Kaiser Permanente Downey Center Grants Support Youth and Elderly

Downey, Calif., May 24, 2018—Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center recently invested more than $250,000 in Community Health grants to five local non-profit organizations, demonstrating its strong commitment to the local community it serves

These grants help support the youth and the elderly of the community through organizations that provide access to health care services, promote community safety and violence prevention, and increase mental health care.

“Many of the most vulnerable residents in our surrounding communities—youth and the elderly—do not have access to health services, and these grants help organizations provide the services they need,” Jim Branchick, senior vice president and area manager, Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center said. “We are proud to help support these organizations as we all have one common goal—to improve health in the community.”

Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center is proud to support the following organizations with grants in the amount of $50,000 each:

• Community Family Guidance will create additional access points for mental health services in the southeast Los Angeles city of Bell.

• Elevate Your G.A.M.E will sustain their successful, long-standing one-on-one mentoring program in Compton and help expand the mentoring program to Lynwood High School.

• Pathways Care Navigation Program will keep vulnerable, at-risk seniors stable, safe, and independent in their own homes. In collaboration with the California State University, Long Beach Nursing Department, the program engages seniors in Bellflower, Lakewood, and Paramount through in-home visits, to create personal care plans, which address medication management, monitoring of chronic conditions, and safety assessments.

• St. John’s Well Child and Family Center will launch an online patient portal for patients at their Compton clinic site. This online patient portal will connect physicians with their patients electronically and offer more streamlined care.

• Urban Compass will expand their highly successful one-one-one mentoring program to middle school students in Watts.

Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center Community Health issues grants to local organizations, including non-profits, community clinics, school districts, and cities that focus on access to care; health insurance enrollment; obesity prevention; chronic disease management; and support for at-risk youth. The funds ensure that the most vulnerable people in the community have access to health care and resources. Since 2010, Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center Community Health has donated more than $1.2 million to more than 100 community partners.

For more information on the work being conducted in Southern California, visit community.kp.org.

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