Return to Giving at Work Why CHC? Health: Something we all care about
We are a federation of more than 50 of the nation's most trusted health charities dedicated to preventing, managing, and/or curing chronic health conditions. 125 million Americans suffer from a chronic health condition or disability; 43 million have multiple chronic health conditions. In addition, employer’s health benefit costs are rising dramatically and 80 percent of those costs are attributed to chronic conditions. In short: Health is important to us all.
The Cost of Chronic Health Conditions Chronic health condition impacting employee productivity, passion, and morale. In addition, employer’s health benefit costs are rising dramatically and 80 percent of those costs are attributed to chronic conditions. The bottom line is: chronic health conditions cost everyone money. In addition to driving up health care costs, they impact employee productivity, passion, and morale. The Importance of Choice If you already have a workplace giving campaign, adding CHC can help encourage giving. According to America’s Charities, when additional options are offered in workplace giving campaigns, overall giving goes up in 93 percent of cases.
If you already have a workplace giving and involvement program, CHC may be able to help you make that campaign even more successful. Specifically, studies show that workplace giving goes up when employees have choices. To employees, offering choice is a sign that you respect their diverse interests. Read more. Easy Administration CHC can customize each company's campaign in order to meet the company's specific process, time line, budgetary, and communication needs. Experts in planning and running a diverse giving campaign; the CHC staff provides personal, proactive support to campaign leaders and their organizations. With more 50 years of experience in workplace giving and involvement campaigns, we can help you customize a campaign to meet your organizations unique culture, budget, and time line. Read More.
CHC is a Federation. What does that mean? Federations are the liaison between a group of charities and various employer groups and offer benefits to both groups of stakeholders. A key role of federations is to evaluate member charities annually to ensure to both companies and donors they meet high standards of performance and financial integrity. Read More. Talking to Your Employer About CHC? Use this fact sheet to help talk about the value of involvement with Community Health Charities.The Value of Community Health Charities will show that we are a name that can be trusted. |
