Our collaborative partnerships allow us to advocate for the needs of our community.
Funding & Partners
We help bridge gaps in care by identifying existing resources in our community and supporting our partners’ efforts to improve access to health care and social needs services. We are a neutral organization that brings key stakeholders together from formal healthcare systems, community agencies, governmental bodies, Medicaid health plans, and the community at large. Through these efforts, we have become an important voice at many decision-making tables, helping to lead system-level initiatives including the Accountable Health Communities Model.
Health Net is grateful to receive financial support from a variety of sources, including donations, contracts, grants, and public funding from federal, state, and local agencies. We appreciate support from the following organizations and community partners:
Community Supporters
A special thank you to the following individuals for their commitment to our organization in the form of multi-year pledges and monthly contributions.
Multi-year pledges
- Jack and Rita Kirkwood
- Dick and Judy Morrison
Monthly contributions
- DeDe Esque
Health Net of West Michigan Partners
We are proud to have formed formal partnerships with the following organizations to work alongside our community members to connect to resources:
- AYA Youth Collective
- First Steps Kent
- Michigan Center for Clinical Systems Improvement (Mi-CCSI)
- Molina Healthcare
- Priority Health
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Grant Awardee
In April 2017, we were awarded funding for the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) project from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The $4.51 million cooperative agreement will be delivered over a five-year period. The AHC model has three goals:
- Help Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with unmet health-related social needs connect with community resources through screening, referral, and navigation services.
- Optimize community capacity to address health-related social needs through quality improvement, data-driven decision making, and coordination and alignment of community-based resources.
- Reduce inpatient and outpatient health care use and total costs by addressing unmet health-related social needs through referral and connection to community services.
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.
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
- AYA Youth Collective
- Bethany Christian Services
- Baxter Holistic Clinic
- Catherine’s Health Center
- Cherry Health
- Dégagé Ministries
- Exalta Health
- Delta Dental
- Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative
- Family Futures
- Ferris State University
- First Steps Kent
- Grand Rapids Community College
- Grand Rapids Public Schools
- Great Start Parent Coalition
- GVSU Family Health Center
- Head Start for Kent County
- Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
- 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
- Metro Health University of Michigan Health
- Michigan Oral Health Coalition
- Michigan Dental Hygienist Association
- My Community Dental Centers
- Priority Health
- 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
