Highmark Awards $350K in Grants to 11 Delaware Nonprofits Aiming to Improve Health Care Across Delaware

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is awarding more than $350,000 in grants to 11 Delaware nonprofits through its BluePrints for the Community program. The funding supports efforts to improve healthcare access, reduce health disparities, and strengthen community services — including programs focused on seniors, youth, housing, women’s health, and healthcare workforce development. Highmark says the program has invested more than $40 million in Delaware initiatives over nearly 20 years. A full list of recipients is available below:

The following organizations received grants in this cycle:

• Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition: to reach disparate populations through women’s health screenings
• Delaware Center for Justice: supporting Housing Specialist service expansion
• Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN): for the Delaware Advance Care Planning (ACP) Ecosystem
• Delaware HIV Services: to help connect communities to HIV prevention by expanding TelePrEP access in Delaware
• Green Beret Project: to provide youth programming in underserved communities
• HELP Initiative: for its Windows-ON-Community Build Campaign
• Leading Youth Through Empowerment (LYTE): on behalf of its Health Science Career Pipeline
• Lori’s Hands, Inc.: in support of work to bridge the care gap for underserved older adults with chronic illness
• Love, INC of Mid-Delmarva: for its healthy stability initiative which provides food and housing support in Sussex County
• Lutheran Senior Services of Dover/Luther Towers: for a medical van upgrade at Luther Towers/Luther Village to help seniors maintain independence
• Reach Out & Read Inc.: in support of its evidence-based program to distribute books at well-child healthcare visits

For information about the full impact of the BluePrints for the Community grants, see the 2024 BluePrints for the Community Report.