Community Health

The Community Health Program works to expand access to health services and promote health prevention in the five counties we serve. Community Health's efforts focus on improving health on a community level and providing the social supports for communities to improve health.

For more information about the Community Health Program at The San Francisco Foundation, please contact us at 415.733.8500 or healthinfo@sff.org

COMMUNITY HEALTH STAFF

Denise Martin, R.N.
Program Officer, Community Health

Josaphine Stevenson
Program Fellow, Community Health

Laura Grossmann
Program Assistant, Community Health

Community Health Goal and Objectives

Goal - Improve the health of communities, particularly underserved populations, by expanding access to services, promoting prevention to reduce illness, and advancing health policy reform.

Objective: Improve access to healthcare, services, and treatment for those who are low-income, uninsured, and/or underinsured.

Objective: Foster efforts to prevent poor health status, disease, and disability through investments in health promotion and health education.

Objective: Ensure access to the health services safety net.

Objective: Support local efforts designed to reduce and/or eliminate disparities in health status due to poverty, disproportionate exposure to environmental agents/hazards, and/or race.

Objective: Advance policy reform efforts that improve access to health services.

View a more detailed version of our goals, objectives, and strategies (PDF)