All Stories

Stories about the programs we support and the lives that are touched by them.

		Breaking Barriers to HIV Testing See how a mobile lab is helping people stay healthy with free testing and counseling.

		Helping People Enroll in Public Programs Hear how our partnerships with community organizations are helping thousands of people get insurance and peace of mind.

		Promoting Health Equality Learn how we're working with community clinics to fight diseases that disproportionately impact low-income people.

		Providing Financial Assistance Learn about the way we support patients who need help paying for the care they receive in our medical facilities.

		Reaching Out to Youth to Prevent HIV Hear young people talk about why they got tested for HIV and why they want their peers to do the same.

		Responding to Tough Economic Times Learn about the Essential Services grants program and other efforts underway to help people who have lost their homes, their jobs and their health insurance.

		Sharing Expert Medicine See how our partnership with community clinics is helping people reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease.

		Training Physicians to Serve the Community Hear how medical residents are getting a chance to learn and give back.

		Bringing Books and Healthy Food See how the Learning Wheels program reaches kids with books, hands-on activities and healthy eating tips.

		Building Trust to End Violence See how an innovative program opens the lines of communication between youth, their families and police officers.

		Spreading Health through Live Theater Learn more about our free Educational Theatre Programs and the way it's helped kids and their families choose healthy options for more than 25 years.

		Cooking Classes Offer a Fresh Approach Hear how learning to shop, cook and eat at home is helping people improve their health.

		Developing Community Gardens, Community Health Watch how a garden can bring neighbors together to make their community safer and healthier.

		Growing Healthy Food, Healthy Communities See how an urban agriculture program is helping to get nutritious food to people in need.

		Making Health Sing Learn how Kaiser Permanente's Educational Theatre Programs helps kids and their families learn how healthy eating and active living is the path to "The Best Me."

		Helping Kids Re-Think Their Drink Watch and listen to these fun, sugar savvy messages and learn why water is the healthier choice.

		State Fair is More than Fun Learn what our partnership with the California State Fair means to underprivileged kids and their families.

		Violence Prevention Program Changes Communities, Changes Lives Hear how one youth turned his life around.

		A Day Dedicated to Giving Back Nearly a thousand Kaiser Permanente volunteers devoted a day to their communities on the Martin Luther King Day of Service

		MLK Day of Service 2011 \| 2009 Learn why each year our employees and physicians give a day of their vacation to make a difference for others.

		Dispatches from Haiti Read the blog of physicians responding to the needs of disaster victims.

		Rebuilding the Gulf Coast Hear from people who are working to restore communities in Louisiana and Mississippi.

		Our Unique Approach This one-minute video will give you an overview of the way we approach community health.

		2011 Annual Report: Making Lives Better Kaiser Permanente in the Community Northern California 2011 Annual Report

		2010 Annual Report Kaiser Permanente in the Community Northern California 2010 Annual Report

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