2007 Kaiser Permanente Community Fund Grants
1000 Friends of Oregon
Healthy Communities Policy Project
Support for organizing and advocacy to ensure that Oregon's state and regional land use planning frameworks promote community design choices that support active lifestyles and access to healthy food. $190,000 over 2 years.
Adelante Mujeres
Adelante Chicas
To provide a support network for young Latina girls, enhance their self-esteem and promote options for a positive future.
Washington County; $150,000 over 2 years.
Central City Concern
Benefits and Entitlement Specialist Team (BEST)
To increase access to housing and health care among the homeless by connecting them to benefits and entitlements.
Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties; $164,340 over 2 years.
Community Solutions for Clackamas County
Villebois Community Integration
To support the integration of individuals with mental illness into a new planned community.
Clackamas County; $110,000 over 2 years.
Ecotrust
Upstream Action in the Lunchroom
To provide two school districts with funding to improve the nutritional content of their school meals, as part of an overall policy objective of convincing the 2009 Oregon Legislature to fund a farm-to-school and school garden program.
Multnomah and Marion counties; $295,682 over 2 years.
Human Services Research Institute
Juntos Podemos Family Cooperative
To provide supports to Latino families who have children with developmental disabilities.
Marion County; $240,000 over 3 years.
Mt. Hood Habitat for Humanity
Jubilee Commons
To provide low-income clients with opportunities for affordable home ownership, educational advancement, and community strengthening.
Multnomah County; $44,000 over 3 years.
Neighborhood House, Inc.
Portland CASASTART
Support for a nationally recognized, school-centered youth development program aimed at preventing substance abuse and violence among youth aged 8 to 13 and reducing drug-related crimes in their neighborhoods.
Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties; $405,000 over 3 years.
Northwest Regional Education Service District
Washington County School-based Health Center Initiative
To support the development of three school-based health centers.
Washington County; $339,900 over 3 years.
Portland Bureau of Housing and Community Development
HOT Money / Cool Jobs
To expand a proven model of poverty reduction and economic opportunity in north and northeast Portland.
Multnomah County; $270,000 over 3 years.
Portland Impact, Inc.
Parent Child Developmental Services Head Start Readiness Enhancement
Support for a Parent Child Advocate who will help families enroll and remain in Head Start.
Multnomah County; $192,500 over 3 years.
Sisters of the Road
Systemic Change Program
To make changes in social policies and social attitudes that will support ending homelessness through awareness, engagement and education.
Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties; $225,000 over 3 years.
Volunteers of America, Oregon
Community Partners Reinvestment Project
To provide wraparound services to young adults being released from prison to ensure a smooth transition back into the community and reduce risks of recidivism.
Multnomah County; $160,000 over 3 years.
Volunteers of America, Oregon
Home Free - "Housing First" Transitional Services
To help the victims of domestic violence and their dependents transition into safe, stable, permanent housing.
Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties; $184,557 over 2 years.