Humana awards $100,000 grant to Rapides Children`s Advocacy Center

Humana, one of Louisiana`s leading health benefits companies, awarded a $100,000
grant in its 2009 Louisiana Benefits charitable giving program on Oct. 15 to
Rapides Children`s Advocacy Center of Alexandria.

Rapides, which provides a safe environment for children to retell their abuse
stories, plans to use its one-time $100,000 Louisiana Benefits grant to expand
its services into Central Louisiana parishes by equipping a customized motor
home.

"This specially reconfigured motor home will provide a safe and comfortable,
child-friendly setting for us to conduct forensic interviews with the children,"
said Rapides Executive Director Wade Bond. "With this new mobile advocacy center
funded by Humana, we`ll also be able to provide therapy to abused children and
their families, and assist law enforcement agencies and our justice system in
investigating and prosecuting child abuse throughout all of Central Louisiana."

Bond said Rapides hopes to have its new Humana-backed motor home traveling the
roads of Central Louisiana sometime during the first quarter of 2010.

For the third consecutive year, Humana`s Louisiana Benefits awardeda one-time,
$100,000 signature grant to a nonprofit organization based in Louisiana that is
doing valuable work to benefit the people who live in the state. Louisiana
Benefits supports charitable organizations that are focused on improving health
experiences or building healthy communities in the areas of Mind, Body or
Spirit.

More than 60 New Orleans business, civic and nonprofit leaders attended Humana`s
2009 Louisiana Benefits grant celebration event Oct. 15 at the Audubon Tea Room
in New Orleans. Humana this fall received nearly 80 applications from Louisiana
nonprofit groups and charitable organizations seeking the $100,000 grant.

A diverse panel of local judges, comprised of community leaders, public
officials and business representatives, worked with Humana to select the 2009
$100,000 grant recipient in Louisiana Benefits.

"We know that in this economy it`s a challenging time for nonprofits and
charities in our state," said Humana Gulf States Region Senior Products Market
President Jeffrey Fernandez, "so we`re pleased and proud that we can provide
this transformational grant to Rapides Children`s Advocacy Center to advance
their great work."

"This program is playing a significant role in promoting healthy lives and
healthy communities for people in Louisiana," said Humana Louisiana Commercial
Market President Jamie Schlottman. "Since its inception, Louisiana Benefits has
been making a real difference in the lives of Louisianans."

Humana also awarded smaller grants on Oct. 15, recognizing the community efforts
of the other 2009 Louisiana Benefits finalists, Parkway Partners and the
Louisiana Children`s Museum. Parkway Partners received a check for $15,000, and
Humana presented the Louisiana Children`s Museum with a check for $5,000.

About the 2009 Humana Louisiana Benefits finalists

The Rapides Children`s Advocacy Center (CAC) conducts forensic interviews with
children who are victims of sexual abuse, severe physical abuse, and/or
witnesses to violent crime.

The primary purpose of the center is to provide a non-threatening and "safe"
environment for children to retell their abuse stories in a way that minimizes
the potential of re-traumatizing the child.

The center`s second primary goal is to assist regional law enforcement and child
welfare agencies and regional parish district attorneys in the investigation of
alleged child abuse incidents for the purpose of prosecution.

Housed in a warm, child-friendly setting, Rapides` highly trained interviewer
speaks to children about their circumstances and obtains legally admissible
information in a non-threatening manner. It`s the agency`s goal to have each
child re-tell their abuse story once, so as to minimize the potential for
re-victimization.