About Molina

Molina Healthcare is committed to improving the wellness of all Ohioans, especially those in vulnerable communities.

Improving Health Outcomes in Ohio Communities

Resources that enhance quality of life can have a lasting effect on the health outcomes of women, children, and vulnerable seniors. To this end, the Molina Community Innovation Fund was created to provide grants and sponsorships to community partners launching innovative wellness programs in Ohio.

Funding preference is given to organizations and programs focused on increasing access to care, supporting integrated care services, and providing unique approaches to reinforcing health and wellness.


Funding Categories and Partnerships

In 2019, Molina Healthcare donated over $1 million to community organizations in Ohio through the Molina Community Innovation Fund. In 2020, Molina Healthcare has committed over $1.5 million.

Below are a few of the organizations in Ohio that Molina Healthcare supports through the Molina Community Innovation Fund.

Women’s Health - $159,500

  • Community Development for All People:
    • Fresh Market: Addresses food insecurity and provides the community with a free market where families can shop daily. Increases access to healthy food choices.
    • Thrive to Five: Develops afterschool programs for students in first through fifth grade, and summer programs for K-12 students. Offers children and families a food pantry that provides healthy foods, a store with gently used clothes, and hygiene products.
    • ID’s for All People: Helps members of the community secure funds to obtain or renew needed public documents, like birth certificates, State IDs, or Driver’s Licenses.
    • Workforce Development: Partners with Goodwill to help community members learn the skills necessary to obtain employment, such as interviewing and online training.

  • Dress for Success: Supports women with job suiting and readiness skills to secure stable employment.
  • The Molina HOPE Diaper Bank: Provides thousands of free diapers to mothers in need through partnerships with providers and community organizations, offsetting $70-$80 in families’ monthly diaper costs.
  • MomsFirst: Works with pregnant women and new mothers in the Cleveland area with in-person visits to support better family health.

Child Wellness and Behavioral Health - $300,000

  • Primary Health Solutions: Funding supported the construction of a school-based primary health care center in the Edgewood City School district to provide children and families with medical, dental, and behavioral health services.
  • Corporation of Ohio Appalachian Development: Performs lead assessments and abatements in childcare centers throughout southeast Ohio.
  • Ohio Children’s Alliance: Builds HIPAA-compliant behavioral telehealth services for its network providers. Serves over 75,000 children per year. Currently establishing a statewide health platform to support 35 community mental health agencies in every region of Ohio to improve access to mental health care for children.
  • The Ohio State University Dental Health Outreach Mobile Experience (H.O.M.E.) Coach: Offers a pediatric mobile dental clinic that travels to Columbus City Schools, providing dental care services for the approximately 36 percent of working families in Ohio without dental insurance.

Social Determinants and Living with Illness - $243,000

  • National Church Residence (NCR) - Home for Life Program: Connects members of the community with a licensed Community Social Worker for help getting the resources they need to live independently.
  • Easterseals and the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library: Mails free, high quality, specially selected books to children from birth to 5 years old, regardless of their family’s income.
  • Mid-Ohio Foodbank: Provides weekly access to fresh produce.
  • 2nd and 7 Foundation: Provides free books and positive role models to kids in need while encouraging young athletes in the community to pay it forward.
  • Furniture Bank: Helps members who are pregnant, have recently delivered, are re-entering society after a recent incarceration, or are housing insecure. Provides access to furnishings and household goods to reduce the impact of poverty, relieve suffering, strengthen families, and improve quality of life.