The Health Trust

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2011

Signed

Apr 27, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.2

Gross Receipts

$64,315,902

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The Healthy Aging Initiative was launched in January 2008 and strikes a balance between primary prevention for promoting the health and wellness of older adults and approaches that acknowledge the unique service needs of an aging society. The initiative pursues a variety of strategies including (1) Leadership & Coordination through the Aging Services Collaborative, (2) Health Promotion Program Expansion, (3) Social Connection and Nutrition, (4) Caregiver Capacity Building and (5) Community Engagement of older adults. Specific accomplishments and outcomes for each of these strategies are listed below."Leadership & Coordination: Aging Services Collaborative. The Health Trust coordinates and provides leadership to the Aging Services Collaborative (ASC), a "consortium of organizations and individuals working together to provide leadership and build community-wide capacity to support, maintain, and promote the well-being of older adults and their caregivers in Santa Clara County." During FY 2011, 122 professionals and senior advocates, representing 87 organizations, participated in the ASC by attending professional development presentations, leading advocacy efforts to sustain safety net programs for seniors, engaging in community planning efforts for aging and by hosting two conferences. "Health Promotion Program Expansion. This strategy focuses on increasing the capacity of organizations to provide best practice health promotion programs to older adults including physical activity, disease management and falls prevention. During FY 2011, 9,000 copies of Healthy Steps; an award winning health & wellness guide were distributed in partnership with 200+ organizations serving seniors. In addition during FY 2011, a two year $150,000 grant was made to establish the Silicon Valley Healthy Aging Partnership as a vehicle for planning and coordinating the expansion of evidence-based health promotion programs with training, outreach and technical assistance. In addition, a Request for Proposal was issued for the distribution of another $250,000 for replication and expansion of these programs."Social Connection and Nutrition. The Health Trust operates a Meals on Wheels (MOW) program that provides home-delivered meals to seniors and people with disabilities. In FY 2011, 92,793 meals were delivered to a total of 645 unduplicated individuals. Ninety-seven percent of the MOW recipients reported that the MOW services are good or excellent. One hundred percent reported that the MOW services were "extremely important" in helping them to remain in their homes. "Caregiver Capacity Building. The Caregiver strategy was carried out in association with the Aging Services Collaborative (see above). During FY 2011, a Caregiver's Count conference was held with 120 attendees in multiple languages. In addition, grants were made to increase outreach and improve resource databases for caregivers dealing with dementia. See below."Community Engagement This has been primarily a grantmaking strategy during FY 2010 with two grants made; one to Alzheimer's Association of No. California for updating and expanding a resource database for Alzheimer's disease and dementia care programs and services including training for providers, and a second to Mills Peninsula Hospital Retired Senior Volunteer Program for a training conference and technical assistance targeted to senior service providers on how to effectively engage the new "boomer" volunteer. In addition, a new AGEnts for Change program was established to recruit and train seniors advocating for seniors.

Activity 3

The Healthy Living Initiative focuses on increasing access to physical activity and nutrition through changing environments. This environmental change approach relies on leadership, partnerships, advocacy and policy development. Currently, two strategies have been prioritized within the initiative including (1) Healthy Food Resources, and (2) Creating Healthy Places (formerly referred to as two separate strategies, Organizational Wellness and General Plan). Specific accomplishments and outcomes for each of the Healthy Living Initiative strategies are listed below.Healthy Food Resources: This strategy focuses on promoting and supporting community and school gardens, farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and mobile produce vending. The goals of the Healthy Food Resources strategy are to ensure that residents have access to affordable locally grown produce within mile of their neighborhood, and that residents meet the Healthy People 2020 objectives for daily fruit and vegetable consumption. In 2011, building on The Health Trust's 2010 Health Food Resources RFP, a second RFP was released to guide the selection of, and ultimately fund, 5 grants to implement policy and environmental changes that increase access to locally grown fruits and vegetables with the goal of increasing fruit and vegetable consumption and preventing obesity. An additional grant of $50,000 was provided to the Food Trust to evaluate the impact and outcomes of the Healthy Food Resources grant strategy. Two additional grants were made within this strategy, including a grant of $19,000 to Ag Innovations Network to create a formal, multi-stakeholder entity, the Silicon Valley Food System Alliance, that will develop community strategies, policies and programs that promote a sustainable food system and increase access to healthy foods for Santa Clara County and Northern San Benito County residents, and $54,220 to Karp Resources to conduct an assessment of the feasibility of establishing entrepreneurially-run mobile produce businesses in four target cities in Santa Clara County to increase access to affordable and healthy food.Additionally, during 2011, The Health Trust began the 3rd year of its three-year AmeriCorps grant that annually places up to 46 AmeriCorps members with 11 partner garden organizations with the goal of increasing access to and consumption of fruits and vegetables in low-income neighborhoods. Evaluation results for this project show increased availability of fresh fruit and vegetables, increased knowledge about healthy eating, and increases in fruit and vegetable consumption among children and youth. A request for renewal funding was submitted in 2011 for an additional 3 years of AmeriCorps support. [Continued below in sectiion 4d]

Filer

EIN

94-6050231