Kaiser Permanente San Bernardino County Area Honors Community Organizations at Annual Grantee Recognition Luncheon

ONTARIO, CA. March 3, 2016 – Kaiser Permanente San Bernardino County Area today honored 59 local nonprofit organizations at a special luncheon event attended by more than 100 people, including a number of local elected officials and honorees. The luncheon was held at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario.

The Annual Grantee Recognition Luncheon is an opportunity for Kaiser Permanente to recognize and celebrate the astounding amount of good work our grant recipients do in our local communities.

In 2015, the Kaiser Permanente Fontana and Ontario Medical Centers’ Community Benefit Program awarded $731,500 in grants to organizations and community health clinics in San Bernardino County that provide free and/or low cost programs and services to the underserved and uninsured. In addition, Kaiser Permanente also provided $77,000 in regional Kaiser Permanente grants, including $50, 000 to the Center for Oral Health and $27,000 to the City of San Bernardino for our Operation Splash Program

“Improving the health of our members and the communities we serve has always been a central part of our mission,” said Greg Christian, Senior Vice President and Area Manager for Kaiser Permanente San Bernardino County Area. “We couldn’t even begin to do that without strong partnerships like the ones we have with these organizations here in San Bernardino County.”

The Grantee Recognition Luncheon also honored physicians, staff and community partners who have volunteered their time and expertise in the community through such activities as Community Surgery Day, the Hippocrates Circle Program, Homeless Service Provider Convenings, and physician volunteerism at local nonprofit community clinics.

Kaiser Permanente’s community benefit grants support local organizations and community health clinics that provide free and/or low cost programs and services to the underserved and uninsured throughout San Bernardino County. Every three years, a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) is conducted to better understand our community’s unique needs and resources, and this assessment informs our grant making.

Grants were awarded to organizations in four community health priority need categories based on the findings on the CHNA.

Priority Need 1: Health Care Access and Utilization

• Al Shifa Free Clinic
• Assistance League Foothill Communities
• Assistance League of Redlands
• Assistance League of San Bernardino
• Bloomington Community Health Center
• Center for Oral Health
• Kids Come First Community Health Center
• Montclair Medical Clinic
• Rural Health Clinic
• Social Action Community Health System
• United States Veterans -Inland Empire
• Well of Healing Mobile Medical Clinic
• West End YMCA

Priority Need 2: Chronic Conditions: Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease

• Adelanto Elementary School District
• Boys & Girls Club of Fontana
• Boys & Girls Club of Redlands
• City of Fontana
• City of Rancho Cucamonga
• City of Rialto
• City of San Bernardino
• City of Yucaipa
• New Hope Free Clinic
• OPARC
• Pomona Community Health Center

Priority Need 3: Economic Stability: Education, Homelessness, Employment, Food Security

• Arrowhead United Way
• Asian-American Resource Center
• Children's Fund, Inc.
• City of Montclair
• Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County
• Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of San Bernardino County
• Crafton Hills College
• David & Margaret Youth and Family Services
• Desert Manna Ministries
• House of Ruth
• Inland Empire United Way
• Inland Valley Hope Partners
• Joseph's Storehouse Food Bank Resource Center
• Mercy House
• Ontario-Montclair School District
• Samaritan Social Services
• Squash4Friends
• St. John of God Health Care Services
• The Leaven
• Time for Change Foundation
• Victor Valley College
• Victor Valley Rescue Mission
• Youth Action Project

Priority Need 4: Mental Health

• Bear Valley Unified School District
• Building A Generation
• Christian Counseling Service
• Equus Medendi
• Family Service Agency of San Bernardino
• Foothill AIDS Project
• Inland Caregiver Resource Center
• Lutheran Social Services Community Care Centers
• Mission City Community Network
• Project Sister Family Services
• Reach Out West End
• Samaritan Counseling Center
• San Bernardino County Sexual Assault Services Inc.
• Victor Valley Domestic Violence, Inc.

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Kaiser Permanente’s San Bernardino County Service Area has provided comprehensive, affordable health care to the Inland Empire for 70 years and serves more than 525,000 members. The San Bernardino County Service Area includes the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals in Fontana and Ontario, and medical offices in Fontana, Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Colton, Claremont, Montclair, Chino, San Bernardino, Victorville, Redlands, and Upland.

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