信诺集团基金会拨款345万美元：23家非盈利机构帮4700多名退伍军人安家
康涅狄格州 Bloomfield — 信诺集团基金会（The Cigna Group Foundation）11月10日宣布拨款345万美元，资助10个州的23家非盈利机构，帮助4,700多名退伍军人及其家人获得稳定住房与社区支持。受助项目分布在亚利桑那州、康涅狄格州、佛罗里达州、佐治亚州、伊利诺伊州、密苏里州、新泽西州、宾夕法尼亚州、田纳西州与德克萨斯州。
这批拨款是基金会900万美元三年承诺的第三年，该承诺以住房稳定为抓手改善退伍军人心理健康。基金会说，2025年受助机构共服务了8,025名退伍军人，信诺集团200多名员工还贡献了1,000多个小时的志愿服务。
今年的拨款将支持近50户住房的新建、修缮与改造，以及租金、按揭与水电费援助、住房安置、福利申办协助、心理健康服务、就业支持等配套服务，帮助退伍军人在安家之后留得住、住得稳。
信诺集团基金会主席 Sara Quist 表示，稳定的住房让退伍军人能打下更牢的根基，去关注自己的健康、家庭与未来；基金会很自豪能支持这些扎根社区的机构，帮更多退伍军人找到安全的住处，并获得能长期改善其福祉的服务与支持。
受助机构包括亚利桑那州的 Nation's Finest 与 U.S.VETS – Phoenix、佐治亚州的 Gary Sinise Foundation、密苏里州的 Veterans Community Project、宾夕法尼亚州的 Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia、德克萨斯州的 Foundation Communities 等；Homes For Our Troops 与 Operation Finally Home 的项目跨佛罗里达、新泽西、佐治亚与德克萨斯等州。
基金会举例说，Gary Sinise Foundation 的 R.I.S.E. 计划为重伤退伍军人提供按其需要特别改造的无按揭住房，重伤退伍军人 Leslie Smith 已通过该计划实现独立生活。信诺集团基金会是 The Cigna Group（NYSE: CI）的慈善机构，其资金来自集团及子公司的捐赠。
Cigna Group Foundation Awards $3.45 Million: 23 Nonprofits to Help More Than 4,700 Veterans Secure Housing
BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut — The Cigna Group Foundation announced on November 10 that it will award $3.45 million in grants to 23 nonprofit organizations in 10 states, helping more than 4,700 veterans and their families access stable housing and community-based support. The grantees work in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas.
The grants mark the third year of the Foundation's $9 million commitment to improve veteran mental health through housing stability and wraparound services. The Foundation said its 2025 grantees served 8,025 veterans, while more than 200 employees of The Cigna Group contributed over 1,000 volunteer hours supporting those organizations.
This year's funding will support nearly 50 new home builds, repairs or modifications, as well as rental, mortgage and utility assistance, housing placement, benefits navigation, mental health services, employment support and other wraparound services.
"Stable housing gives veterans a stronger foundation to focus on their health, their families and their futures," said Sara Quist, president of The Cigna Group Foundation. "By supporting these trusted community-based organizations, we are proud to help more veterans gain a safe place to live, along with services and support that can strengthen their well-being for the long term."
Recipients include Nation's Finest and U.S.VETS – Phoenix in Arizona, the Gary Sinise Foundation in Georgia, Veterans Community Project in Missouri, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and Foundation Communities in Texas. Homes For Our Troops and Operation Finally Home run projects across Florida, New Jersey, Georgia and Texas.
The Foundation noted that the Gary Sinise Foundation's R.I.S.E. program provides specially adapted, mortgage-free homes to severely wounded veterans, including Leslie Smith, who now lives independently through the program. The Cigna Group Foundation is the philanthropic arm of The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI).
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图片来源：图：志愿者在一处 Habitat for Humanity 住房修缮现场施工（资料图）。美国海军 Robert Brazzell 摄，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Volunteers work at a Habitat for Humanity home renovation site (file photo). Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Brazzell, U.S. Navy, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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