Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area Accepting Online Grant Applications

PANORAMA CITY, CA (Feb. 14, 2017) – Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area is accepting community grant applications for 2017 starting Wednesday, February 15 through 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Kaiser Permanente’s social mission is to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. The Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program addresses the needs and priorities identified through local needs assessments. To see the 2016 Panorama City Community Health Needs Assessment please visit https://share.kaiserpermanente.org/article/community-health-needs-assessments/

Addressing these needs is accomplished in part by supporting partnerships with community-based organizations through our community grants program. Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area’s Community Benefit Grant Program provides opportunities to respond to grant requests from nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and government agencies whose work aligns with our key funding priorities in the San Fernando Valley area.

A limited number of grants will be awarded to organizations that address critical needs in at least one of the following five areas of focus:

• Access to Health Care
• Economic Security
• Mental and Behavioral Health
• Obesity / Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) / Diabetes
• Oral Health

Organizations that are interested in applying must:

• Be a nonprofit organization or a local, state, or federal government agency operating for a public purpose
• Provide services within the San Fernando Valley
• Provide services to disadvantaged and/or underserved populations
• Address critical public health needs in our culturally diverse community
• Have submitted evaluation reports for all historical grants

In 2016, Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center Area awarded $250,000 in grants to 24 local nonprofit organizations in the San Fernando Valley.

Kaiser Permanente has an online grant application process. Organizations may apply online, learn more about eligibility requirements, funding priorities, specific strategies, and see frequently asked questions at: http://community.kp.org/panoramacity.

For more information about the grant process, please contact Community Benefit Manager, Amy Wiese at Amy.C.Wiese@kp.org by Friday, March 10.

To learn more about Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit visit

http://community.kp.org

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About Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente is committed to helping shape the future of health care. We are recognized as one of America’s leading health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Founded in 1945, Kaiser Permanente has a mission to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We currently serve more than 11.3 million members in eight states and the District of Columbia. Care for members and patients is focused on their total health and guided by their personal physicians, specialists and team of caregivers. Our expert and caring medical teams are empowered and supported by industry-leading technology advances and tools for health promotion, disease prevention, state-of-the-art care delivery and world-class chronic disease management. Kaiser Permanente is dedicated to care innovations, clinical research, health education and the support of community health. For more information, go to kp.org/panoramacity.