The MolinaCares Accord Donates $50,000 To SHIELDS For Families In Support Of Initiative To Combat Perinatal Depression

The MolinaCares Accord (MolinaCares), in collaboration with Molina Healthcare of California (Molina), has granted $50,000 to SHIELDS for Families (SHIELDS), a community-based non-profit serving south Los Angeles, in support of an initiative to develop a new curriculum that helps address perinatal depression among mothers of color.

The grant supports the Health Equity Challenge (HEC), a program developed by MolinaCares in partnership with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research as a part of the MolinaCares California Equity and Accessibility Initiative. The initiative launched in 2021 to advance health equity across the state of California. The HEC gave . . .