The Health Trust

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2011 to Jun 30, 2012

Signed

Apr 23, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.5

Gross Receipts

$60,889,842

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 2012, 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. The ASC also developed and adopted a Policy Agenda."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 2012, 16,000 copies of Healthy Steps; an award winning health & wellness guide were distributed through workshops and presentations in partnership with 200+ organizations serving seniors."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 2012, 67,137 meals were delivered to a total of 508 unduplicated individuals. Ninety-one percent of the MOW recipients reported that the MOW services are good or excellent. Ninety-nine percent reported that the MOW services were "somewhat or extremely important" in helping them to remain in their homes. 232 deliveries of groceries were also provided to our clients. "Caregiver Capacity Building. The Caregiver strategy was carried out in association with the Aging Services Collaborative (see above). During FY 2012, a Caregiver's Count conference was held with 120 attendees in multiple languages. In addition, a grant was made to research and analyze caregiver demographics and resources in Santa Clara County and for the preparation of a blueprint for action. "Community Engagement We continued to operate the AGEnts for Change program, engaging between 25 and 50 seniors in education and the development and implementation of a Social Action Plan. In addition, the Senior Peer Advocate program supported and trained a corps of 20 senior volunteers that provide information and assistance to seniors at 9 sites in the county.

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 (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 2012, The Health Trust made 4 grants in this strategy, totaling $257,274. A grant of $50,000 was made to Ag Innovations to support the Santa Clara County Food System Alliance, an Alliance charged with identifying and implementing specific local policy and advocacy efforts and building greater local leadership and support. A grant of $100,000 was also provided to Our City Forest, to develop and bring to scale a fruit tree stewardship program for low-income residents. Two additional grants were made to support the planning and evaluation of the Healthy Food Resources strategy including a $57,274 grant to Karp Resources, to create a program design and business plan for Fresh Carts, a mobile produce vending program, and a $50,000 grant to The Food Trust to evaluate the FY 2011 cohort of Healthy Food Resources grantees. During 2012, The Health Trust also launched Campaign for Healthy Food San Jose, an effort to change city policies that make it costly and time-intensive to bring new healthy food resources into San Jose. Additionally, during 2012, The Health Trust began the 1st year of its second three-year AmeriCorps grant that annually will place up to 24 full-time 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. Creating Healthy Places: During 2012, The Health Trust provided 13 new grants in aggregate amount of $772,600. 4 grants, totaling $285,000, were made to California WALKS, Greenbelt Alliance, Mt. Madonna, a branch of YMCA of Silicon Valley, and TransForm, to support efforts to change policies and create systems to increase neighborhood walkability and transportation. 4 grants, totaling $213,500, were made to address policy and systems barriers to increasing access to healthy food in low-income communities. These grants included grants to Children's Discovery Museum, My Three Squares, Valley Medical Center Foundation, and Working Partnerships USA. 3 grants were made to San Benito County, totaling $191,500, to create new opportunities for youth to access healthy food and physical activity, as well as build the capacity of youth to promote and make policy and environmental changes in their community. In addition, a grant of $75,000 was made to Generations Community Wellness to change faith-based organizational practice and policies to promote healthy eating and active living, and a grant of $7,600 was made to Change Lab Solutions, to provide technical assistance on model Farmers' Market policies, as part of Campaign for Healthy Food San Jose.

Filer

EIN

94-6050231