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Kaiser Permanente Announces More Than $450,000 in Grants To Local Organizations

Kaiser Permanente in the Marin-Sonoma Area is awarding $487,000 to local non-profit organizations.

Kaiser Permanente in the Marin-Sonoma Area is awarding $487,000 to local non-profit organizations that provide community programs for improved health care access, healthy eating and active living, oral health, mental health services and substance abuse services.

Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit grants are awarded every year to local organizations working on specific programs and projects that align with Kaiser Permanente’s missions and goals resulting from priorities developed from the tri-annual Community Health Needs Assessment.

The Marin-Sonoma grantmaking program supports local non-profit, public health, and human service
organizations that improve the health of under-served communities in Marin and
Sonoma counties.

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This year, Kaiser Permanente has five objectives in its Community Benefit grants program: improve access to health care; oral health services, Healthy Eating Active Living, mental health services and substance abuse services.

“Kaiser Permanente believes that by working together with organizations in our community, we can help create important and sustained change,” says Judy Coffey, RN, senior vice president and area manager for the Marin-Sonoma Area. “We are proud to support work that helps improve the health of the communities
we serve.”

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Below is the list of the 2016 Marin-Sonoma Area grant recipients:

MARIN COUNTY (includes Petaluma and Sonoma Valley)

Access To Health Care

La Luz Center; Community Cares

Parent Services Project; Canal Promotores Access to Care

RotaCare: RotaCare Clinic of San Rafael

Healthy Eating Active Living

ExtraFood; Countywide Food Recovery in Marin

Marin City Community Services District; Marin City Action Academy

Marin County Office of Education; Countywide Wellness

Petaluma People Services Center; Bounty Healthy Food Education Program

Mental Health Services

Canal Alliance; Latino Behavioral Health Program

Center for Domestic Peace; Domestic Violence Safety Net Services

Family Service Agency of Marin (A Division of Buckelew Programs); Suicide Prevention & Community Counseling

Jewish Family & Children's Services; BOOST Older Adult Mental Health Program

Substance Abuse Services

County of Marin Health and Human Services; RxSafe Marin: Social Host Ordinance

Huckleberry Youth Programs; Huckleberry Teen Health Program

San Geronimo Valley Community Center; West Marin Healthy Kids

SONOMA COUNTY

Access to Care

Jewish Community Free Clinic; Operational Support

Latino Service Providers; Outreach, Enrollment & Retention

Catholic Charities of Diocese of Santa Rosa; Uvisa program: Emergency Assistance for Immigrant Victims

Healthy Eating Active Living

Northern CA Center for Wellbeing; Active Play Every Day

Sonoma County Regional Parks; Park Pathways

Redwood Empire Food Bank; Megan Furth Pantry

County of Sonoma Department of Health; Safe Routes to School

CAP Sonoma; Via Esperanza Cooking Club

Mental Health Services

LifeWorks; El Puente

Humanidad Therapy and Education Services; Operational Support

Child Parent Institute; Raising Successful Kids

Social Advocates for Youth; Grief Counseling Program

Oral Health Services

CAP Sonoma; Give Kids A Smile

PDI Surgery; Oral Health Surgical Services

County of Sonoma – Health Program Planning & Evaluation; Dental Health Network Kindergarten Assessment Project

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