Timeline of the Highmark Caring Foundation and the Highmark Caring Place
The Highmark Caring Foundation was established in 1985 with the mission of identifying unmet needs of children and families and creating innovative programs to serve them. After more than a decade of focus on the needs of uninsured children, in 1996 the Caring Foundation created the Highmark Caring Place to provide support to children and families who have had a family member die.
Year | Event |
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1985 |
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (then Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Blue Shield) establishes the Caring Foundation |
1987‐1996 |
Caring Program replicated in 26 states |
1989 |
Caring Team for Children (partnership with schools) launched |
1993 |
Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrolls first child |
1994 |
Inaugural Celebrity Golf Classic for Children with the Pittsburgh Steelers |
1996 |
Inaugural Pittsburgh Center for Grieving Children group |
1997 |
Caring Place facility dedicated in Pittsburgh |
2001 |
Caring Place facility in Erie dedicated |
2003 |
Caring Place facility in Lemoyne (Harrisburg region) dedicated |
2004 |
Children with Special Health Care Needs Program launched |
2006‐2011 |
Grieving Centers across Pa. trained in Caring Place model |
2008 |
Children's Grief Awareness Day launched |
2009 |
Caring Place facility in Warrendale (Cranberry region) dedicated |
2010 |
Caring Place Social Media presence established |
2012 |
Summer Camp program for grieving children and teens in Erie launched |
2013 |
School Services program created |
2014 |
School-based grief support group program launched |
2015 |
30th anniversary of the Highmark Caring Foundation |
2017 |
20th anniversary of the Highmark Caring Place |