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Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
'Woke' hospital could be in crosshairs of Trump admin after scathing complaint alleges DEI discrimination
FIRST ON FOX: A pro-Trump legal nonprofit has filed an official complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) calling for an investigation into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at a prominent Midwest hospital system following a Fox News Digital report on criticism of those policies. The complaint, which was filed by America First Legal (AFL) to the Civil Rights Office of HHS, charges that Henry Ford Health (HFH) has "implemented and institutionalized an organization of race- and sex-based discrimination under the banner of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") across its operations, including its employment practices, residency programs, and delivery of patient services." The complaint comes after Consumers' Research, a leading nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, launched an ad campaign alleging the hospital's DEI policies and transgender treatment for children had put "politics over patients," Fox News Digital exclusively reported. The AFL is demanding an "immediate investigation," as it accuses HFH of using federal dollars to promote DEI initiatives, including racial quotas in their hiring practice, prioritizing organ transplants based on race, elevating "identity-restricted" students for medical scholarships and awarding supplier contracts based on race and gender. Trump's Crackdown On Harvard, 'Woke' Colleges Will Take More Than 100 Days To Leave Lasting Reform: Professor "Failure to act in the face of such egregious and well-documented violations would not only signal tolerance of unlawful discrimination but would undermine the federal government's duty to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to advance unconstitutional or ideologically driven practices," the AFL wrote in the complaint. Read On The Fox News App Major University Medical Center Accused Of Hiding Dei Programs, Influential Senator Calls Them Out The complaint accuses HFH of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, gender or national origin, and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits such discrimination within the healthcare industry. The AFL also alleges that HFH is violating President Donald Trump's executive order signed this year that bans federal support for DEI mandates. "Since 2021, HFH has received nearly $1 billion in federally obligated awards containing DEI-related provisions that embed race and sex-based priorities into clinical, research, and administrative functions. These awards show that HFH operates federally funded programs that affirmatively integrate DEI into its internal governance, recruitment, clinical decision-making, and service delivery," the AFL said. The complaint described HFH's "discriminatory programs and practices" as "flagrant, ongoing, and systematic violations of non-discrimination mandates" and an "unlawful misuse of federal taxpayer funds." In addition to a formal investigation into HFH's alleged violations, the AFL is requesting a compliance review of all HHS-funded programs, a suspension of all race- and sex-based policies and practices, revised HFH plans to comply with "federal civil rights law," legal and administrative penalties for noncompliance and referral of "any potentially unlawful conduct" to federal enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of Inspector General. The AFL described the Midwest hospital as perpetrating a "sweeping, deliberate, and ongoing pattern of discriminatory practices by a major healthcare institution receiving significant federal support." The complaint is addressed to leading Trump Cabinet members, including HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. It also addresses Department of Justice Civil Rights Chief Harmeet K. Dillon, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea R. Lucas, Director of Office of Federal Operations at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Carlton M. Hadden and Senior Bureau Official at the Department of State Riley M. Barnes. "Henry Ford Health is prioritizing politics over patients," Will Hild, Consumers' Research executive director, told Fox News Digital this month during the advertising campaign launch. "Driven by gender ideology, Henry Ford has continued performing deeply harmful and irreversible sex-change treatments on children and must be stopped… Consumers' Research will continue to put these hospitals on blast for putting a woke agenda over patient care." Consumers' Research targeted the Detroit hospital with a campaign earlier this month called "Ford Health Exposed" that included a website spotlighting its "discriminatory practices" that it said included "administering harmful transgender treatments on kids, and prioritizing a radical climate agenda." The Henry Ford Health website is littered with examples of "woke" ideology being promoted, including DEI, which the hospital admitted on its website is "woven into the fabric of everything we do." "Diversity always will be the foundation on which Henry Ford Health stands," the organization's website states. The website also openly promotes its use of "unconscious bias training" as well as Employee Resource Groups to promote its "diversity" agenda that it says will "enhance the quality of care and comfort for each person that we serve." Top Us Hospital Hit With Scathing Ad Campaign Over 'Extreme Woke' Agenda: 'Politics Over Patients' The healthcare system also promotes what it describes on its website as "supplier diversity," where it prioritizes working with businesses that are at least 51% owned by LGBTQ+ persons or certain minority categories. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are simply not enough," Kimberlydawn Wisdom, senior vice president of community health and equity and chief wellness and diversity officer at Henry Ford Health, said in a 2021 newsletter posted on the provider's website. An HHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the department "does not comment on potential or active investigations." In a statement to Fox News Digital, a Henry Ford Health spokesperson said, "Henry Ford Health respects and fully complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws." "For more than a century, Henry Ford Health has been fully committed to serving Michigan's richly diverse communities, providing health care services and employment opportunities to everyone. Our commitment to non-discrimination remains steadfast," the spokesperson article source: 'Woke' hospital could be in crosshairs of Trump admin after scathing complaint alleges DEI discrimination
Fox News
01-05-2025
- Health
- Fox News
'Woke' hospital could be in crosshairs of Trump admin after scathing complaint alleges DEI discrimination
FIRST ON FOX: A pro-Trump legal nonprofit has filed an official complaint with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) calling for an investigation into diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at a prominent Midwest hospital system following a Fox News Digital report on criticism of those policies. The complaint, which was filed by America First Legal (AFL) to the Civil Rights Office of HHS, charges that Henry Ford Health (HFH) has "implemented and institutionalized an organization of race- and sex-based discrimination under the banner of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") across its operations, including its employment practices, residency programs, and delivery of patient services." The complaint comes after Consumers' Research, a leading nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, launched an ad campaign alleging the hospital's DEI policies and transgender treatment for children had put "politics over patients," Fox News Digital exclusively reported. The AFL is demanding an "immediate investigation," as it accuses HFH of using federal dollars to promote DEI initiatives, including racial quotas in their hiring practice, prioritizing organ transplants based on race, elevating "identity-restricted" students for medical scholarships and awarding supplier contracts based on race and gender. "Failure to act in the face of such egregious and well-documented violations would not only signal tolerance of unlawful discrimination but would undermine the federal government's duty to ensure that taxpayer dollars are not used to advance unconstitutional or ideologically driven practices," the AFL wrote in the complaint. The complaint accuses HFH of violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, gener or national origin, and Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits such discrimination within the healthcare industry. The AFL also alleges that HFH is violating President Donald Trump's executive order signed this year that bans federal support for DEI mandates. "Since 2021, HFH has received nearly $1 billion in federally obligated awards containing DEI-related provisions that embed race and sex-based priorities into clinical, research, and administrative functions. These awards show that HFH operates federally funded programs that affirmatively integrate DEI into its internal governance, recruitment, clinical decision-making, and service delivery," the AFL said. The complaint described HFH's "discriminatory programs and practices" as "flagrant, ongoing, and systematic violations of non-discrimination mandates" and an "unlawful misuse of federal taxpayer funds." In addition to a formal investigation into HFH's alleged violations, the AFL is requesting a compliance review of all HHS-funded programs, a suspension of all race- and sex-based policies and practices, revised HFH plans to comply with "federal civil rights law," legal and administrative penalties for noncompliance and referal of "any potentially unlawful conduct" to federal enforcement agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of Inspector General. The AFL described the Midwest hospital as perpetrating a "sweeping, deliberate, and ongoing pattern of discriminatory practices by a major healthcare institution receiving significant federal support." The complaint is addressed to leading Trump Cabinet members, including HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Attorney General Pam Bondi, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. It also addresses Department of Justice Civil Rights Chief Harmeet K. Dillon, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea R. Lucas, Director of Office of Federal Operations at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Carlton M. Hadden and Senior Bureau Official at the Department of State Riley M. Barnes. "Henry Ford Health is prioritizing politics over patients," Will Hild, Consumers' Research executive director, told Fox News Digital this month during the advertising campaign launch. "Driven by gender ideology, Henry Ford has continued performing deeply harmful and irreversible sex-change treatments on children and must be stopped… Consumers' Research will continue to put these hospitals on blast for putting a woke agenda over patient care." Consumers' Research targeted the Detroit hospital with a campaign earlier this month called "Ford Health Exposed" that included a website spotlighting its "discriminatory practices" that it said included "administering harmful transgender treatments on kids, and prioritizing a radical climate agenda." The Henry Ford Health website is littered with examples of "woke" ideology being promoted, including DEI, which the hospital admitted on its website is "woven into the fabric of everything we do." "Diversity always will be the foundation on which Henry Ford Health stands," the organization's website states. The website also openly promotes its use of "unconscious bias training" as well as Employee Resource Groups to promote its "diversity" agenda that it says will "enhance the quality of care and comfort for each person that we serve." The healthcare system also promotes what it describes on its website as "supplier diversity," where it prioritizes working with businesses that are at least 51% owned by LGBTQ+ persons or certain minority categories. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are simply not enough," Kimberlydawn Wisdom, senior vice president of community health and equity and chief wellness and diversity officer at Henry Ford Health, said in a 2021 newsletter posted on the provider's website. An HHS spokesperson told Fox News Digital that the department "does not comment on potential or active investigations." In a statement to Fox News Digital, a Henry Ford Health spokesperson said, "Henry Ford Health respects and fully complies with all state and federal anti-discrimination laws." "For more than a century, Henry Ford Health has been fully committed to serving Michigan's richly diverse communities, providing health care services and employment opportunities to everyone. Our commitment to non-discrimination remains steadfast," the spokesperson continued.
Fox News
14-04-2025
- Health
- Fox News
Top US hospital hit with scathing ad campaign over 'extreme woke' agenda: 'Politics over patients'
FIRST ON FOX: Consumers' Research, a leading nonprofit dedicated to consumer information, is launching an advertising campaign against one of the top healthcare systems in the United States, accusing it of prioritizing "woke" politics over patient care. Consumers' Research is targeting Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan, with a campaign called "Ford Health Exposed" that includes a website where the group says it is spotlighting "how Henry Ford is putting politics over patients by weaving discriminatory practices into everything it does, administering harmful transgender treatments on kids, and prioritizing a radical climate agenda." The website points out that the Henry Ford Health website is littered with examples of "woke" ideology being promoted, including DEI, which the hospital has said is "woven into the fabric of everything we do." "Diversity always will be the foundation on which Henry Ford Health stands," the organization's website states. The website also openly promotes its use of "unconscious bias training" as well as Employee Resource Groups to promote its "diversity" agenda that it says will "enhance the quality of care and comfort for each person that we serve." The healthcare system also promotes what it describes on its website as "supplier diversity," where it prioritizes working with businesses that are at least 51% owned by LGBTQ+ persons or certain minority categories. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are simply not enough," Kimberlydawn Wisdom, senior vice president of community health and equity and chief wellness and diversity officer at Henry Ford Health, said in a 2021 newsletter posted on the provider's website. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion alone can only mitigate the damage of the past. To prevent the mistakes of the past from burdening our communities in the future, our ultimate destination must be justice." Dr. Maureen Connolly, a pediatrician and LGBTQ+ specialist with HFH, wrote an article promoting transgender treatment on kids, which stated, "Gender-affirming medical therapy and supported social transition in childhood have been shown to correlate with improved psychological functioning for gender-variant children and adolescents." Connolly also promoted "gender exploration" in another article posted on the HFH website that says, "If your daughter says she feels like a boy inside, let her cut her hair, call her by a different name and switch up her wardrobe." In addition to the agenda promoted on the website, Henry Ford Health is facing accusations of providing gender treatment to children. The hospital has engaged in sex change treatment, surgeries and puberty blocker treatment in recent years, according to a database compiled by Stop The Harm. Fox News Digital reached out to Henry Ford Health for comment, but the hospital did not respond to the media inquiry. However, the hospital did delete several DEI sections from its website over the last 24 hours that were archived by Fox News Digital. The ad campaign charges that HFH is "pushing irreversible sex changes on kids." In 2023, the Ruth Ellis Center nominated HFH for the Ludwig Community Benefit Award for "improving the well-being of their community by delivering integrated healthcare and social services to LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning) youth in Detroit." "In 2022, Henry Ford providers at Ruth Ellis facilities cared for more than 700 LGBTQ+ patients, including 429 transgender young adults, over the course of more than 6,800 medical visits," a press release touting the partnership between the two entities stated. "The health and wellness centers have been a source of primary care, gender affirming care, comprehensive sexual health services including HIV prevention and treatment, and behavioral health services for dozens of adolescents and young adults." HFH has also been involved in promoting a liberal climate agenda that included spending millions of dollars last year, according to its own website, to create and promote the Central Energy Hub as part of a push for net zero emissions. HFH also partnered with an energy company in 2021, according to a press release on the website. "Sustainability is an integral part of building strong, healthy communities," Bob Riney, Henry Ford Health System's president of healthcare operations and chief operations officer, said in the release. "At Henry Ford, health equity is at the foundation of everything we do. It's an unfortunate fact that low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by poor environmental conditions, which are exacerbated by climate change. By investing in clean, renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, we aim to address health disparities and the growing impacts of climate change regionwide, especially in our historically marginalized communities." The Consumers' Research campaign will also include mobile billboards outside of hospital locations in Detroit and Macomb, a billboard near the state capitol in Lansing, and chalk stencils around the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "Henry Ford Health is prioritizing politics over patients," Will Hild, Consumers' Research executive director, told Fox News Digital. "Driven by gender ideology, Henry Ford has continued performing deeply harmful and irreversible sex-change treatments on children and must be stopped," "The hospital's deliberate mutilation of confused children's bodies is being done in direct defiance of President Trump's orders to eliminate the vile practice for good. Henry Ford Health has also committed to embedding DEI into every facet of its operation, elevating a radical ideological agenda above its fundamental duty to provide excellent scientific-based care," Hild continued. "Considering how many resources Henry Ford has squandered on needless, extreme woke programs, the hospital has rendered itself almost indistinguishable from an activist group, not only spewing radical left-wing talking points but actively imposing these ideologies onto patients and staff. Rather than change course, Henry Ford Health has chosen to wear its transgressions with pride, a chilling testament to how far it has strayed from its original purpose. Consumers' Research will continue to put these hospitals on blast for putting a woke agenda over patient care."
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Pensacola Habitat for Humanity opens NWFL Community Land Trust application
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The Pensacola Habitat for Humanity has opened its Northwest Florida Community Land Trust homebuyer application. 'The CLT is a shared equity model designed to make homeownership attainable for low-income households,' read an HFH release. Pensacon 2025 to feature blood drive — donors get a T-shirt and more HFH officials said this is an alternative to 'renting for qualified households by separating ownership of the land from the home.' Homeowners in the CLT will be able to own the house but not the land the house sits on and will sign a 99-year ground lease for the land, according to the HFH release. 'Our goal is to create and maintain affordable homeownership beyond a closing date,' Pensacola Habitat for Humanity's CLT program manager Alica Popper said. 'The stewardship of land through the CLT provides not just a solution today but creates permanent affordability for generations to come.' Pensacola's HFH's President and CEO Sam Young announced how the CLT would help transform affordable housing in September at a special luncheon. 'The CLT model will create new, permanent affordable housing in our community, and will have the greatest impact on the most amount of people,' Pensacola Habitat for Humanity's vice president of programs Betsy McDonald said. In order to be eligible, applicants must: Have a credit score of 640 A minimum income of $35,000 for Escambia County homes $30,000 for Santa Rosa County homes. 'It felt so meant to be': Country music artist says Northwest Florida feels like her hometown CLT homes are currently available for purchase in Milton, Gulf Breeze, Ensley and West Pensacola. Anyone interested in applying for the CLT can do so online via the Pensacola HFH's Program Application portal. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
