Fourth Annual CAPS Conference

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• Fourth Annual CAPS Conference
• San Francisco, California
• April 16 2004

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History

• The Endowment was created in 1996 as a result of
  Blue Cross of Californias conversion from a
  not-for-profit to a for-profit corporation. With
  approximately 3 billion in assets, we are the
  largest health care foundation in California and
  have awarded more than 4,000 grants comprising
  over 1 billion throughout the state.

as of Jan. 2003
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Our Mission

• The mission of The California Endowment is to
  expand access to affordable, quality health care
  for underserved individuals and communities,
  and to promote fundamental
• improvements in the health
• status of all Californians.

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Five Regional Offices

• Fresno/ Central State
• Sacramento/ North State
• San Francisco/ Greater Bay Area
• San Diego-Orange County/Border
• Greater Los Angeles
• Headquarters Woodland Hills

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TCE Funding

• Strategic
• Access
• Cultural Competency
• Workforce Diversity
• Disparities in Health
• Responsive
• CommunitiesFirst (CF)
• Local Opportunities Fund (LOF)

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• CommunitiesFirst
• (CF)

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Required Components of Proposal

• Health
• Underserved Populations
• Target Population Involvement
• Cultural Competency

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CF Objectives

• Access- Improve quality and access to
  comprehensive and coordinated health programs by
  supporting approaches that bring the needs of
  underserved communities with existing public and
  private resources.
• Health and Well-Being- Develop and/or replicate
  programs that promote healthy behaviors, manage
  and prevent chronic conditions and unintentional
  injuries, reduce the impact of communicable
  disease, address behavioral risk factors, and
  protect against environmental threats.
• Multicultural Health- Promote culturally specific
  approaches that reduce cultural and ethnic
  disparities in health.

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CF General Information

• Projects can be Multi-Year (generally up to three
  years)
• Rolling applications accepted (no deadlines)
• The Endowment does not generally fund 100 of
  projects

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What Types of Programs Does CF Support?

• New or Significantly Enhanced Health Programs
• Capacity Building Programs for health related
  projects or health focused agencies

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Capacity Building Programs include

• Planning
• Training
• Technical Assistance
• Leadership Development

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Capacity Building Programs include.(contd)

• Assessment
• Evaluation
• Capital and/or Equipment

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Purpose of Capacity Building Programs

• Organizational Change- to improve efficiencies
  and effectiveness of organization
• Systems Change-to increase the ability of
  individual leaders, multiple organizations,
  networks and communities to engage in collective
  action

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Summary

• Population Specific and Community Driven
• New and Enhanced Culturally Appropriate Health
  Programs
• Capacity Building for Organization and Systems
  Change

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Contact Information

• Greater Los Angeles Regional Office
• 1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1455
• Los Angeles, California 90017
• Alicia Dixon, Program Officer
• adixon_at_calendow.org

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• Thank you for being a partner for healthier
  communities.