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Kaiser Permanente Announces 2014-2015 South Bay Grantees
Kaiser Permanente Grants $362,000 to South Bay Community Organizations
The Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center recently awarded $362,000 in grants and donations to local non-profit organizations focused on addressing access to care, preventive care, violence prevention, and obesity prevention. Thirty-three local organizations received grants of up to $20,000, in some cases with a multi-year commitment of additional funds.
“Grant-making is a critical component of Kaiser Permanente’s mission to improve the health of the communities we serve,” said Lesley Wille, RN and executive director of the South Bay Medical Center. “Like our approach to medicine, our work in the community takes a prevention-focused, evidence-based approach. To be healthy, people need access to healthy and nutritious food, clean air, successful schools, and safe parks and playgrounds.”
For the 2014-2015 grant cycle, awardees include:
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Violence Prevention:
Boys & Girls Clubs of Carson
Boys & Girls Clubs of the South Bay
Centinela Youth Services Inc.
Compton Jr. Posse
Community’s Child Inc.
Elevate Your G.A.M.E.
Gang Alternatives Program
Harbor Interfaith Services
Long Beach Bar Foundation
The Positive Results Corporation
Rainbow Services
Sharefest Community Development Inc.
Toberman Neighborhood Center
Watts Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club
Preventive Care:
City of Long Beach, Dept. of Health & Human Services
Wilmington Community Clinic
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Obesity Prevention:
Black Beauty Shop Health Ambassador Project
The City of Carson
The Foodbank of Southern California
Gardena-Carson Family YMCA
Robert F. Kennedy Institute
Wilmington YMCA
Access to Care:
California Aquatic Therapy & Wellness Center Inc.
The Children’s Clinic – Serving Children and Their Families
Children’s Dental Health Clinic
Harbor Community Clinic
Jewish Family & Children’s Services
Medical Mission Adventures
South Bay Children’s Health Center Assoc.
South Bay Coalition for the Homeless
South Bay Family Healthcare Center
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center
United State Veterans Initiative (US Vets)
Grantees must serve residents of the Long Beach, Harbor and/or South Bay areas. Funded projects address health needs identified by Kaiser Permanente’s most recent Community Health Needs Assessment—specifically, access to care, obesity prevention, preventive health care, and violence prevention.
