The Cooper Health System a New Jersey

“A family relationship exists between george e. Norcross, iii (chairman of the board/trustee) and philip a. Norcross, esq. (trustee) a business relationship exists between philip a. Norcross, esq. (trustee) and faustino fernandez-vina, esq. (trustee) certain listed officers and board members also serve as officers and board members of related taxable organizations.”

“As part of the tax return preparation process, the organization hired a professional cpa firm with experience and expertise in both healthcare and not-for-profit tax return preparation to prepare the federal form 990. The cpa firm's tax professionals worked closely with the organization's finance personnel and other senior management members of the organization and the system to obtain the information needed in order to prepare a complete and accurate tax return. The cpa firm prepared a draft federal form 990 and furnished it to the organization's finance personnel and other senior management members for their review. The organization's finance personnel and other senior management members reviewed the draft federal form 990 and discussed questions and comment with the cpa firm. Revisions were made to the draft federal form 990, where necessary, and a final draft was furnished by the cpa firm to the organization's finance personnel and other senior management members for further review and approval. The form 990 is then presented to and reviewed by the members of the cooper health system audit/ethics & compliance committee of the board of trustees. The bylaws of the board of trustees provide that this committee of the board review the annual federal tax return prior to its filing. Once that committee's review and approval process has concluded, the completed form 990 is shared with the entire board prior to its filing with the irs.”

“The filing organization is the parent entity in the cooper health system. The organization regularly monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict-of-interest policy. Included within the annual conflict of interest questionnaire, required of all members of the board of trustees, officers, and senior management, is an attestation that they have reviewed the existing conflict of interest policy. In addition, in the past, a separate questionnaire was issued to address questions from the irs form 990. For tax year 2024, the organization piloted a questionnaire which incorporated questions from the irs form 990 into the annual conflict of interest questionnaire, rather than requesting trustees, officers and key employees to complete separate questionnaires. The completed questionnaire is returned to the compliance office and reviewed by the compliance and legal departments. Responses, including potential for risk, is presented annually to the audit/ethics & compliance committee of the cooper board of trustees for their review, discussion and concurrence. Potential or actual disclosures during the year, which rise to the level of audit/ethics review, are brought to their attention no later than quarterly by the general counsel. A special meeting of audit/ethics would be held should it be necessary. Any person with a conflict is advised to, and expected to, recuse themselves from any discussion, deliberation and determination regarding the conflicted transaction. This recusal is reflected in the meeting minutes.”

“The organization follows a process for determining the compensation of senior executives (co-ceos, other officers, and key employees) which is compliant with the requirements of internal revenue code section 4958 to enable the organization to receive the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness: 1. The organization's bylaws charge the audit/ethics & compliance committee with the role of approving the selection of an executive compensation consulting firm and the services, including the methodology that will be employed by that firm, confirms the independence of the executive compensation survey and thereafter recommends to the executive committee of the board the executive compensation survey prepared by the outside consultant. The audit/ethics & compliance committee is comprised entirely of independent members and no member of the committee is either: a member of the board's finance committee or an ex officio member of the board, or; has had any material financial dealings with the organization, or; otherwise has a conflict or duality of interest or the appearance of a conflict or duality of interest with the organization; 2. The selected outside consulting firm prepares a written, detailed report reviewing compensation for more than 20 senior executives, which documents relevant market comparability data, as well as the methodology, job matches, and survey sources used for the executive compensation review, and includes the firm's opinion that the executives' compensation falls within a reasonable range of competitive market practice applicable to like positions among like organizations under like circumstances, for purposes of compliance with section 4958 of the internal revenue code; 3. The executive committee of the board is the required internal approval agent for executive compensation. In that role the committee reviews and considers all recommendations made by the audit/ethics & compliance committee, reviews and approves the report of the outside consulting firm, approves compensation for the affected executives based upon the report and recommendations, and where applicable, recommends to the full board any actions which the committee deems necessary in response to the outside consulting firm's report; 4. The actions of both the audit/ethics & compliance and executive committees are documented in the minutes of the committee meetings. Additionally, the executive committee monitors the organization's compliance with policy regarding compensation of employed physicians. By organization policy, the full board must approve all new and renewed physician contracts for: chiefs and/or institute medical directors; all other physicians who report directly to the organization's president and chief executive officer; all physicians whose base compensation exceeds the 75th percentile of mgma benchmark data; all physicians who are either corporate officer or board or committee members, and; all physicians who have an interest in any entity that refers business to the organization or otherwise has disclosed a potential conflict of interest in his/her annual disclosure survey or supplementary disclosure.”

“The organization has issued tax-exempt bonds to finance various capital improvement projects, renovations and equipment. In conjunction with the issuance of these tax-exempt bonds, the organization's financial statements were included with the tax-exempt bond prospectus which was made available to the general public for review. In addition, the organization's filed certificate of incorporation and any amendments, bylaws and conflict of interest policy can be viewed on the organization's website.”

“The cooper health system also has one trustee emeritus, non-voting member: peter e. Driscoll, esq. Part vii reflects certain board trustees or board officers receiving compensation and benefits from the organization including: kevin o'dowd, jd (trustee & officer) anthony mazzarelli, md, jd, mbe (trustee & officer) brian reilly (officer) eric kuppersmith, md (officer) generosa grana, md (trustee) sean murphy (officer) roland schwarting, md (trustee) michael e. Chansky, md (trustee) michael goodman, md (trustee) kathleen devine, drnp, nea-bc (officer) steven e. Ross, md (trustee) please note that remuneration was for services rendered as full-time employees of the organization, not for services rendered as a voting trustee or officer of the organization's board of trustees.”

“Change in interest rate swap 1,068,737. Net asset transfer to related parties -19,182,999.”

“Cooper university physicians is a physicians group that consists primarily of the employed medical staff that also have faculty appointments at cooper medical school of rowan university. Cooper care alliance is a second physicians group made up of community-based physicians employed by cooper who do not have faculty appointmetns at cooper medical school of rowan university. Md anderson cancer center at cooper - cooper's affiliation with md anderson cancer center in houston see schedules h & o for more information cooper university health care statistics for year 2024: hospital admissions: 32,546 average daily census: 586 (staffing); 544 (financial) emergency department visits: 84,719 urgent care visits: 64,438 outpatient visits: hospital 446,139; physician practices 1,988,811 surgical cases: 34,240 trauma cases: 5,358 cancer visits: inpatient 3,254; outpatient 142,205 licensed beds: 663 (includes 35 nicu/intermediate care bassinets) 1) background cooper university health care is a leading academic health system headquartered in camden, nj. Its camden hospital (cooper university hospital) is a level 1 trauma center and serves at the clinical campus of cooper medical school of rowan university. Cooper has been a vital institution in camden since 1887. Cooper continues to expand its facilities and services in camden and throughout south jersey. Annually, there are more than 2.4 million patient visits to cooper university health care facilities. Cooper's main hospital campus is located on the health sciences campus in camden, new jersey. Cooper has a long history of outreach and service to its local community, including providing health and wellness clinics and programs for residents, development of neighborhood parks, outreach programs in local schools, job training and recruitment programs, and partnering with local organizations to rehabilitate nearby residential properties. Cooper's large physical footprint in the city includes the main hospital (roberts, kelemen and dorrance buildings), the sheridan pavilion outpatient building, the md anderson cancer center at cooper, education and research building, and cooper medical school of rowan university. Md anderson cancer center at cooper on the corner of haddon avenue and martin luther king boulevard is a freestanding 103,000 square foot facility providing integrated diagnosis, treatment, and cancer care. Cooper is partnered with md anderson, the nation's leading cancer center, to offer the most advanced cancer care to patients in south jersey and the delaware valley. Today, thousands of new jersey residents choose to stay in the garden state for advanced cancer care. During 2024, cooper continued to advance it's $3 billion project imagine expansion of the camden campus. This significant investment emphasizes our continued dedication to economic growth, exceptional health care and opportunities in camden and the surrounding regions. Cooper medical school of rowan university (cmsru), located on cooper's camden campus, is a mission driven medical school. Cooper physicians are the teaching faculty of cooper medical school, which is focused on developing highly skilled and socially conscious physician leaders who value a patient-centered, team-approach to health care. Cooper also offers training programs for medical students, residents, fellows, and nurses in a variety of specialties. As part of its health careers initiative program, cooper university health care, in cooperation with several community organizations, launched a program for students interested in becoming emergency medical technicians (emts). The cooper emt training program, developed in partnership with the camden county board of commissioners, camden county one-stop, camden county college, camden county workforce development board, and hopeworks, provides low-cost, comprehensive training for an entry-level career in emergency medical services. Applicants who meet certain criteria may qualify for tuition-free training.”

“D. Cooper is governed by its board of trustees which is comprised of independent civic leaders and other prominent members of the community. As demonstrated by the above irs criteria, as well as other information contained herein, the use and control of cooper is for the benefit of the public and no part of the income or net earnings of the organization inures to the benefit of any private individual nor is any private interest being served other than incidentally. Cooper provides health care services to all persons in a non-discriminatory manner regardless of race, color, creed, sex, national origins or ability to pay. Moreover, cooper provides health care services to patients who meet certain criteria under its charity care policy in compliance with the new jersey state attorney general without charge or at amounts less than established rates. Cooper maintains records to identify and monitor the amount of charity care it provides. These records include the amount of charges foregone for services and supplies furnished under its charity care policy. Additionally, as outlined herein, cooper sponsors other charitable programs, which provide substantial benefit to the broader community. Such programs include services to the low income and elderly population that require special support, various clinical outreach programs, support of community organizations as well as health promotion and education for the general community welfare. 3) vision and mission of the cooper health system vision statement cooper university health care will be the best place to be a patient, the best place to work, and the best place to learn and practice medicine. Mission our mission: to serve, to heal, to educate. We accomplish our mission through innovative and effective systems of care and by bringing people and resources together, creating value for our patients and the community. 4) signature programs -cooper and inspira cardiac care cooper and inspira cardiac care brings together the services of two south jersey institutions, cooper university health care and inspira health, to offer the most comprehensive cardiovascular program in southern new jersey. This innovative delivery care model provides patients with better access to more efficient, high-quality cardiac care in more locations throughout southern new jersey. Cardiac patients of cooper and inspira cardiac care have access to a world-renowned team of cardiovascular experts, the most advanced technology, and a variety of quality care options. Cooper provides the full spectrum of heart care, including: - prevention and diagnosis - innovative non-surgical techniques and surgical treatments - special stenting procedures to opening blocked heart arteries - beating heart surgery and - complex heart valve surgery cooper and inspira cardiac care continues to be the first in the region to offer novel approaches for treating heart disease such as tavr, watchman, linq, mitraclip, amulet, and others. Cardiac care conducts cutting-edge clinical research in areas such as interventional cardiology, electrophsiology and arrhythmias, and the treatment of cardiogenic shock. Cooper and inspira cardiac care is the region's expert in treatment of acute myocardial infarction and receives urgent transfers of seriously ill cardiac patients round-the-clock. -cooper and inspira neuroscience cooper and inspira health formed a joint venture, creating cooper and inspira neuroscience. This new collaboration builds upon the proven success of cooper and inspira cardiac care. By combining the resources and expertise of our two trusted health systems, more patients have access to the most comprehensive neuroscience program in the region. Patients are able to stay close to home in new jersey and receive the most advanced, high-quality neurological care, including neurology, neurosurgery, neuro-oncology, neuropathology, neurophysiology, and neuropsychology. Cooper and inspira neuroscience (cin) stroke program has received the”

“- cooper bone and joint institute the cooper bone and joint institute is staffed by orthopaedic physicians who provide comprehensive surgical and non-surgical services for disorders of the musculoskeletal system. As part of the only level i trauma center in southern new jersey, they are an integral part of the trauma team that handles the most complex orthopaedic injuries. Cooper's orthopaedic surgeons are experts who are developing innovative techniques in arthroscopic surgery; joint replacement of the shoulder, hip, and knee; ankle, elbow, and spine surgery; orthopaedic oncology; as well as hand and upper extremity surgery, re-plantation and orthopaedic reconstruction. The cooper bone and joint institute also provides a collaborative multidisciplinary concussion program and orthopaedic rehabilitation. The cooper bone and joint institute's comprehensive programs offer a unique continuum of care and highly integrated health care delivery system. The goal of the cooper bone & joint institute is simple: to return patients to normal function as quickly and safely as possible. To reach this goal, the medical professionals at the cooper bone and joint institute enlist a comprehensive, leading-edge approach to the prevention, assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries. The cooper bone and joint institute's highly trained team of surgeons, nurses, physician assistants, rehabilitation specialists and various medical support personnel works with each patient and their primary care physician to develop a treatment plan specifically for that patient. By combining extensive clinical expertise with a compassionate, caring, treatment philosophy, the cooper bone and joint institute has created a program known for its quality of care. - md anderson cancer center at cooper md anderson cancer center at cooper is a partnership between cooper and the nation's leading cancer center, md anderson cancer center. Md anderson cancer center's approach uses multidisciplinary disease-site specific teams, consisting of physicians (medical, gynecologic, radiation and surgical oncologists), advanced practice nurses, nurses and other clinical specialists, work together to provide cancer patients with advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies available to advanced chemotherapy regimens and innovative surgical techniques. A full complement of support services including nutritional counseling, genetic testing and counseling, social work services, complementary medicine therapies and behavioral health support services provides complete, compassionate care for all patients at md anderson cooper. Today, patients have access to more clinical trials, for more types of cancer, than ever before. - center for critical care services cooper has earned the distinguished reputation as the critical care provider to the region's most seriously ill known for its clinical and academic excellence, the center has a state-of-the-art intensive care unit, south jersey's only ecmo (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) program, and an acclaimed clinical research program. More than 40 percent of inter-hospital transfers from south jersey are directed to cooper's critical care service since the implementation of the cooper transfer center. Critical care physicians at cooper are among the world's experts in the treatment, and research of sepsis and septic shock. Cooper is also the region's leading provider of therapeutic hypothermia and has established the cooper resuscitation center to handle the transfer and care of patients post cardiac arrest, providing the best-possible change for optimal recovery. When a child has a serious illness or has suffered serious trauma, cooper directs the highest caliber of attention to the child's critical care needs. Cooper's pediatric intensive care service, which admits nearly 1,200 children each year, is staffed by pediatric critical care specialists who have the most sophisticated medical equipment at their disposal. I”

“- cooper center for urgent and emergent services cooper center for urgent and emergent services include cooper emergency department; urgent care centers; 911 emergency medical services; air medical services; and, the cooper transfer center. Cooper's emergency department of air and ground transport in camden handles more than 84,700 visits annually which averages approximately 232 a day. Seeking to provide an alternative to the emergency department for patients in the region, cooper has a growing network of urgent care centers, including centers in audubon, cherry hill, and cinnaminson. Unlike others urgent care centers in the region, cooper's urgent cares are staffed by an emergency medicine physician at all times, at the ready to provide the higher level of care cooper is known for. When visiting cooper urgent care, patients can walk-in or can reserve a spot ahead of time so the team is ready and waiting. Cooper also provides comprehensive basic life support (bls) and advanced life support (als) emergency medicine service in camden. Cooper ems averages more than 50 ambulance runs per day and has two als transport vehicles, in two separate locations, on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week improving the timeliness of care and transport of critically ill or injured patients. Cooper also has at least two bls units on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week and up to five bls units during peak call times. Cooper ems has also worked to build strong community relationships and provides training to a number of other emergency service agencies serving the city of camden. Cooper air medical transport, cooper i and ii helicopters, provides critical care air medical transportation from locations throughout the seven counties of southern new jersey to cooper university hospital. Cooper air medical transport flew approximately 674 flights in 2024. Critically injured patients receive rapid transport from emergency scenes to cooper's level i trauma center, the only level i adult trauma and level ii pediatric trauma center in south jersey. Additionally, cooper i and ii provides rapid transfer for patients at other hospitals in the region who are critically ill or injured and need the advanced medical and/or surgical care only available at cooper. The cooper transfer center is a service offered to hospitals and physicians who wish to initiate a patient transfer to cooper university hospital. The transfer requires physician-to-physician consultation, which the transfer center initiates. By providing one point of contact, the cooper transfer center streamlines the transfer process. A transfer nurse coordinator is on-duty 24/7. Premier training center for the military-cooper trauma and emergency medicine experts provide on-site training to elite special operations combat medics from the u.s. Military's special operations command and medical personnel with the u.s. Department of state emergency management specialists. Cooper's trauma center is the busiest in the philadelphia region and was the first in the nation to provide advanced surgical trauma training to the u.s. Army's elite forward resuscitation surgical team (frst). Cooper center for healing the cooper center for healing is an integrated center that provides innovative, compassionate care for patients with substance use disorder (sud), pain, trauma, and psychiatric disorders. The center's medical specialists in addiction medicine, toxicology, emergency medicine (em) and emergency medical services (ems), internal medicine, family medicine, and psychiatry provide interdisciplinary specialty care in the hospital, ambulatory, and community settings. The center also has a robust interdisciplinary clinical team of behavioral health clinicians, nurses, and navigator specialists who offer wraparound services to patients in a biopsychosocial model, including helping them to address social determinants of health (sdoh). Patient services include but are not limited to: inpatient sud consultation;”

“2. Trauma education: the trauma outreach program offers a variety of educational and interventional classes that focus on injury/trauma prevention. For over 15 years the trauma outreach programs have been committed to reducing the incidence of trauma injuries in southern new jersey by delivering comprehensive trauma/injury intervention programs. Programs and classes include such topics as: alcohol abuse and outcomes, don't fall for us, drivers education, prom program, risk taking, teen drug use and outcomes, youth gang violence, tours of the trauma facilities for schools and students, and safe kids walk to school day. The department also provides courses, programs and education sessions for local ems organizations. - hypothermia and dehydration prevention presentation - bike rodeo - senior drivers education 3. Safe kids southern new jersey coalition: this local coalition covers the camden, gloucester, and burlington county area and is one of more than 300 groups across the country and around the world organized by the national safe kids campaign. Cooper university hospital serves as the lead organization for the coalition of hospitals, public safety departments, non-profits, businesses, and concerned parents. The mission of the coalition is to reduce accidental injuries and deaths of children ages 14 and under through education in schools. Safe kids southern new jersey draws on the strength of its grassroots participation and brings together a cross-section of community leadership including law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics, medical and health professionals, educators, parents, businesses, public policymakers, and media. Current programs also include classes on car seat safety, bike helmet safety, summer safety, home safety and medication safety. 4. Center for resuscitation education and community engagement: basic life support (bls) training teaches the process of supplying rescue breaths and chest compressions to individuals experiencing cardiac arrest. The center for resuscitation education and community engagement offers two basic programs: healthcare provider bls for health professional and heartsaver aed for community members. (b) health professional education, physicians, medical students, nurses, etc.; scholarship programs, including but limited to: - anti-racism training for incoming medical students - mentorship and shadowing the addiction medicine healthcare professionals - buprenorphine training - screenings to provide awareness and health care assistance to families overcoming addiction 1. Continuing medical education (cme) - the 2024/2025 academic year marks our 33rd accredited year as a national sponsor of cme. In july 2022, cooper received a six-year accreditation (until july 31, 2028). Cooper is the only hospital or health system in southern new jersey with national accreditation. Cooper is committed to educating its medical staff. Cooper's cme program also reaches out to physicians in the tri-state area and sometimes nationally. All areas of interest are covered in our external conferences, our in-house series, enduring materials, and joint-providership activities. Our cme activities target primary care physicians and physicians from all specialties. Other allied health professionals including fellows, residents, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, nurses, technicians, and medical students also attend. 2. Graduate medical education - cooper's gme programs train approximately 380 residents and fellows per year in 50 programs across the continuum. In 2012, cooper and rowan university opened cooper medical school of rowan university - the first four-year allopathic medical school ever in southern new jersey and the first new medical school in 36 years in the state. Key to the partnership has been the collaboration between the institutions. Representatives from both rowan and cooper worked together to forge a founding philosophy for the school, explore partnerships in research areas, and cr”

“There are times when the support of friends and family isn't enough. Spending time with others who have a shared or similar experience and sharing experiences helps with depression and anxiety, and is the key to recovery. Cooper's support groups, activities and social events encourage fitness and the maintenance of a healthy body and mind. Support groups, often arranged for remote participation due to the covid pandemic, include but are not limited to: - prostate cancer lecture series: md anderson cancer center at cooper is proud to present the prostate support group, the only such support group in southwestern new jersey. This is a joint venture of leaders in the care and treatment of prostate diseases and the md anderson cooper geitorurinary cancer center. The meetings are intended to allow survivors of prostate diseases and their families to become well informed, give and receive the support of others, ask questions, and express their concerns. - sister will you help me? - a breast cancer support group for women of color and faith. The group's mission is to empower through knowledge, encourage through sisterhood, enlighten through faith and to bond through love. - latino cancer survivors - diabetes support group- other support groups - traumatic brain trauma support group 5. Language interpreter services for patients - cooper provides interpreting services for patients whose first language is not english and for the sight and hearing impaired. 6. Camden coalition of healthcare providers - cooper provides significant support to this organization which was created as an opportunity for providers to network and discuss the common issues they face in running medical practices in camden and providing care in a poor, urban environment. Cooper currently participates with the camden coalition as a partner site for cms' accountable health communities to screen and refer patients to social and community resources. - helping our heroes program community based clinical services - cooper provides a variety of targeted populations with various free clinical health screenings (e.g. Head, oral, mouth, skin cancer screenings) and physical exams in convenient, easy to access community settings. -stroke risk assessment community health education - cooper provides health education (e.g. Presentations and talks) and awareness to vulnerable populations and external partners focusing on chronic conditions and disease management. Cooper also participates in community events based upon geography. Health care services for first responders, active military and veterans - cooper provides on site screening programs for first responders to enhance access. Cooper participates in community based events to provides community screening and education to active military and veterans. Camden citywide care management project in september 2007, the coalition began implementation of a citywide care management project to reach out to high utilizers of city emergency rooms and hospitals. A part-time nurse practitioner, community health worker, and a full-time social worker staff the project. Patients are enrolled to the project by referral from emergency department physicians, inpatient physicians, and social workers. The project provides transitional primary care with a goal of moving the patients into a primary care setting that can meet their needs. With over sixty patients enrolled in our project; we are visiting them in homeless shelters, abandoned homes, hospital rooms, ed gurneys, and street corners. Practice capacity building project the coalition's philosophy is that by increasing capacity within local primary care offices we can help them achieve higher patient satisfaction, improved economic viability, and better health outcomes. Monthly roundtable meetings and seminars have been held for local office managers and providers to encourage peer-to-peer linkages, increase skills and knowledge of modern medical office management techniques and educate in spec”

“1) physical improvements and housing revitalization projects: - neighborhood revitalization tax credit project: cooper university hospital has served as the lead and is partnering with metro camden habitat for humanity, saint joseph's carpenter society, center for family services, camden special services district, the cooper lanning civic association and additional community partners on nearly $5 million in funding from the neighborhood revitalization tax credit (nrtc) program through the n.j. Department of community affairs to improve housing and community conditions in the cooper plaza neighborhood. Cooper university hospital has served as the lead in writing and administering the grant on behalf of the community partners. This includes four phases of nrtc projects. - new parks and park maintenance - cooper has partnered with camden city, camden county and community groups on the construction of three new neighborhood parks. Cooper has taken the responsibility for the ongoing maintenance and upkeep of the three parks. Cooper has been a partner with camden county and community organizations for the ongoing streetscape and landscape improvements in the cooper plaza neighborhood funded through the county. Cooper has facilitated meetings to coordinate the project with the county and community organizations and address community questions or concerns. - housing rehabilitation - cooper partners with non-profits to advance efforts to improve housing in the cooper plaza neighborhood. This includes partnerships with saint joseph's carpenter society, camden county habitat for humanity and other housing partners to projects for the acquisition and rehabilitation of homes in the cooper plaza neighborhood. - homeownership partnerships - cooper has partnered with non-profit organizations such as saint joseph's carpenter society and camden county habitat for humanity to promote home ownership opportunities in the cooper plaza neighborhood to further stabilize the community with occupied housing. 2) economic development - assisting business development, creating new employment opportunities: - cooper's ferry partnership - cooper is a member of the cooper's ferry partnership. Cooper actively works with the organization on community issues and additional projects to improve the neighborhoods in camden and foster economic development opportunities. This includes collaboration and partnerships on initiatives and opportunities to facilitate the revival of the city of camden as a place where people choose to live, work, visit, and invest. - camden special services district - cooper is a partner for the camden special services district that provides maintenance and a human presence through ambassadors in camden's downtown, university district, and broadway corridor to remove graffiti, clean streets, pickup litter and debris, additional maintenance services and serve as a daily presence on these corridors. 3) community support - mentoring, neighborhood support, disaster readiness - cooper lanning civic association and lanning square west association -participation in association meetings, project coordination, events and administrative support. - cooper plaza neighborhood watch: cooper supports the cooper plaza neighborhood and the cooper lanning civic association during the community's neighborhood watch initiative by providing space and food for the effort and increased security in the cooper plaza neighborhood. - promise neighborhood initiative: cooper university hospital has been an active partner with the city of camden, center for family services and other community groups on the planning effort and the promise neighborhood initiative to develop a comprehensive approach to social services for children and families living in the cooper landing neighborhood. - policy barriers with camden coalition - support for the kipp cooper norcross academy - camden promise neighborhood with the center for family services 4) environmental improvements: - cle”