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Everyone should have a safe place to live, nutritious food to eat, clean air to breathe, and enough money to pay the bills. When communities lack access to basics like these, they aren’t as healthy. That’s why, in 2024, we invested $4 billion to strengthen the communities we serve. We’re also teaming up with organizations in our own backyards, like schools, businesses, and coalitions, to make a difference in our neighborhoods.
Making coverage affordable
Helping people access health care has always been core to what we do. In 2024, 1.5 million people with low incomes were able to access high-quality health care through our Medicaid and Charitable Health Coverage programs. We also provided nearly 1 million members with medical financial assistance to help members get needed care.
Community Health Snapshot
A healthy life extends beyond exam rooms. We partner with local organizations to help link members to essentials like nutritious food, safe housing, and access to health care.
Supporting communities
When people’s social health needs aren’t met, their health suffers. So, we work to improve the health of our diverse communities by providing inclusive, high-quality care. We’re also investing in our local communities to help more people get safe housing, nutritious food, and mental health care.
Housing
Everyone should have a safe place to call home, so we make access to housing a priority by:
- Supporting 6,500 people experiencing homelessness with medical respite care
- Connecting over 1,400 individuals and families with legal assistance to maintain stable housing, with the goal of 4,000 by the end of 2025
Food and nutrition
Access to healthy foods is essential to overall health. To help ensure more people are eating well, we build health and nutrition education and resources into our care. We’re also helping reduce hunger by:
- Investing more than $15 million in 135 community organizations to prevent and treat diet-related disease in our communities
- Helping 21,000 members apply for government-funded grocery benefits
Mental health and wellness
Your mental health is as important as your physical health. That’s why we’re working to ensure that more people have access to needed mental health care by:
- Training the next generation of mental health care providers through our Mental Health Accelerator program
- Supporting schools in addressing student, teacher, and staff mental health and wellness
Kaiser Permanente Community Support Hub®
The Kaiser Permanente Community Support Hub helps connect members to local programs and services that help with housing, food, utilities, and more. Since its launch, we’ve connected nearly 350,000 members to resources through the hub.
