A number of Southern California hospitals are taking action to help solve America’s food waste problem by offering food recovery programs that assist the needy and impoverished.
In 2016, Kaiser Permanente launched its Southern California Food Redistribution Initiative. As of today, 12 of its 15 hospitals are actively participating. The program began in 1989 when Kaiser’s Riverside facility first partnered with a local charity to feed those in need.
As some of the most vulnerable members of the community, patients experiencing homelessness are at risk of poorer health outcomes and often lack access to basic support in recovering from illness or injury.
Cottage Health, a not-for-profit system serving Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo counties, in partnership with PATH Santa Barbara, is seeking to address basic needs of these fragile patients through
the Cottage Recuperative Care Program. Launched as a pilot program with four beds in fall 2018 and fully implemented with 10 beds at the beginning
of 2019, the program helps homeless individuals recover in a safe and supportive environment after hospital discharge. Goals include increased access to permanent housing, decreased hospital visits, and
increased access to a medical home.
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Maximize and support relationships between hospitals, public health departments and other stakeholders. Through quality improvement pilot projects addressing clinical care, organizational change and community engagement strategies, CLC will focus on improving birth outcomes, diabetes prevention, homelessness and behavioral health. As projects move from the pilot to implementation phase, CLC can assist with replicating projects proven to have community health impact. Current projects include: