Our collaborative partnerships allow us to advocate for the needs of our community.
Funding & Partners
We are able to help bridge gaps in care by identifying existing resources in our community and supporting our partners’ efforts to improve access to health services. We are a neutral organization that brings key stakeholders together from formal healthcare systems, community agencies, Medicaid health plans, and individuals seeking assistance. Through these efforts, we have become an important participant in systems work, helping to lead system-level initiatives, including the Kent County Population Health Consortium, the Coordinated Health Impact Alliance, and Invest Health’s Healthy Housing work.
Health Net is grateful for financial support from a variety of sources, including donations, contracts, grants, and funding from federal and state funds. We appreciate support from the following local organizations and community partners:
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Grant Awardee
In April 2017, we were awarded funding for the Accountable Health Communities project from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The $4.51 million cooperative agreement will be delivered over a five-year period and will illustrate the effectiveness of providing a systematic process to bridge the gaps between clinical and community services providers while engaging in a community alignment process to improve health outcomes and lower costs.
The project will serve all Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries living in Kent County who complete a screening at one of the partner sites, and who have unmet health-related social needs. Key areas of focus include housing instability, food insecurity, utility needs, interpersonal violence, and transportation. It is projected that over the five-year grant period 125,000 Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries in Kent County will be screened and more than 11,000 will receive assistance connecting with health-related social needs services.
Kent County Oral Health Coalition (KCOHC) Partners
We work with a wide variety of community partners to support KCOHC. A special thank you to the following organizations for the opportunity to collaborate and share resources:
- Area Agency on Aging of West Michigan
- Baxter Holistic Clinic
- Cherry Health
- Dégagé Ministries
- Exalta Health
- Family Futures
- Ferris State University
- First Steps Kent
- Grand Rapids African American Health Institute (GRAAHI)
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Great Start Parent Coalition
- GVSU Family Health Center
- Head Start for Kent County
- Hispanic Center of Western Michigan
- Kent County Department of Health and Human Services
- Kent County Health Department
- Kent Intermediate School District
- Kent School Services Network
- Mel Trotter Ministries
- Mercy Health
- Metro Health University of Michigan Health
- Michigan Oral Health Coalition
- Michigan Dental Hygienist Association
- My Community Dental Centers
- Spectrum Health
- West Michigan American Asian Association
- West Michigan District Dental Society
FitKids360 Partners
FitKids360 is grateful for the generous support of the following individuals and organizations throughout our community:
- Amway Corporation
- Claystone Clinical Associates
- Cornerstone Clinical Associates
- Forest Hills Pediatrics
- Gazelle Sports
- Grand Rapids African American Health Institute
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Grand Valley State University
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Adolescent Clinic
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Pediatric Clinic
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Healthy Weight Center
- Kent County Health Department
- Kent County Medical Society Alliance
- Kent Medical Foundation
- Michigan Health Endowment Fund
- Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
- Michigan State University Kinesiology
- New Balance
- Priority Health
- Reagan Marketing + Design, LLC
- Spectrum Health Healthier Communities
- The Downtown Market
- UnitedHealthcare
- We Are For Children
