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VISTA community grant applications now available online
TALLAHASSEE, FL - July 20, 2005 - Applications for the VISTA Community Grants
program are now available online at www.vistahealthplan.com. The health
benefits company will award grants totaling up to $50,000 this year to
nonprofit organizations in the communities where its employees live and work.
The grants begin at $5,000 and will be awarded to 501(c)(3) organizations, in
North and South Florida, that meet specific criteria, eligibility requirements
and guidelines.
To print an application from VISTA's website click on "Our Company" and select
"Community Relations" from the drop down menu. The application package is also
available by calling 1-800-447-5116 ext. 3360. Applications will be accepted
until September 30, 2005 for the fourth quarter and notification will take
place by October 31, 2005.
The VISTA Community Grants Program supports charitable organizations whose work,
through measurable outcomes, contributes to improving the health of the
community in one or more of the following areas: preventive health, health
education, disease management, community health initiatives/outreach, improving
health care services, controlling health care costs or reducing the number of
persons who do not have health insurance. Nonprofit organizations whose service
area includes one or more of the following counties are invited to apply:
Alachua, Broward, Escambia, Leon, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach or St.
Lucie.
"Sharing our success by giving back to the neighborhoods in which we live and
serve is a priority," said Tom Glennon, executive director for VISTA's North
Florida markets. "We invite the nonprofit community to apply for a grant and
help us continue to invest in the future of our communities to achieve the
mutual goal of helping people lead healthier lives."
The grant program is one initiative in a multi-component community relations
program that VISTA introduced this month. Additional initiatives include a
volunteer program for senior executives; an employee sponsored community
activities committee; the ViSTARS employee volunteer program and the VISTA
Volunteer Fair, an onsite event to inspire employee volunteerism by providing
nonprofit organizations the opportunity to recruit volunteers from VISTA's
workforce of 1,000 employees. Together these programs provide outreach and
assistance to the community.
About VISTA
VISTA, through its affiliated companies, Vista Healthplan, Inc., Vista
Healthplan of South Florida, Inc. and Vista Insurance Plan, Inc., offers a
choice of health benefit plans including health maintenance organization (HMO),
preferred provider organization (PPO) and point-of-service (POS). Headquartered
in Hollywood, Florida, the VISTA companies provide health benefits coverage to
more than 300,000 members and 10,000 employers in Florida through employer
group and individual plans, Medicare, Medicaid and Florida's Healthy Kids
program. More than 5,000 independent physicians and the area's leading
hospitals participate in VISTA's provider network. VISTA's health plans were
awarded a three-year accreditation from the Accreditation Association for
Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) - the highest level of accreditation a health
plan can achieve. More information about VISTA is available at
www.vistahealthplan.com
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