New Collaboration Targets Urgent Health Challenges in Colorado
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UnitedHealth Group’s Rocky Mountain Health Plans has announced a $30 million commitment to address important health issues in Colorado. Funds will be used for youth mental health support services which, according to America’s Health Rankings, has been identified as a need in the state. In addition, funds will be invested in education to help grow and diversify the future health workforce.
“Addressing youth mental health was a top priority of the attorney general’s office before the pandemic and is even more urgent after its impact. This $30 million investment in education and mental health for young Coloradans has the power to change the lives of thousands,” said Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, whose office helped facilitate contributions to several nonprofits in Colorado. “I am pleased to partner with Rocky Mountain Health Plans to support youth mental health, increase healt
Even though it wasnât required to, Rocky Mountain Health Plans and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, donated $30 million Tuesday to help expand access to health care on the Western Slope and aid other area nonprofit groups in their efforts to boost education and mental health services for youth.
âPeople who made this happen understood that when we work together, we create value . and that value is being returned to the community in the form of this contribution,â said Patrick Gordon, chief executive officer of Grand Junction-based Rocky Mountain health insurance company.
âIâm grateful for your leadership, generosity and vision in investing here in Colorado,â added Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who helped make the voluntary donation a reality and came to Grand Junction to participate in the announcement. âWhat (UnitedHealth) has chosen to do is honor the commitment to Western Colorado. This is going to be a big deal.â
, Updated 23 Dec 2020, 12:16 GMT
Huge skies and big, empty landscapes don’t get more superlative than in Namibia, where Africa specialist &Beyond offers the chance to admire the night skies with a resident astronomer.
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Connor McGovern, commissioning editor,
National Geographic Traveller
I’ve become far too well acquainted with the interior of my London flat this year, so it’s no wonder I’m longing for huge skies and big, empty landscapes. They don’t get more superlative than in Namibia, where Africa specialist &Beyond offers the chance to admire the night skies with a resident astronomer in the Sossusvlei Private Desert Reserve. Zero light pollution makes for world-class celestial sightseeing in this corner of Southern Africa, and all that desert seclusion and open space will make my home seem as far away as the stars twinkling above.