KAISER PERMANENTE’S COMMITMENT TO
SACRAMENTO
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
107,191,109
Total community investment
102,286,633
In charitable care and coverage
4,904,476
In grants, donations and services **
12,757
Students and adults reached through Educational Theatre
265,516
invested in Thriving Schools programs and activities *
837
Physicians and employee volunteers
Examples of Our Investments
Kaiser Permanente provided Soil Born Farms Urban Agriculture and Education Project $34,939 for their Eat Your Veggies project. More than 4,600 low-income people learned how to eat healthy with nutrition information, food tasting events, recipes, and cooking demonstrations in their own neighborhoods, community centers and schools. People also received food and incentives for buying local produce.
Roberts Family Development Center received $20,000 to for their Teen Scene program which decreases neighborhood violence by providing youth a home-away-from-home during weekend evenings. The program provides a safe, positive environment where youth can socialize and learn about the consequences of delinquent behavior while gaining conflict resolution/management skills. Youth also participate in educational life-skill workshops, field trips, and recreational activities.
* Made through or partially through EBCF
** Additional EBCF investments not reflected in this figure
Priority Health Needs
Access to Health Care
Provide programs for low-income and uninsured people. Support local community clinics and other organizations that provide patients culturally sensitive assistance, and care-coordination.
Increase Healthy Eating and Active Living
Provide education and increase access to healthy foods and physical activity in schools and community settings.
Improve Access to Mental Health Services
Increase access to ongoing mental health treatment services and provide housing and/or social services for low-income, at-risk individuals. Link primary care and behavioral health care to reduce the risk of mental illness related to violence.