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Health Equity

At Fidelis Care, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a healthy life. It’s our mission to ensure New Yorkers have access to high-quality healthcare, so they can get the care they need when they need it.

But many other factors contribute to an individual’s health and wellness beyond access to healthcare. Socioeconomic conditions can influence health risks and outcomes. Poverty, food insecurity, housing instability, education, employment, access to transportation and other circumstances contribute to health disparities among underserved and vulnerable populations.

Fidelis Care is committed to removing those barriers to health to improve access, quality, and affordability. It is an ongoing process that requires working together with our members, providers, and community-based organizations to support fair and just opportunities to equal access to healthcare.

Learn more about our different approaches to improve health equity:


Key partnerships

Wellness commitment to Buffalo Urban League

To nurture social entrepreneurship, facilitate wellness, and strengthen organizations focused on Black, Indigenous and People of Color in Buffalo’s East Side, Fidelis Care and the Centene Foundation donated $1.1 million to the Buffalo Urban League (BUL) to help establish its new headquarters and develop a Wellness and Entrepreneurial Center.

In addition, Fidelis Care partners with BUL through community programs and at events held in the city focused on health, family support and stabilization services, foster care, adoption, education, job training, employment, scholarships, and more.

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Mental health alliance with The Jed Foundation

As part of our behavioral health efforts, Fidelis Care and the Centene Foundation awarded $1.1 million to The Jed Foundation (JED) to protect the mental health of New York State’s youth.

Through the funding, JED will expand its current services, providing at least five youth-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) with consultation or strategic planning services, including expert guidance, educational workshops, and training programs, equipping young people with life skills and connecting them to mental healthcare when they are in distress.

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More Health Equity News


MOMMAS House Uses Grant Funds to Create Nurturing Parenting Program
7/17/2024 • Posted by Fidelis Care in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Health-Related Social Needs, In The Community, Women's Health

Mommas House Graduates

MOMMAS House, a residential program for young homeless pregnant or parenting women ages 18 to 24 and their babies, recently celebrated the completion of its first Nurturing Parenting Program class. MOMMAS House developed the Nurturing Parenting Program with funding provided by Fidelis Care. 

Taking place over nine weekly sessions, the Nurturing Parenting Program for the young mothers at MOMMAS House aims to foster healthy family dynamics through empathy, family bonding, and positive discipline strategies. These family-centered, trauma-informed programs are designed to develop nurturing parenting skills as a constructive alternative to abusive and neglectful parenting practices.  

The Nurturing Parenting Program is based on the following constructs: 

  1. Appropriate parental expectations. 
  2. Empathic awareness of the needs of children. 
  3. Understanding and valuing empathic, effective discipline strategies, and behavior encouragement techniques. 
  4. Understanding appropriate parent/child roles and responsibilities. 
  5. Development of power and independence in children. 

The program focuses on the needs of the mother and works to understand mothers’ personal history and experiences to better formulate parenting style. The course uses the Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI) for pre- and post- testing. The assessments provide valuable insights into mothers’ parenting attitudes before and after the course. Assessment results will be used to gauge where additional support is needed in future efforts.  

Learn more about MOMMAS House here. To learn more about Fidelis Care's maternal health grants and recipient organizations, please click here.