A profile from the Department of Housing and Urban Development highlight’s Healthcare Anchor Network member Dignity Health’s Community Investment Program (CIP), which supports economic development in low income communities served by the health system, and which has made over 140 loans, totaling $200 million—with less than 1 percent losses.
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Kaiser Permanente cuts the ribbon on a new medical center—built with inclusive construction hiring
There’s a lot to be excited about with the opening of the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Medical Center in West LA—especially the way a partnership with a local community intermediary helped KP use the construction jobs created to advance their “total health” mission as an anchor institution.
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Via Health Leaders Media, a look at how Promedica CEO Randy Oostra is driving investments in community development to address the social determinants of health.
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From Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Total Health (which has graciously hosted our first two network convenings), a look at how the Healthcare Anchor Network is building a collaborative space to advance the anchor mission.
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Via Yes! Magazine, a look at how Bon Secours is working collaboratively to tackle place-based poverty as part of its healthcare anchor mission.
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