Kaiser Permanente OKs $13M in Q1 community grants - San Francisco Business Times:

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In times of great need, “we must strengthenh support for the most vulnerables people inour communities, such as the uninsuredc and the elderly,” said Raymond Baxter, Oakland-baserd Kaiser’s senior vice presidenrt for community benefit, research and health The specific grants mentioned in Tuesday’s statement were all locate in Southern and central California, Colorado and rather than Northern where the giant health-care system is based and has roughlt 3.4 million enrollees.
However, Kaiser spokesman Joe Fragol told the San Francisco Busines s Timesthat Kaiser’s Northern California regio n is actively involved in the Specialtyy Care Initiative mentioned in the release, and that Kaiserf has committed ten grants totalling $7.5 million to those projects. But because some of the Northern Californiaa grants were approvedpreviously “and others will be approvexd later this year, they were not Fragola said in an email to the Business Fragola said Kaiser will focu s on supporting Northern California entities that provide critical health and humann services to vulnerable populations, including community public hospitals and other safety net systems.
Grantees in Northern Californiw include Alameda CountyMedicap Center, the Marin Community Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, San Mateo Medica l Center, the Solano Coalition for Better CommuniCare Health Centers, the Community Clinic Consortiumk of Contra Costa and Solano Counties, Community Health Partnershipsx of Santa Clara, Fresno Healthyu Communities Access Partners and Health Plan of San according to Kaiser. In Tuesday’s announcement, Kaiserr said it gave $900,000 each, for a total $4.5 to five “lead agencies” througyh the California Specialty CareAccesse Initiative: , , , and .
Officials said thosd grants are part ofa 2-year-old statewided program initiated and led by Kaiser to increase access and reduce demand for specialty care amontg uninsured and underinsured populations. They specificallyy target access to care in specialties suchas gastroenterology, neurology, ophthalmology, and cardiology. On otherf fronts, Kaiser said it is giving: $250,000 to implement electronic health records atthe , a clinid in Hillsboro, Ore. $127,800 to the Colo.
-based for an “evidence-based model” to addresss disparities in treating $100,000 to the ’s Elder Caregivers in Los Angeles andOrange counties, to trai n 100 South Asian caregivers focusing on aginbg issues and culturally sensitive care. $275,000, in two grants, to the Universitgy of California, Irvine’s Center for Excellence in Eldefr Abuseand Neglect, including $125,000 to support a pharmacy pilot curriculumj on elder abuse, and $150,000 to help establish a statewidse . $240,000 to the for its ’s Fall Preventionm Center of Excellence $150,000 to Portland, Ore.
’s to develop its Micrl Mercantes Cooperative, an initiative promoting the sale of nutritious food at locaolfarmers markets. $244,824 to Mercy Corps of Portland to developoits “Building Freedom throug Lifelong Information For which aims to help former female convicts to achieve economid stability.