{"id":96465,"date":"2021-10-13T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-the-david-and-lucile-packard-foundation-awards-the-u-s-mexico-border-philanthropy-partnership-2-5-million-for-hispanic-covid-19-support\/"},"modified":"2021-10-13T21:10:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T01:10:02","slug":"la-fundacion-david-y-lucile-packard-otorga-a-la-alianza-fronteriza-de-filantropia-mexico-ee-uu-aff-2-5-millones-para-apoyar-la-lucha-contra-el-covid-19-en-la-comunidad-hispana-e-indocumentada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-fundacion-david-y-lucile-packard-otorga-a-la-alianza-fronteriza-de-filantropia-mexico-ee-uu-aff-2-5-millones-para-apoyar-la-lucha-contra-el-covid-19-en-la-comunidad-hispana-e-indocumentada\/","title":{"rendered":"The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Awards the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership $2.5 Million for Hispanic COVID-19 Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN DIEGO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 13, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The David and Lucile Packard Foundation awarded the U.S.\u2013Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership (BPP) <span class=\"xn-money\">$2.5 million<\/span> to significantly increase COVID-19 support for Hispanic and undocumented communities in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>This innovative partnership between the Foundation, the BPP, the <i>Ventanilla de Salud<\/i> health and wellness outreach program of the Mexican consular offices in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, and 51 nonprofit agencies will drastically increase COVID-19 testing and vaccinations and allow for trusted, safe, and effective delivery of coronavirus information.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This partnership will allow a robust and more equitable rollout of COVID-19 vaccines to ensure that infection, hospitalization, and death rates do not remain disproportionately higher among Hispanic and undocumented communities,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Andy Carey<\/span>, Executive Director of the BPP. <\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hispanics are 1.7 times more likely to contract COVID-19 than their non-Hispanic white counterparts, 4.1 times more likely to be hospitalized from COVID-19, and 2.8 times more likely to die from COVID-19. In at least 35 states, Hispanics are vaccinated at lower rates than all other groups. <\/p>\n<p>This program will address multiple access barriers in the Hispanic and undocumented community, including fear and vaccine hesitancy, bias and discrimination, lack of health insurance, limited English language proficiency, and concern for loss of employment.<\/p>\n<p><b>About The David and Lucile Packard Foundation<br \/><\/b>Created in 1964 by <span class=\"xn-person\">Lucile Salter Packard<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">David Packard<\/span>, cofounder of the Hewlett-Packard Company, the Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of children, families, and communities \u2013 and restoring and protecting our planet. Learn more at\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3322084-1&amp;h=4175603673&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.packard.org%2F&amp;a=www.packard.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.packard.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership<br \/><\/b>The BPP is a binational membership organization whose mission is to support a network of organizations that build prosperity through leadership, collaboration, and philanthropy in the U.S.-<span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span> border region. Learn more about the BPP at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3322084-1&amp;h=1688871348&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.borderpartnership.org%2F&amp;a=borderpartnership.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">borderpartnership.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the <\/b><b><i>Ventanilla de Salud<br \/><\/i><\/b>The <i>Ventanilla de Salud<\/i>\u00a0program at Mexican consulates in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> is a cornerstone health and wellness outreach initiative of the Mexican government that provides critical preventative healthcare services to the diaspora community residing in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. Since 2003, the program has served more than 14 million Mexican nationals, including over three million in 2020.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Media contact: Susy Villegas\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <br \/>Phone: (619) 947- 5742<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:svprcommunications@gmail.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">svprcommunications@gmail.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SAN DIEGO<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 13, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0The David and Lucile Packard Foundation awarded the U.S.\u2013Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership (BPP) <span class=\"xn-money\">$2.5 million<\/span> to significantly increase COVID-19 support for Hispanic and undocumented communities in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>This innovative partnership between the Foundation, the BPP, the <i>Ventanilla de Salud<\/i> health and wellness outreach program of the Mexican consular&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salud"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}