Natividad Medical Foundation

Funds were granted to satisfy restrictions placed on contributions including support for Medical equipment, language access services, spiritual care, Medical staff education and basic needs like patient transportation, medications, clothes, shelter assistance and food vouchers. Continued fundraising by the agricultural leadership council (talc) whose combined members have donated more than $4 million to Natividad Foundation since 2010 for Medical equipment and cross-cultural initiatives. Over 600 pieces of critical Medical equipment have been purchased with talc funds for different Natividad units. Continued to fund choice, a violence intervention and prevention program modeled after the proven university of California, san francisco's wraparound project at san francisco general hospital. The choice program provides services to approximately 200 victims of violence yearly. Re-injury rate for victims of violence participating in choice has been maintained at 1% 2% in the past six years, compared to the 5-year national average of 44%. With donations from employees of monterey county and a combination of grants, Natividad Foundation continued to meet urgent, basic Medical needs for vulnerable patients, including homeless people, women, children and people living with hiv/aids. Funds provided assistance for the most basic needs, including food, clothing, medication, emergency shelter and transportation for homeless or underserved patients in the emergency department; victims of child abuse and neglect at the child advocacy center; and mothers and babies at the labor & delivery and mother-infant unit. With a ninth year of grant funding from the community Foundation for monterey county, provided diabetes prevention education to approximately 50 low-income adults, with a 74% retention rate, throughout monterey county through 5 steps to prevent diabetes yearly. 5 steps continues to demonstrate meaningful positive changes in lifestyle behaviors correlated with reducing the risk of developing diabetes, including increased consumption of fruits and vegetables; increased daily physical activity; and increased use of strategies to eat healthfully with a limited income. Through Natividad Foundation, the hospital continued its health promotion program activities through the american association of diabetes educators-accredited diabetes education center. The diabetes education center is the first and only center of its kind in monterey county providing a free, culturally appropriate, low literacy, diabetes prevention education program focusing on underserved youth and adults with diabetes types 1 and 2, women with gestational diabetes and individuals with pre-diabetes. Clients of the diabetes education center are primarily latino (91.9%), spanish-speaking (72.4%) agricultural workers. Continued to fund the spiritual care program, which is committed to ensuring the emotional and spiritual care needs of patients and their loved ones are met.