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斯克兰顿地区基金会拨款支持赖特中心的患者援助计划
斯克兰顿地区社区基金会（Scranton Area Community Foundation）向赖特患者与社区参与中心（The Wright Center for Patient & Community Engagement）拨款 18,500 美元，用于支持该组织在拉克瓦纳县开展的 "社区健康工作者患者援助计划"（Community Health Workers' Patient Assistance Program）。参加支票捐赠仪式的左起分别是莱特社区卫生中心董事会副主席 William Waters、莱特社区卫生中心董事会秘书 Mary Marrara、斯克兰顿地区社区基金会总裁兼首席执行官 Laura Ducceschi、莱特中心公共事务总监/总裁兼首席执行官顾问联络人 Kara Seitzinger 以及莱特社区卫生中心董事会主席 Gerard Geoffroy。
赖特患者与社区参与中心（TWCPCE）最近获得斯克兰顿地区社区基金会（Scranton Area Community Foundation）18,500 美元的资助，用于支持该组织在拉克瓦纳县开展的 "社区健康工作者患者援助计划"。
Community health workers will use the grant funds to respond to the hardships identified in screenings that are administered at a patient’s first appointment with an emphasis on providing food donation bags, bus passes, and filled school backpacks for needy students who reside in Lackawanna County.
"病人将收到这些物品，以帮助减轻拉克瓦纳县的贫困。我们将为 74 名儿童提供装满学习用品的书包，确保他们拥有学习和成长所需的用品，"莱特社区卫生中心公共事务主管卡拉-塞辛格（Kara Seitzinger）说。"该计划将有助于确保个人和家庭不会挨饿，并在需要时提供可靠的交通工具。
除了孩子们的书包，该组织的目标是为 207 个家庭和个人提供 521 张巴士通行证和食品捐赠袋。
During screenings, community health workers determine if a family is experiencing financial hardship or food insecurity and transportation issues and more.
In 2021, The Wright Center’s community health workers made 2,630 outreaches to patients receiving services at the Scranton practice, illustrating the dire needs of individuals who completed the screenings. Housing, food, utility, phone, health care assistance, clothing, childcare, and transportation were needed, along with behavioral health and stress relief.
2020 年，TWCPCE 参加了食物募捐活动，为 1,800 个家庭提供了食物。团队还分发了 1,000 个书包和 378 件冬衣。
“We provide 160 bus passes every six months per clinic and at least 10 bags of food per week to needy families,” said Amanda Vommaro, co-director of TWCPCE. “The need is growing due to the ongoing pandemic and the economic impacts of the war in Ukraine. Our community health workers will have the necessary resources to immediately respond to needs identified during health screenings, thanks to the resources provided by the generosity of the Scranton Area Community Foundation.”
