To celebrate the power of the partnership, this week the three Providence hospitals in the San Fernando Valley donated a total of $ 400,000 from the Mother Joseph Fund to 15 nonprofit groups, including Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley, serving the most vulnerable in the serve the community.
The grants were provided by the Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills, Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center, and Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, which hosted the event in the hospital chapel.
These Partners for a Better Community celebrations began in 2013 in honor of Mother Joseph Pariseau, who led a group of Sisters of Providence from Montreal to the American Northwest in 1856 and established what is now a 52-hospital health system in seven western states.
The groups selected for funding offer programs for vulnerable population groups, including the homeless, victims of domestic violence, drug use disorders or physical and mental health problems.
“Service to the poor and the weak is in our DNA,” said Shawn Kiley, chief mission officer at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana.
The goal of the partnerships is to work with like-minded, mission-minded partners who are experts in their fields and who are committed to improving the overall health of underserved populations, said Judie Wilkie, chair of the Providence Community Ministry Board’s Mission Committee – San Fernando Valley Rest Area .
An advisory group made up of representatives from the Wilkie Committee selected these organizations to receive grants:
– Santa Clarita Valley Family Promises
– BCR “A place to grow, Burbank”
– Burbank Noon Lions charities
– Catholic Charities Guadalupe Center, Canoga Park
– Senior Services Foundation, Glendale
– Hands 4 Hope LA, North Hollywood
– Haven Hills, Canoga Park
– Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission, locations in the San Fernando Valley
– Fulfill every need with dignity (MEND), Pacoima
– Mid Valley Family YMCA, Van Nuys
– Film and TV Fund, Calabasas
– National Alliance for Mental Illness, San Fernando Valley, Van Nuys
– Therapeutic residential centers for the blind, Reseda
– Valley Family Center, San Fernando
– West Valley Family YMCA, Reseda
These organizations applied for funding and described how it would be used. A large part of the funds made available went into services for the growing number of homeless people in the valley and the surrounding communities. Other recipients serve people with disabilities, people with food insecurity, parents in need of childcare, and people with mental health problems.
This spirit of partnership dates back 165 years when the Sisters of Providence worked with their communities to build schools, orphanages, and hospitals. In 2016, Providence and Orange County’s St. Joseph Health teamed up to create a new organization, Providence.
Family promise
Family Promise of the Santa Clarita Valley is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit serving homeless families in the Santa Clarita Valley area. If you need any help or would like to support us in our mission, please contact us.
24820 Orchard Village Rd, Ste. A, # 391
Santa Clarita, 91355
(661) 251-2868
About Providence
Providence is a national, not-for-profit Catholic health system that includes a diverse family of organizations and is powered by the belief that health is a human right. With 52 hospitals, over 1,000 medical offices, senior services, supportive housing, and many other health and education services, the health system and its partners employ more than 120,000 caregivers serving communities in seven states – Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Washington , with systems offices in Renton, Washington, and Irvine, California. Learn more about our vision of
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Via Providence Southern California
Providence Southern California is the region’s largest healthcare system with 11 hospitals, more than 100 clinics, outpatient centers, the TrinityCare Hospice and its TrinityKids Care Children’s Hospice, Providence High School, home health services, eight wellness centers, telemedicine and numerous medical groups in its Southern California area. Providence is committed to an ongoing mission to reach the poor and the vulnerable, and last year donated $ 485 million in services, programs and charities to help the needy.
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