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Trident United Way Focus: Access to Health Care and Prevention of Chronic Disease

Trident United Way is helping people get the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.

Access to Health Care -- supports the development of a regular system of care for low-income uninsured people that provides increased access to primary and specialty care including dental and mental health services.

     · Access Health Initiative — Trident United Way convenes a community-wide collaborative effort to develop a coordinated network of health care services for low-income uninsured people in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties.

     · CHIPRA Grant — Outreach and Enrollment for Children’s Health Insurance Program. Trident United Way supports the work of Palmetto Project in the implementation of a federal grant to increase the number of eligible children enrolled in the state Children’s Health Insurance Plan using The Benefit Bank technology.

Prevention of Chronic Disease -- influence healthy behaviors so that people reduce risk factors that lead to illness and early death. Trident United Way is developing a School-based Health Promotion Initiative that works with schools to incorporate nutrition education, daily physical activity and family engagement.

Click here to see Trident United Way’s funded partners.