ImagineCare and Florida organizations join forces to bolster services, resources for vulnerable residents (Courtesy of the Jacksonville Business Journal) — As part of its commitment to serve Medicaid managed care recipients in Florida, ImagineCare has formed contractual partnerships with 20 nonprofit organizations across the state, two serving vulnerable residents in Jacksonville. Locally, Episcopal Children’s Services and Fostering Connections can expand and enhance their programs and services with the long-term support and resources provided by ImagineCare, a joint venture between Spark Pediatrics and CareSource.
Health care experience and community connection
Spark Pediatrics formed the joint venture, ImagineCare, with CareSource because CareSource is a nationally recognized managed health care organization that has repeatedly formed partnerships with community organizations in its other markets.
At the heart of these community-based partnerships is ImagineCare’s ability to bolster familiar services and resources for Medicaid recipients in Florida. By partnering with local organizations that operate at a granular level with individuals and communities, this joint venture will contribute to better birth outcomes, improvements to children’s mental health, and an increase in home- and community-based services and support.
ImagineCare provides proven Medicaid managed care experience, in-home and clinical expertise, and an innovative approach to health care. Partnering with trusted community organizations provides Florida families with trusted community nonprofits without families having to reestablish routines, points of contact or delivery methods.
A commitment to Northeast Florida
Building on CareSource’s established local relationships and Spark Pediatrics’ nearly 15 years in South Florida, our ImagineCare community partnerships can continue to strengthen and enhance local community services and programs. For example, CareSource granted Episcopal Children Services an initial $50,000 as part of a statewide grant challenge in early 2023. ImagineCare can now further this commitment and provide long-term support to Episcopal Children Services’ programs such as Head Start/Early Head Start, voluntary prekindergarten, school readiness services, provider services, and support for parents and caregivers.
Based in Jacksonville, Episcopal Children’s Services serves children from infancy through age 5, and expectant mothers. With a program reach that extends to 14 counties in Northeast and Central Florida, Episcopal Children’s Services helps underserved children build a strong foundation for educational success.
Fostering Connections, also based in Jacksonville, serves foster families, adoptive families and families impacted by trauma with children in grades pre-K to 12.
With ImagineCare’s partnership, Fostering Connections will be able to further its behavioral health programs, which include but are not limited to life coaching; education; career readiness; college readiness; and support for children of foster care, adoption and trauma.
A mission-driven approach
ImagineCare is committed to a mission-driven approach that will make a lasting difference in the health of Florida’s most vulnerable residents, their families and their local communities.
Here is a full list of Florida community organizations that have joined forces with ImagineCare to better birth outcomes, improve mental health of children, and increase home- and community-based services and support for Medicaid enrollees in all 67 counties in Florida:
Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition Inc.
Dare to Dream Young Girls’ Network
Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida
Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County
Legal Services of Greater Miami
Miami Lighthouse for the Blind
Take Stock in Children of Florida
The Children’s Home Society of Florida
The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
The Florida Center for Children and Youth/Voices of Florida
If you are a provider wanting more info about ImagineCare, please email ProviderInfo@ImagineCareHealth.com. For more information, visit imaginecareflorida.com.
ImagineCare is a joint venture between Spark Pediatrics and CareSource combining both organization’s mission-driven approaches for a lasting difference in the health of enrollees and communities in Florida. ImagineCare intends to offer Florida Medicaid managed care recipients comprehensive health coverage and provide access to high-quality providers while delivering compassion and care.