Residents of northern Alameda County have big reasons to smile!

The Foundation Board of Directors, along with Medical Center Aministration and Medical Staff, engages in a careful process to determine Foundation fundraising priorities by identifying the pressing needs facing the community and the resources of the Medical Center.

These program priorities have been selected for 2009-2011.

Addressing the Whole Person, Not Just the Disease, through the Cancer Navigator Program

The Cancer Navigator Program, in collaboration with the American Cancer Society, offers cancer education and one-on-one informational and counseling sessions. The Foundation’s support of the Cancer Navigator program enhances patients' quality of life as they go through the difficult physical and overwhelming emotional challenges that are associated with cancer disease.

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Teaching Healthy Behaviors through the Childhood Obesity Prevention Program

Working in tandem with our free-standing clinics and community partners, the  Childhood Obesity Prevention Program establishes a health and fitness education program, a comprehensive, user-friendly referral system and interventions that target the process and delivery of care, such as screening and charting approaches for overweight/obesity, referral for education/counseling and approaches to follow-up scheduling, etc.

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Stopping the Cycle of Violence through the Youth Violence Prevention Program

The Youth Violence Prevention Program (YVPP) is a partnership between the Alameda County Medical Center and Caught in the Crossfire, an intervention program of Youth ALIVE!, an agency  dedicated to preventing youth violence. This partnership works to prevent violent injury reoccurrence and retaliation among youth between the ages of 12 and 20 who are being treated at Highland Hospital for violent injuries. Caught in the Crossfire is a pioneering hospital visitation program in which young adults, from the same communities as the injured youth they serve, are trained and hired to work intensively as models, mentors, and case managers with the youth and their families for up to one year. The program has been able to provide services to over 800 youth since its inception in 1994.

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