
PROVIDENCE – Commonwealth Care Alliance, a Boston-based health care organization for people with complex medical needs, has donated a total of $58,000 to three Rhode Island nonprofits focused on providing healthy food to those in need.
The organization donated $23,000 to Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island, $10,000 to The Elisha Project and $25,000 to Food on the Move, which is a Rhode Island Public Health Institute program.
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After operating solely in Massachusetts since its founding in 1976, CCA is planning to expand to Rhode Island and will begin offering various Medicare plans in 2022.
“As a health care organization dedicated to serving high-risk, traditionally hard-to-reach individuals, we at CCA have a firsthand understanding of the impact hunger and other social determinants of health can have on a person’s overall health and well-being,” said Corey McCarty, CCA’s Rhode Island general manager. “We are incredibly proud to support the great work these three organizations are doing to address food insecurity, which is making a real difference in the health and well-being of Rhode Islanders from all across the state.”
Elizabeth Graham is a PBN contributing writer.