NATIVIDAD MEDICAL FOUNDATION

FUNDS WERE GRANTED TO SATISFY RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SPIRITUAL CARE, ASSISTANCE FOR SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT CRIMES, MEDICAL STAFF EDUCATION, AND BASIC NEEDS LIKE PATIENT TRANSPORTATION, MEDICATIONS, CLOTHES, EMERGENCY SHELTER ASSISTANCE, AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE (FOOD AND GAS VOUCHERS). - CONTINUED FUNDRAISING BY THE AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (TALC) WHOSE COMBINED MEMBERS HAVE DONATED MORE THAN $5.1 MILLION TO NATIVIDAD FOUNDATION SINCE 2010 FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND CROSS-CULTURAL INITIATIVES. OVER 700 PIECES OF CRITICAL MEDICAL EQUIPMENT HAVE BEEN PURCHASED WITH TALC FUNDS FOR DIFFERENT NATIVIDAD UNITS. - CONTINUED TO FUND CHOICE, A VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAM MODELED AFTER THE PROVEN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCOS WRAPAROUND PROJECT AT SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL. THE CHOICE PROGRAM PROVIDES SERVICES TO OVER 200 SURVIVORS OF VIOLENT CRIMES YEARLY. RE-INJURY RATE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE PARTICIPATING IN CHOICE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AT 1% 2% IN THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, COMPARED TO THE 5-YEAR NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 44%.- WITH DONATIONS FROM EMPLOYEES OF MONTEREY COUNTY AND A COMBINATION OF GRANTS, NATIVIDAD FOUNDATION CONTINUED TO MEET URGENT, BASIC MEDICAL NEEDS FOR VULNERABLE PATIENTS, INCLUDING UNHOUSED PEOPLE, WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS. FUNDS HELPED WITH THE MOST BASIC NEEDS, INCLUDING FOOD, CLOTHING, MEDICATION, EMERGENCY SHELTER, AND TRANSPORTATION FOR UNHOUSED OR UNDERSERVED PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH UNIT, AMONG OTHERS; VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AT THE CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER; AND MOTHERS AND BABIES AT THE LABOR & DELIVERY AND MOTHER-INFANT UNITS.- WITH ELEVENTH YEAR OF GRANT FUNDING FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY, PROVIDED DIABETES PREVENTION EDUCATION TO 164 LOW-INCOME ADULTS, WITH OVER A 63% RETENTION RATE, THROUGHOUT MONTEREY COUNTY THROUGH 5 STEPS TO PREVENT DIABETES PROGRAM IN A TWO-YEAR PERIOD 5 STEPS CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE MEANINGFUL POSITIVE CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE BEHAVIORS CORRELATED WITH REDUCING THE RISK OF DEVELOPING DIABETES, INCLUDING INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; INCREASED DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; AND INCREASED USE OF STRATEGIES TO EAT HEALTHFULLY WITH A LIMITED INCOME.- THROUGH NATIVIDAD FOUNDATION, THE HOSPITAL CONTINUED ITS HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DIABETES EDUCATORS-ACCREDITED DIABETES EDUCATION CENTER. THE DIABETES EDUCATION CENTER IS THE FIRST AND ONLY CENTER OF ITS KIND IN MONTEREY COUNTY PROVIDING A FREE, CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE, LOW LITERACY, DIABETES PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOCUSING ON UNDERSERVED YOUTH AND ADULTS WITH DIABETES TYPES 1 AND 2, WOMEN WITH GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH PRE-DIABETES. CLIENTS OF THE DIABETES EDUCATION CENTER ARE PRIMARILY LATINO (92%), SPANISH-SPEAKING (61%) AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.- CONTINUED TO ASSIST THE SPIRITUAL CARE PROGRAM WITH THE FULL-TIME SPIRITUAL CARE ADVISOR, WHO IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL CARE NEEDS OF PATIENTS, THEIR LOVED ONES, AND HOSPITAL STAFF ARE MET.