Press Releases
Inaugural Minority Physician Scholarship Awarded at the Virginia Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
This grant will further expand access to physicians and improve health care in South Carolina by supporting VCOM-Carolinas’ efforts to recruit, retain and graduate minority medical students who will...
Foundation Employee Chosen for Prestigious Program
Foundation program officer Bree Bess has been named a 2022 fellow for the Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy.
Helping South Carolina Thrive
Organization provides a one-stop shop for aid programs
Investing in South Carolina’s Mental Health
This article, originally featured on SouthCarolinaBlues.com, contains quotes from Erika Kirby about the Foundation's support of Mental Health America of Greenville County. More than 700,000 South...
Screening for Diabetes in Dental Clinics
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and the Foundation launched the Diabetes Free SC (DFSC) initiative in 2020 in partnership with the Alliance for a Healthier SC and the South Carolina Department...
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation Awards 10 Grants in the Spring of 2022
The BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation awarded 10 grants in the spring of 2022 to organizations working to improve the health of South Carolina’s economically vulnerable citizens. Newly...
Addressing the Nursing Shortage
The Foundation has awarded a grant to the UofSC College of Nursing to create a Nursing Faculty Fellows Pipeline Program. “The number of qualified nurse faculty candidates has limited the ability for...
Investing in Adolescent Mental Health
The Foundation's Bree Bess was a contributor to this article about mental health originally featured on SouthCarolinaBlues.com. Young people in South Carolina face a grim truth. Suicide rates among...
To ease a mental health care workforce shortage, surround adolescents with support
The Foundation's Bree Bess was a contributor to this article about mental health originally featured on BCBS.com. Nearly 150 million Americans live in a federally designated mental health practitioner...