Health & Fitness
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