The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare strives to support proactive and innovative strategies that improve the quality of healthcare for low-income individuals and families. This is accomplished through an inspired philanthropic giving plan that seeks to promote efforts and activities that identify and address core causes of unequal access and treatment in healthcare.

The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare main functions include:

• Creating and supporting preventive initiatives
• Leveraging additional resources and revenues
• Expanding healthcare services to the indigent and influencing public policy through non-partisan analysis or public discussions

The Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare has supported initiatives and organizations such as:

Texas Parent to Parent receives funding from the Centene Foundation for Quality Healthcare to support its Medical Education Program (MEP). The MEP works with pediatric and family practice residents, as well as other medical professionals to widen their perspective of the needs of children with disabilities and chronic illness from hospital and office to the home and community.

Healthy Connections Network is supported by the Foundation through funding for additional case management services for individuals in the Access to Care program, the first and only comprehensive collaborative effort in Summit County, Ohio to provide free or low-cost health insurance to the uninsured poor.

Arizona Health Care Foundation receives funding from the Centene Foundation to provide scholarships to qualified individuals who currently work in long-term care areas such as skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities. The scholarship awards provide an opportunity for these individuals to continue formal education in the healthcare fields.