Business Wire - November 21, 2002

The grants support nonprofit agencies that provide everything from hot meals and housekeeping to advocacy services and support groups for women and children with HIV. Many are also involved in outreach efforts aimed at preventing new HIV cases.

"Kaiser Permanente has made HIV prevention and treatment a priority because the rate of infection continues to rise in some populations. We want to provide quality care to our HIV positive patients and do what we can for non-members who are at risk of, or have acquired the disease. The latter is where our community service grants play an important role," said Mark Katz, Regional HIV/AIDS Physician Coordinator for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California.

Among the agencies in Southern California receiving grants this year is the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation (CAAF) whose mission is to provide support to both children infected with HIV as well as those affected by AIDS.

"Kaiser Permanente's grant to our foundation will help us underwrite the cost of providing a first time camping opportunity to children from Los Angeles County affected by AIDS. Our foundation puts special emphasis on children being able to be children regardless of their health circumstance and we greatly appreciate that Kaiser Permanente shares and supports our philosophy," said CAAF Executive Director Cathy Brown.

Physicians, nurses, health educators and Kaiser Permanente staff members who work with HIV and AIDS patients select grant recipients for the communities they themselves serve. Many agencies were chosen because they provide services, such as those of CAAF, that are not covered by insurance benefits or not available through state, county and federal agencies.

Kaiser Permanente has presented Community Service grants to HIV-focused organizations since 1989. This year's $352,500 brings the total to over $2.8 million since the program's inception.

In addition to grant giving, Kaiser Permanente's commitment to preventing disease of all kinds, including HIV/AIDS, is demonstrated by the organization's innovative public health programs.

Since the early 1980s, when a San Francisco Kaiser Permanente doctor was one of the first to identify AIDS in a patient, Kaiser Permanente has been a leader in meeting the tough challenges of this virus, both through medical care and work in the community. Beginning with the HIV Research Clinics in 1987, all Kaiser Permanente medical centers now participate in studies which have helped move HIV/AIDS treatment forward.

Prenatal care has been another area of success -- as a result of a concerted effort to increase HIV antibody testing, an impressive 90 percent of pregnant women receiving prenatal care at Kaiser Permanente in California are voluntarily tested for the HIV virus.

Kaiser Permanente is a prepaid, group practice health maintenance organization (HMO), founded in 1945. The Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region has more than 3.1 million members. It includes 3,600 physicians in the Southern California Permanente Medical Group (SCPMG) and 45,000 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals employees. The Region is served by 11 major medical centers. http://www.kaiserpermanente.org

**Organization Name: Bakersfield AIDS Foundation

Org City: Bakersfield

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy - Communities Grant Recipient (Valleys). Funding will support the Special Needs Project which is designed to assist clients in purchasing daily living necessities that are not covered by Federal grants.

Amount: $3,750.00

**Organization Name: Foothill AIDS Project

Org City: Claremont

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Inland). Prevention/Risk Reduction Education program for persons newly/recently diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

Amount: $7,500.00

**Organization Name: Women At Risk

Org City: Culver City

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Continued support of existing support groups and One on One Peer Counseling Services.

Amount: $5,000.00

**Organization Name: Fraternity House, Inc.

Org City: Escondido

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego). Funds to support "Meals with Care Program"

Amount: $3,500.00

**Organization Name: Covenant House California

Org City: Hollywood

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Case Management services for HIV/AIDS Infected or At-Risk homeless youth.

Amount: $3,000.00

**Organization Name: Los Angeles Youth Network (LAYN)

Org City: Hollywood

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). HIV prevention and education outreach and counseling targeting street youth.

Amount: $3,000.00

**Organization Name: PROTOTYPES Womens Link

Org City: Inglewood

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Family Strengthening for Women with HIV and their children.

Amount: $3,000.00

**Organization Name: AIDS Services Foundation of Orange County

Org City: Irvine

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Orange County)

Amount: $20,000.00

**Organization Name: The Catalyst Foundation

Org City: Lancaster

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Valleys). Funding will support the Frank J. Altadonna Memorial Life Challenge Project which educates teens who are in the juvenile system about HIV/AIDS.

Amount: $7,500.00

**Organization Name: The AIDS Food Store, Inc.

Org City: Long Beach

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Tri-Central). Food/Meal distribution program

Amount: $6,000.00

**Organization Name: The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Greater Long Beach

Org City: Long Beach

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Tri-Central). Funds earmarked for peer advocate stipends.

Amount: $6,000.00

**Organization Name: Santa Maria House, Inc.

Org City: Long Beach

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Tri-Central). Funds earmarked for Case Manager salary.

Amount: $4,000.00

**Organization Name: St. Mary Medical Center CARE Program

Org City: Long Beach

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Tri-Central). Funds earmarked for Case Manager salaries.

Amount: $2,800.00

**Organization Name: Bienestar Human Services - Los Angeles

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Peer-to-Peer Treatment Adherence Project.

Amount: $4,000.00

**Organization Name: Being Alive - Los Angeles

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). To support staff coordinator to manage the logistical and promotional activities for the expansion of support groups.

Amount: $4,000.00

**Organization Name: HIS Sheltering Arms, Inc.

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Tri-Central). Funds earmarked for Case Manager salaries.

Amount: $3,900.00

**Organization Name: Los Angeles Shanti Foundation

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Vidas Futuras Intervention Program

Amount: $3,000.00

**Organization Name: Children Affected by AIDS Foundation

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). CAAF Camp Network ScholarKid Fund that is affording the opportunity of 20 minority children from LA County with HIV or affected by AIDS to attend camp for the first time.

Amount: $3,000.00

**Organization Name: Asian Pacific Health Care Venture, Inc.

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Teen Theater program that addresses HIV/AIDS in a theater format to increase access and utilization of services.

Amount: $2,000.00

**Organization Name: Bienestar Human Services - San Diego

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego)

Amount: $2,000.00

**Organization Name: First AME Church - FAME Housing Corporation

Org City: Los Angeles

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). FAME Housing Healthy Habits Program will provide health education, emotional support and community resource services to ind. diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and their families.

Amount: $2,000.00

**Organization Name: Valley Community Clinic

Org City: North Holloywood

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Valleys). Funding will support HIV/AIDS Case Management Services.

Amount: $7,500.00

**Organization Name: Desert AIDS Project

Org City: Palm Springs

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Inland)

Amount: $7,500.00

**Organization Name: Inland AIDS Project

Org City: Riverside

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Inland). Residential care program for persons with symptomatic HIV/AIDS.

Amount: $7,500.00

**Organization Name: Mama's Kitchen

Org City: San Diego

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego). Funds to support program that provides home-delivered meals for people affected by HIV/AIDS.

Amount: $6,000.00

**Organization Name: Healthy Youth Advocacy Program Positively Speaking of San Diego

Org City: San Diego

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego). Funds to support Multi Cultural Youth Initiative and Annual Signature Fundraiser

Amount: $5,500.00

**Organization Name: Auntie Helen's Fluff and Fold Laundry

Org City: San Diego

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego)

Amount: $5,000.00

**Organization Name: Christie's Place

Org City: San Diego

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego). Coordinated Service Center. (San Diego)

Amount: $5,000.00

**Organization Name: Being Alive San Diego

Org City: San Diego

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego)

Amount: $4,000.00

**Organization Name: San Diego Youth & Community Services, Inc.

Org City: San Diego

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego). Funds to facilitate support groups for homeless young women of color.

Amount: $3,000.00

**Organization Name: Neighborhood Fundraising Network, Inc.

Org City: San Diego

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (San Diego)

Amount: $1,000.00

**Organization Name: Common Ground - The Westside HIV Community Center

Org City: Santa Monica

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Direct client services for HIV positive individuals. Services include comprehensive, bilingual health and social services. Clients are mainly low-income, medically indigent.

Amount: $5,000.00

**Organization Name: South Bay Family Healthcare Center

Org City: Torrance

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Tri-Central). Funds earmarked for Case Manager salaries.

Amount: $2,000.00

**Organization Name: Church of the Valley Dana Landers AIDS Support Group

Org City: Van Nuys

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Valleys). Funding to be disbursed in the form of emergency assistance grants to persons with HIV and their families. These funds will be used to help cover emergency medical and health needs.

Amount: $3,750.00

**Organization Name: East Valley Community Health Center, Inc.

Org City: West Covina

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Tri-Central). Nutrition Education Services.

Amount: $5,300.00

**Organization Name: Aid for AIDS

Org City: West Hollywood

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Pharmaceuticals Plus Program which provides up to $100 per month for medications, prescriptions and nutritional supplements (not covered by Medi-Cal) to combat wasting syndrome, etc.

Amount: $5,000.00

**Organization Name: Gay and Lesbian Adolescent Social Services

Org City: West Hollywood

Grant Description: 2002 Growing Healthy Communities Grant Recipient (Metro LA). Project TranSational -- targeting HIV infected transgendered consumers who are finding it difficult to secure housing, skills training and employment.

Amount: $3,000.00

**Total: $175,000.00

CONTACT: Kaiser Permanente

Southern California News Bureau

Socorro Serrano, 626/405-5534

SOURCE: Kaiser Permanente

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