Health Share is distributing $4.6 million to local Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to help offset the impacts of COVID-19 on their operations. Specifically these funds are going to organizations that focus on serving communities of color. In total, 58 community-based organizations are receiving funds.
We know that COVID-19 has had a tragically unequal effect on communities of color. CBOs play a critical role in supporting the health of these communities. These funds will help them offset impacts, both in the community and to their own organizations. This is a meaningful step in addressing health equity.
The direct distribution of these funds is a new feature of Health Share operations. It was made possible by a recent change in how Medicaid funds could be distributed. The Oregon Health Authority recently announced that for the remainder of 2020 the distribution of quality withhold funds are no longer tied to quality performance. In short, that means that coordinated care organizations like Health Share have greater flexibility for supporting their mission of improved health for members. Health Share’s Board of Directors decided that 10% of these monthly withhold payments should directly support CBOs who are working with communities of color.
Health Share and its partners trust that local CBOs know the best way to serve their communities. It is our sincere hope that these funds can continue to further the work these incredible organizations do every day.
The following organizations will receive funding
- Adelante Mujeres
- African Family Holistic Health Organization
- African Youth and Community Organization
- Albina Head Start
- Angolan Community Organization of Oregon
- Ant Farm
- APANO Communities United Fund
- Bienstar
- Black Parent Initiative
- Boys & Girls Club of Portland
- Bradley Angle
- Brown Hope
- Catholic Charities of Oregon
- Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization
- Center for Intercultural Organizing (on behalf of Unite Oregon)
- Central City Concern
- Chinese Friendship Assoc. of Portland
- Clackamas Women's Services
- Coalition of Community Health Clinics
- Community Action
- Community Development Corporation of Oregon
- East Washington County Shelter Partnership Council (on behalf of Good Neighbor Center)
- Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
- El Programa Hispano Catolico
- Familias en Accion
- Hacienda Community Development Corporation
- Holistic Healing Behavioral Healthcare
- Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization
- Kairos PDX
- Latino Network
- Lutheran Community Services NW
- Mercy Connections
- Metropolitan Family Services
- NARA
- National Alliance for Filipino Concerns
- Native American Youth and Family Center
- Native Wellness Institute
- Neighborhood Health Center
- North by Northeast Community Health Center
- Northwest Family Services
- Open School, Inc.
- Oregon Chinese Coalition
- Oregon Latino Health Coalition
- Oregon Marshallese Community Association
- Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. and Rosemary Anderson High School
- Reach Out and Read Oregon
- Slavic Community Center of NW
- Social Venture Partners (on behalf of Early Childhood Equity Collaborative)
- Straightway Services
- The Giving Tree
- The Miracles Club
- The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center
- The Rosewood Initiative
- Together We Are Greater Than
- Torus
- Tryon Creek Watershed Council (on behalf of HAKI Community Org)
- United Way of the Columbia Willamette (on behalf of Early Learning Washington County)
- UTOPIA PDX
- Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
- Young People Dreamers & Achievers