AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – Piedmont Augusta announces on Wednesday that 44 community non-profit organizations will be the recipients of a total of $2 million in community impact funds to support the services they provide to residents of Augusta and surrounding communities.
According to Gene McManus, the chairman of the Piedmont Augusta Board in the affiliation agreement between Piedmont and the former University Health Care System, Piedmont agreed to provide $2 million a year for 10 years to community nonprofit groups who are in a position to make a measurable impact on health needs as stated in the Community Health Needs Assessment and Implementation Strategy for Piedmont’s Augusta Hub.
“An important component in the decision by University Health Care System to join the Piedmont team was our shared commitment to investing in prevention, population health and access to care,” McManus explained, in an awards presentation at the HUB for Community Innovation Augusta. “Since joining Piedmont, our thinking has evolved and broadened to include a focus on our role in addressing medical, emotional and dental health, along with social drivers of health, such as homelessness, education, unemployment and food insecurity. We have also become keenly aware of the health disparities throughout our community, and how we can help ensure people have equal access to high-quality care by partnering with organizations uniquely qualified to impact those needs in a measurable way.”…