With generous support from:



For more information:

Norma Forbes
Fresno HCAP
2043 E. Divisadero Street
Fresno, CA 93701
559.320.0240
nforbes.hcap@phfe.org

The purpose of the initiative is to foster and strengthen community-based solutions to increase access and reduce demand for specialty care  for the community’s uninsured/underinsured population. Kaiser Permanente and the California HealthCare foundation are funding 28 community-based coalitions statewide dedicated to developing and strengthening local solutions to these issues. 

This statewide grant initiative will provide funding in two phases: Planning grants up to $150,000 for 12 months and multi-year implementation grants up to $300,000 per year for the next two years.

Through Fresno HCAP’s experience with engagement and on-going participation of community based organizations, we plan to work collaboratively to create a community plan and strategies to accomplish the following:
1) Increase access to specialty care for vulnerable populations,
2) Decrease and improve demand for specialty care and
3) Improve the health care delivery system for the safety net.

During the first year planning phase, we will create and submit a comprehensive three-year implementation plan detailing the strategies and activities Fresno County will employ to increase access and/or supply and/or reduce demand for specialty care for our communities’ uninsured/ underinsured population. The first draft is due in August.

Coalition members participating in project:
•    Children’s Hospital Central California
•    Central California Faculty Medical Group
•    United Health Centers
•    Community Medical Centers
•    Fresno/Madera Medical Society
•    Sequoia Community Health Centers
•    Fresno County Department of Community Health
•    Saint Agnes Medical Center
•    Fresno Metro Ministry
•    Central Valley Health Policy Institute
•    UCSF Fresno, Medical Education Program
•    Kaiser Permanente