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Connecticut Children’s Center for Care Coordination Offers Support, a Safe Haven and a Lifeline

UnitedHealthcare collaborates with the Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health to help improve health and wellness for children in CT.

A pediatrician shares the importance of immunizations and wellness visits for new babies

Dr. Arethusa Kirk, chief medical officer of the UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Maryland, helps parents with new babies understand the crucial role of needed wellness visits.

Make your child’s mental health a focus of back-to-school season

Is your child emotionally ready for school this year? Get a list of things to watch for — and learn how you may be able to help ease the transition back to class.

Tips to help dress children for cold weather

Young children are at an increased risk when exposed to cold weather, so here’s how to help keep them warm.

What to Do If Your Child Has Head Lice

Each year, an estimated 6 million to 12 million cases of head lice occur among children between the ages of 3 and 11. Learn what to do.

Supporting grandparents with resources to help families grow in healthy ways

Sesame Workshop and UnitedHealthcare provide support for families with healthy food choices, resources for food insecurity and more.

Weight room makeover helps boost fitness for Denver students

UnitedHealthcare volunteers teamed up with the Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation in an effort to renovate high school weight rooms across the country to leave a legacy of fitness and wellness.

Sesame Street provides Comfy-Cozy Spaces for healing within housing

A series of Sesame Street-themed Comfy-Cozy Spaces for children hope to help boost childhood resiliency.

Sesame Workshop helps empower childhood resilience

Sesame Workshop and UnitedHealthcare are collaborating on a free book for kids and their families to help foster resiliency for better mental health.

Twin Cities students receive new equipment, renovated fitness space to stay active

Volunteers assemble new fitness equipment at Washington Technology Magnet School as part of the national Team8 Tour to help build healthier communities.

Advocating for youth mental health

UnitedHealthcare has invested more than $36 million over the past three years in strategic behavioral health collaborations.

30,000th Children’s Foundation grant helps 12-year-old with epilepsy thrive

The UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation has awarded its 30,000th grant to a 12-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with epilepsy. Meet Eliesar.

Community Spotlight: Improving birth outcomes with Project Swaddle

An innovative project in Indiana helps connect firefighter paramedics to high-risk pregnant mothers for a full circle of maternal care.

Helping young girls build confidence and healthier habits to last a lifetime

Girls on the Run Greater Tampa Bay received a $30,000 UnitedHealthcare grant to help expand its youth development program.

Helping Minneapolis students prepare for winter weather

UnitedHealthcare teams up with the Dreambuilders Foundation to provide new winter coats to Minneapolis students.

UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation helps young girl receive cochlear implants

A Georgia girl, born with hearing loss, receives a grant from the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation to help cover the costs of cochlear implants.

Special Needs Initiative helps remove health care barriers for Illinois twins

The UnitedHealthcare Special Needs Initiative helped provide support and resources to an Illinois couple following the birth of their twins.

Kid-submitted joke book helps raise money for children’s medical grants

A new book, Simply Silly Animal Jokes, is helping the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation raise money for medical grants for families across the country.

Helping Texas youth access mental health resources through education and creativity

Mental Health America of Greater Houston received a UnitedHealthcare grant to expand programming — with a focus on reducing the stigma around mental illness.

How blue-light blocking technology may help curb the effects of e-learning

UnitedHealthcare Vision donates $100,000 to help schools purchase laptops for students with blue-light blocking technology to support overall eye health.