2008 Kaiser Permanente Community Fund Grants
Advancing the health of communities served by Kaiser Permanente Northwest by addressing those factors in the social, policy and physical environments that affect community health.
Capacity-Building Awards
Arc of Clark County
Community Needs Assessment and Leadership for Action
To build capacity within the developmentally disabled community to make systemic change related to barriers to health, independence, and inclusion. $50,000 for one year.
Cambodian-American Community of Oregon
Shared Suffering, Shared Resilience-An Oral History Documentary: Healing and Capacity Building in the Cambodian-American Community
To build community, community capacity, and foster community trauma healing of the Cambodian American community through an oral history project. $50,000 for one year.
Children’s Relief Nursery
Creating Community Expertise in Infant Mental Health
To expand their work addressing psychological and emotional trauma experienced by young children by engaging and training new partners. $50,000 for one year.
City of Portland Bureau of Planning
Planning for Healthy Neighborhoods
To build the capacity to integrate health within planning activities. $50,000 for one year.
Community Alliance of Tenants
Regional Safe Housing Initiative
To develop the leadership and advocacy skills of low-income renters to improve substandard housing conditions that lead to poor health conditions. $50,000 for one year.
Community Health Partnership
Providing Support, Promoting Health: Maximizing Food Stamp Dollars for Good Nutrition
To build the capacity of a coalition to use the Food Stamp Program to effectively promote good nutrition choices. $49,813 for one year.
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
African Partnership for Health: Building Capacity to Improve the Health and Wellness of African Refugees and Immigrants in the Portland Metropolitan Region.
To build capacity within the African immigrant and refugee community to address barriers to health. $50,000 for one year.
Marion-Polk Food Share
Upstream Solutions to Hunger and Poverty
To strengthen community food security in Marion and Polk Counties by conducting a community assessment, creating a coalition to address the issue, and developing a three-year plan to reduce the root causes of hunger. $50,000 for one year.
Neighborhood Partnership Fund
Building Pathways to Security
To develop a statewide coalition to support asset building activities in both urban and rural areas to positively impact the health and well-being of low income Oregonians. $50,000 for one year.
Oregon Mentors Initiative
Legislative Support for Mentoring Programs
To evaluate opportunities and create a plan to approach the 2011 legislature for assistance to bolster the ability of the strongest quality mentoring programs’ ability to serve waiting youth. $50,000 for one year.
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
Act to End Hunger
To create the next five-year plan to end hunger in Oregon, concentrating on policy options that address the root causes of hunger, rather than the provision of emergency food aid. $50,000 for one year.
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Promoting prevention based strategies for addiction within a public safety context
To develop an advocacy plan to shift Oregon policy away from criminalizing addiction toward a more cost-effective prevention and treatment approach. $50,000 for one year.
Verde
Bridging the Green Divide
To develop partnerships and mechanisms to ensure that the Portland area’s growing “green” economy serves as a vehicle to lift people out of poverty. $50,000 for one year.
VOZ Workers’ Rights Education Project
LUCHA, Laborers United for Collective Health Action
To develop the leadership skills of day laborers, so that they will be able to address the social, economic and legal factors that affect their health and well-being. $50,000 for one year.
Implementation Awards
Camp Fire USA - Portland Metro Council
School-based Program Sustainability Project
To drive systemic changes to remove barriers and expand access to high-quality after-school programs. $130,599 over three years.
Coalition for a Livable Future
Regional Health Equity Collaborative
To develop a coordinated approach for influencing public policy decisions in order to create systemic change related to built and social environment factors that contribute to poor health and health disparities. $220,000 over three years.
Friends of the Children
Friends of the Children Program Expansion
To expand the organization’s proven model of intensive mentoring for high-risk youth to Rigler Elementary School in the Cully neighborhood of Northeast Portland. $165,000 over three years.
Hacienda CDC
Micro Mercantes Cooperative: An Asset Building Strategy to Strengthen Families and Improve Health
To expand its micro-enterprise program for residents of Hacienda’s affordable housing developments, with the goal to transition the program toward being an independent, self-sustaining cooperative. $150,000 over three years.
Highlands Neighborhood Association
Highlands Community Coach
To help a low-income community implement a variety of projects focused on neighborhood revitalization. $221,397 over three years.
Janus Youth Programs, Inc.
Village Gardens
To improve food security, social cohesion, economic opportunities and nutritional behaviors by establishing community gardens at three low income housing developments in North Portland. $196,599 over two years.
Mano A Mano Family Center
The Community Wellness Initiative
To build leadership among Latinos in the Salem-Keizer area to advocate for improved community services and self-sufficiency. $140,000 over two years.
Mercy Enterprise Corporation dba Mercy Corps Northwest
Building Freedom Through LIFE (Lifelong Information for Entrepreneurs)
To provide social skills, business training, and access to long-term support to incarcerated women. $244,824 over three years.
Metropolitan Family Services
Parent Education/SUN System Integration
To integrate a parenting program into community-based after-school programs. $210,000 over three years.
Peninsula Children’s Center
North Portland Children and Families Partnership
To provide integrated, multi-disciplinary services to meet the multiple needs of low-income families. $20,000 for one year.
ROSE Community Development Corp.
Leander Court Social Capital Project
To increase the social and economic assets of the residents in a 37-unit apartment complex in outer southeast Portland. $48,400 over two years.
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
Responding to the Call: United Way’s Volunteer & Mentor Center
To expand the capacity of the Volunteer and Mentor Center in recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers for 101 partner organizations. $180,000 over three years.
Upstream Public Health
Advocacy for Chain Restaurant Menu Labeling
To support communities in passing local and statewide ordinances requiring nutritional menu labeling in fast food and other chain restaurants. $247,525 over three years.
Urban League of Portland
The State of Black Oregon
To expose health disparities in Oregon through a “State of Black Oregon” report. $35,000 for one year.