Kaiser Permanente Approves $599,464 in Community Benefit grants in Riverside County in 2014

Kaiser Permanente, Riverside and Moreno Valley announced that it has approved 32 community benefit grants and donations totaling $599,464 in 2014. The not-for-profit organization is committed to supporting programs that enhance education and strengthen the quality of health care to underserved communities.

Kaiser Permanente’s mission is to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. It is through our work in Community Benefit that provides community-based organizations with funding through grants, partnerships and dissemination of knowledge.

Key grants in each of the Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit health priorities include the following.

Improve access to primary health care services

The United States Veterans Initiative at March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley was awarded a grant for $25,000. To provide access to health care services and medical case management for chronically homeless and disabled veterans.

A $25,000 grant was awarded to Jewish Family Services of the Desert for the Kids First Counseling program. A partnership with Palm Springs Unified School District to provide healthy life substance abuse prevention and counseling services for at-risk youth.

Obesity and Overweight

Family Service Association was awarded $25,000 to continue the Mobile Fresh bus throughout Riverside County. A program that provides fresh, affordable and nutritious produce at targeted community settings to increase access to healthy eating for residents living in food deserts.

Hidden Harvest was awarded $10,000 to provide local, fresh and healthy fruits and vegetables to low income seniors and families at no cost. In collaboration with local farmers and packing houses, volunteers gather rescued produce from fields and warehouses for redistribution to residents in Eastern Coachella Valley.

Diabetes

A $35,000 grant was awarded to Riverside Community Health Foundation for the Riverside Community Diabetes Collaborative (RCDC), a multi-agency collaborative aimed at programs for diabetes prevention, management and support in community settings.

The American Diabetes Association received a grant for $8,000 to conduct Por Tu Familia (For Your Family) programs in Perris, Murrieta and Temecula. A diabetes prevention, education and management program in Spanish.

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