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GE supports two community health centres in Minneapolis

09 July 2013

by Richard Forster

The GE Foundation and the GE Corporate Diversity Council have announced a total of US$500,000 in grants to two Minneapolis community health care centres: Neighborhood HealthSource – Fremont Clinic and Southside Community Health Services, Inc. – Southside Medical Clinic.

The funding will be used to increase access to primary care for uninsured and underserved populations across the city.

“We believe that forming and maintaining community partnerships removes silos from health care services,” said Bill Tendle, Executive Director and CEO, Southside Community Health Services. “Moreover, we believe our new partnership with GE along with the company’s business knowledge and volunteer support, will only enhance the number of people we can serve and ultimately improve health outcomes. We are very excited about this opportunity.”

Developing Health is a partnership between GE Corporate Citizenship and the GE Corporate Diversity Council. The programme was modelled after GE’s Developing Health Globally programme which was launched in Africa in 2004 and more than US$80 million has been invested in key areas like biomedical repair, maternal and child health, trauma and surgical care.

Developing Health was launched in New York City in October 2009, and has since expanded to 37 cities, supporting 108 health centres with US$38.9 million and 106,000 community service hours. GE employees in the Twin Cities are committed to community service. In 2012, GE Volunteers contributed 7,800 community service hours in the Twin Cities alone.

“We’re thrilled to bring GE’s Developing Health programme to Minneapolis,” said Deborah Elam, Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, GE. “GE employees in the Twin Cities have a strong commitment to volunteerism and improving access to health in the communities where we live and work. We look forward to working with these two health centres and supporting their mission in the Minneapolis community.”

The GE Foundation provided the grants as part of the GE Developing Health programme, which provides funding and GE employee volunteer support to non-profit health centres across the United States. Each community health centre will receive a US$250,000 grant distributed over the next two years. These grants are the first Developing Health grants awarded in the state of Minnesota.

A sizeable GE employee volunteer programme accompanies the grants. GE’s Twin Cities Affinity Networks will work closely with the community health centres to provide skill-based support and best practice sharing at Neighborhood HealthSource and Southside Community Health Services. GE Volunteers teams and health centre staff will focus on business-based process improvements and other value-added skills to benefit patients and workflows.

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