SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
1321 GARDEN HIGHWAY NO 210, SACRAMENTO, CA 95833 www.shfcenter.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP, FUNDING AND OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH STATUS AND WELL BEING IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

THE CENTER BRINGS PEOPLE, IDEAS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER TO CREATE A COLLECTIVE IMPACT THAT REDUCES HEALTH DISPARITIES AND IMPROVES COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR THE UNDERSERVED LIVING IN CALIFORNIA.

MAT ACCESS POINTS PROJECTIN DECEMBER 2018, THE CENTER WAS AWARDED A $40 MILLION MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT ACCESS POINTS PROJECT CONTRACT BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO EXPAND MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT START-UP AND/OR ENHANCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN AT LEAST 200 INDIVIDUAL ACCESS POINTS ACROSS THE STATE. THE GOAL OF THE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT ACCESS POINT PROJECT IS TO CREATE A NETWORK OF ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID CRISIS BY SUPPORTING PREVENTION, EDUCATION, STIGMA REDUCTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AND BY INCREASING ACCESS TO MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. IN 2019, THE MAT ACCESS POINTS PROJECT HAS BECOME A MORE COMPLEX AND MULTIFACETED PROJECT THAT FOCUSES RESOURCES SPECIFICALLY ON AREAS AND COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SUBSTANCE USE. UNDER THE MAT ACCESS POINT PROJECT, THE CENTER FUNDED THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS IN 2019:1) MAT SERVICES FOR ALL - 118 ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING 164 ACCESS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO SUPPORT START-UP AND/OR ENHANCEMENT EFFORTS FOR THEIR MAT PROGRAMS.2) GPRA SUPPLEMENT - 4 ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEIR GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT DATA COLLECTION.3) TRIBAL MAT INFRASTRUCTURE - 10 TRIBAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT START-UP AND/OR ENHANCEMENT EFFORTS OF THEIR MAT PROGRAMS.4) EQUITABLE PREVENTION AND EDUCATIONA) PREVENTION AND EDUCATION COMMUNITIES OF COLOR - 55 ORGANIZATIONS WITH ESTABLISHED AND TRUSTED COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS TO SUPPORT LOCALIZED OUTREACH AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES WITH THE AIM OF REDUCING STIGMA AND INCREASING COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING OF OUD AND SUD, AND ACCEPTANCE OF MAT.B) UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF NURSING - SUPPORT THE TRAIN THE TRAINER PRIMARY CARE PAIN MANAGEMENT FELLOWSHIP FOR FRONTLINE CLINICIANS.C) SUN COMMUNITY OUTREACH TRAINING - 6 SACRAMENTO-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR CRISIS RESPONSE AND COMMUNITY-LEVEL OUTREACH AND BE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THEIR COMMUNITY AND THE HEALTH SYSTEM.ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT SUPPORTED ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING, COMMUNICATION, AND EVALUATION COMPONENTS THROUGH A LOCALIZED MEDIA CAMPAIGN, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEBINARS, AND INTERNAL PROJECT EVALUATION AND LEARNING.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HEALTH FUND IN FURTHERANCE OF A HEALTHIER, MORE EQUITABLE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, IN 2019, THE CENTER AT SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CONTINUED TO MANAGE THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY HEALTH FUND (SJVHF) ON BEHALF OF THE FUNDER PARTNERS. THE SJVHF EXPANDED TO 23 FUNDER PARTNERS, INCLUDING SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION, THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT, ROSENBERG FOUNDATION, THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION, W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION, BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION, WALLACE H. COULTER FOUNDATION, DIGNITY HEALTH, TIDES (BROAD REACH FUND), HELLMAN FOUNDATION, THE JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION, CONVERGENCE PARTNERSHIP, CAL HEALTH & WELLNESS/HEALTH NET, THE GROVE FOUNDATION, WERNER-KOHNSTAMM FAMILY GIVING FUND, NEW VENTURE FUND, SUNLIGHT GIVING, HEISING-SIMONS FOUNDATION, LIBRA FOUNDATION, THE BEACON FUND, CERES TRUST, CHANN-ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE AND GRANTMAKERS CONCERNED WITH IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES/COLLEGE FUTURES FUND. IN 2019, THE SJVHF WAS AWARDED A TOTAL OF $6,381,085 FROM 16 FUNDERS TO SUPPORT WORK OVER THE NEXT ONE TO THREE YEARS TO ADVANCE THE SJVHF POLICY PLATFORM AND CAPACITY BUILDING, CENSUS OUTREACH, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS, AND ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER. IN 2019, THE SJVHF, THROUGH THE CENTER, MADE 37 GRANTS TOTALING $650,000 IN ITS ROUND 5 GRANT MAKING SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ISSUES PRIORITIZED BY THE COMMUNITY: IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, HEALTH, HOUSING, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, LAND USE PLANNING AND OTHER DRIVERS OF HEALTH OUTCOMES. ADDITIONALLY, THE CENTER AWARDED 10 NON-LOBBYING CENSUS GRANTS FOR A TOTAL OF $150,000 TO PROMOTE A COMPLETE CENSUS COUNT OF HARD-TO-COUNT SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COMMUNITIES BY ADDRESSING ADMINISTRATIVE AND PROCEDURAL BARRIERS TO A COMPLETE AND FAIR CENSUS 2020. THE CENTER ALSO AWARDED 48 GRANTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,310,000 FOR CENSUS OUTREACH TO HARD-TO-COUNT SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY POPULATIONS.

REDUCTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEATHS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN DIE AT TWICE THE RATE OF ANY OTHER ETHNICITY. THE FOUR LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH ARE PERINATAL CONDITIONS, INFANT-SLEEP RELATED DEATHS, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND THIRD-PARTY HOMICIDE. THE BLACK CHILD LEGACY CAMPAIGN IS THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MOVEMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEATHS, WHICH IS WORKING TO REDUCE DEATHS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN BY 10% TO 20% BY 2020 IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. THE CAMPAIGN'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE INTERCONNECTED TO FIVE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN STRATEGIES: PROMOTING ADVOCACY AND POLICY TRANSFORMATION, EQUITABLE INVESTMENT AND SYSTEMATIC IMPACT, COORDINATED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, DATA-DRIVEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND COLLECTIVE IMPACT, AND COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THE CAMPAIGN HAS FUNDED SEVEN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH OF THE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THIS DISPROPORTIONALITY OCCURS: ARDEN ARCADE, DEL PASO HEIGHTS/NORTH SACRAMENTO, FRUITRIDGE/STOCKTON BLVD., NORTH HIGHLANDS/FOOTHILL FARMS, OAK PARK, MEADOWVIEW, AND VALLEY HI. IN FY 2019, RAACD'S WORK CONTINUED TO EXPAND AND ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY-NET SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: COORDINATED MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS (OUT-STATIONED SACRAMENTO COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE TEAMS REPRESENTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ASSISTANCE, CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, PROBATION, AND SACRAMENTO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING AGENCY) IN THE SEVEN TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS OF RAACD; ADVANCED COMMUNITY OUTREACH AWARENESS THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL MEDIA PLATFORMS; LED CULTURAL BROKER INITIATIVES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SACRAMENTO COUNTY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES (TRUSTED MESSENGERS FROM THE COMMUNITY WHO GUIDE FAMILIES THROUGH THE SYSTEM); PARTNERED WITH LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS TO DEVELOP THE PRENATAL CARE CULTURAL BROKER FRAMEWORK PILOTED IN ZIP CODE 95823. IN 2018 WE RECEIVED A CALIFORNIA BOARD OF STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CALIFORNIA VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION GRANT, AND THE FUNDS CONTINUED THROUGH 2019. THAT CONTRACT COMPLEMENTS THE FUNDS REDUCTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEATH PROGRAM THROUGH THE HEALING THE HOOD INITIATIVE AND HAS HELPED TO ESTABLISH A COUNTY-WIDE CRISIS RESPONSE NETWORK FOR VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION, INTERVENTION, AND PREVENTION. IN 2019, THE PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDED THE KINGS AND QUEENS RISE BASKETBALL PROGRAM. THE LEAGUE'S GOAL IS TO INTERRUPT VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO ENGAGE IN AN INTERCOMMUNITY SPORTS ACTIVITY THAT PROVIDES A CARING, PRODUCTIVE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH COMMUNITY BUILDING, SPORTSMANSHIP AND RESOURCES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

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