Building healthy communities

In bringing affordable, high-quality care, chronic condition management, wellness, and preventive services closer to home, we’re helping to improve health outcomes for all Americans, one community at a time.

A CVS Pharmacy customer service representative swabs the fingertip of a patient.

A MinuteClinic practitioner administers a vaccination to a patient in an examination room.

Tackling public health challenges

We’re committed to tackling the most pressing public health issues in the communities we serve, including opioid misuse, suicide prevention and the COVID-19 pandemic. We were the first national retail pharmacy to end tobacco sales and we continue to combat vaping and to build the first tobacco-free generation.

Learn about the public health challenges we’re tackling

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Addressing inequities

Our work to build healthier communities goes beyond direct care. We’re working to tackle the health disparities and racial inequalities that play such a significant role in our patients’ lives. This includes our recent $600 million commitment to address inequality faced by the Black community and other disenfranchised communities.

Learn more about out inclusivity & sustainability efforts

A woman has her blood sugar level checked at a Project Health screening in Atlanta, Georgia.

Supporting our community partners

We partner with national organizations, such as the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association and many local community partners to improve access to health care and provide free health screenings and other important services, like housing and education, in underserved communities.

Learn about how we’re combatting social determinants of health

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Helping those most impacted by COVID-19

We know that some communities have been hit harder than others by the pandemic. That’s why we’re promoting greater access to COVID-19 testing in inner cities and communities of color. Nationwide, we’ve worked to make testing easily accessible for all, including schools, workplaces and long-term care facilities.

Learn about our COVID-19 support

COVID-19 support

HCN: Branches in Miami supports students and their families amid COVID-19

For 25 years, this South Florida organization has been helping children and their families. During the pandemic, their work has become more important than ever.

Kicking off our commitment to address racial inequality

We’re investing $13.7 million in low-income housing renovations and community programs in Columbus, Ohio.

Using health data as a tool to correct historic health inequities
CVS Health can play a significant role in improving health equity in the United States.

Article - May 3, 2021

Building healthy communities
CVS Health expands no-cost health screening program, advancing company's commitment to address health equity and disparities
Project Health to provide free health screenings in 14 new metro markets and launch four mobile units in 2021 to increase program’s reach to areas of significant need.

Press Release - April 30, 2021
Hope & Soap: Awash in compassion for seniors
Aetna Medicare initiative turns laundromats into community centers of hope.

Article - April 8, 2021

Building healthy communities
CVS Health affordable housing investments in California surpass $200 million
CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has surpassed $200 million in affordable housing investments in California as part of an ongoing commitment to address housing insecurity throughout the country.

Press Release - April 6, 2021
CVS Health now offering COVID-19 vaccines in 29 states
Press Release - March 11, 2021

Building healthy communities
CVS Health to invest $12.4 million in affordable housing and expand no-cost preventive health screenings in Phoenix
CVS Health announced it will invest $12.4 million to build 60 new units of affordable housing in south Phoenix and expand the company’s no-cost preventive health screening program, Project Health, in the greater Phoenix area.

Press Release - March 4, 2021

Building healthy communities
Q&A: More Engines That Predict Disease
Behind the scenes, smart algorithms can sort through data and identify a health crisis before it happens. Where is this technique most useful now?

Article - March 9, 2021

Improving health care
Diabetes Care Is Community Care
Racial inequalities have driven the disease for decades. Should a national treatment strategy move closer to underserved neighborhoods?

Article - March 9, 2021

Building healthy communities
CVS Health invests $114 million in affordable housing across the country in 2020
To address housing insecurities and promote community health improvement in vulnerable populations, CVS Health invested over $114 million in affordable housing in 2020.

Press Release - February 23, 2021
CVS Health builds on community-based strategy to address COVID-19 vaccine education and equity
Efforts will increase access to vaccinations for vulnerable communities and advance vaccine education while combating hesitancy.

Press Release - February 19, 2021

Building healthy communities
Educating a new generation of health care leaders
A new scholarship funded by the CVS Health Foundation and managed by the United Negro College Fund, Inc. (UNCF) hopes to improve the number of black healthcare workers.

Article - February 18, 2021

Healthy Communities News
Aetna and Iora Health team up to expand access to value-based Medicare Advantage care in Houston
Press Release - February 17, 2021