mexico) subsidizes the La Cosecha Community Supported Agriculture program to provide more than 300 low-income families with healthy, locally grown produce each week along with culturally appropriate recipes.UCare (Minneapolis, Minnesota) has served more than 2,000 customers with its fruit and vegetable mobile market.
ACHP’s online meeting center (WebEx),
Password “HEALTH.” Click here to register.
Profiles from the plans will be released during the webinar and posted here.
Follow on Twitter (@_ACHP) for tweets throughout the event and join the conversation using #ACHPCommHealth