KAISER PERMANENTE’S COMMITMENT TO
EAST BAY
Building Healthy Communities Is Our Mission
Kaiser Permanente's work in the community uniquely combines investments from our health plan as well as our hospitals and often includes medical expertise, health research, clinical programs, and volunteers.
By the Numbers
95,836,884
Total community investment
78,582,928
In charitable care and coverage
17,253,956
In grants, donations and services **
22,502
Students and adults reached through Educational Theatre
15,888,306
invested in 182 Thriving Schools * programs and activities
959
Physicians and employee volunteers
The Difference We Make
When Doctors Medical Center (DMC) was in the final stages of planning its closure, Kaiser Permanente invested more than $2 million as well as providing technical assistance, furniture and medical equipment to support LifeLong Medical Care in offering new urgent care services. Located right across the street from DMC, LifeLong’s expanded care options helped fill potential gaps in care and services and provided an affordable option for people living in the east Bay.
“The fact that this facility was created in such a short period of time, and that people in this area have access to care, that’s what I’ve been amazed by,” said Dr. Desmond Carter, assistant medical director for LifeLong. “The hospital’s closing was a huge loss, but it’s a beautiful thing for me to still provide care to the community I was raised in.”
* Made through or partially through EBCF
** Additional EBCF investments not reflected in this figure
Priority Health Needs
Improve Access to Care
Provide programs for low-income and uninsured people, train and support patient navigators.
Increase Healthy Eating and Active Living
Invest in healthy food and beverage retail practices and nutritional policy strategies in childcare settings; support family-focused healthy eating and physical activity opportunities.
Increase Prevention of Community Violence
Expand and sustain school-based violence intervention and prevention, support youth leadership development, increase access to mental health and case management services.
Improve Asthma Management
Educate children and families about creating asthma action plans; reduce exposures to home-based environmental triggers.