For immediate release February 22, 2017 Contact: Lysette Lemay, Sacramento Coordinator, Parent Teacher Home Visits, , (916) 501-3790 Kaiser Permanente funds Parent Teacher Home Visits in South Sacramento community health initiative Early success in pilot collaboration between SCUSD, EGUSD and PTHV (SACRAMENTO, CA) Home visits to new parents have a long history in health care, especially to infants at risk. But you may be surprised to know that the home visits Kaiser Permanente is funding as a community health initiative in South Sacramento are focused on school success in the K-12 grades. The funder’s big-picture vision of community health includes supporting positive relationships between families and their children’s schools. The Kaiser Permanente Community Fund awarded a $20,000 grant in September to a cross-district effort aimed at strengthening community ties in South Sacramento. The collaboration involves elementary schools from both Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD), and the Sacramento-based nonprofit Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), which trains teachers to connect with the families of their students, starting with a voluntary home visit. “School success impacts the factors that we know have long-term implications for the health of individuals and ultimately the whole community,” says Carol Serre, Community Benefit Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Greater Sacramento Area, which funds health initiatives that impact low-income, underserved and at-risk populations. “Parent Teacher Home Visits improve the school climate for the students, the families and the educators, and leads to increased college and career opportunities for students.”
For immediate release February 22, 2017 Contact: Lysette Lemay, Sacramento Coordinator, Parent Teacher Home Visits, , (916) 501-3790 Kaiser Permanente funds Parent Teacher Home Visits in South Sacramento community health initiative Early success in pilot collaboration between SCUSD, EGUSD and PTHV (SACRAMENTO, CA) Home visits to new parents have a long history in health care, especially to infants at risk. But you may be surprised to know that the home visits Kaiser Permanente is funding as a community health initiative in South Sacramento are focused on school success in the K-12 grades. The funder’s big-picture vision of community health includes supporting positive relationships between families and their children’s schools. The Kaiser Permanente Community Fund awarded a $20,000 grant in September to a cross-district effort aimed at strengthening community ties in South Sacramento. The collaboration involves elementary schools from both Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD), and the Sacramento-based nonprofit Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), which trains teachers to connect with the families of their students, starting with a voluntary home visit. “School success impacts the factors that we know have long-term implications for the health of individuals and ultimately the whole community,” says Carol Serre, Community Benefit Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Greater Sacramento Area, which funds health initiatives that impact low-income, underserved and at-risk populations. “Parent Teacher Home Visits improve the school climate for the students, the families and the educators, and leads to increased college and career opportunities for students.”