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Comprehensive summary of project public benefits Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, as part of Kaiser Permanente, is conunitted to improving the health of our communities and to increasing access to health care services for vulnerable populations through a broad range of conununity benefits. KFH provides a broad level of conununity benefit aimed at: . Strengthening the safety net, . Providing health care services to the uninsured and underinsured, . Participation in public programs for vulnerable populations, and . Providing subsidized coverage to low-income persons who would otherwise be uninsured. In 2004, KFH provided a total of $366.3 million in conununity benefit in California (this amount excludes conununity benefit provided by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan). For example: . Kaiser Permanente's Dues Subsidy Program provides a medical home for low- income, uninsured persons who would not otherwise have coverage. Kaiser Permanente's Dues Subsidy Program has two components: . Child Health Plan ("CHP") provides subsidized coverage to children up to 18 years of age who do not qualify for publicly-financed or employer-sponsored programs and have no other coverage. CHP is also available to children of low-income families. who do not qualify for coverage because of their inunigration status. As of September 30, 2005, CHP has approximately 27,600 enrolled persons. . "STEPS" is offered to Kaiser Permanente low-income Californians who would not otherwise be eligible for sponsored coverage. STEPS has approximately 16,500 enrolled persons. . . KFH is partnering with the California Association of Public Hospitals' Safety Net Institute to develop a multifaceted strategy to increase the potential of public hospitals and health systems by focusing on chronic care management quality improvements. Active partnership with safety net partners enables KFH to cultivate conununity-wide approaches to addressing disparities, including the development of patient-centered, conununity-focused, evidence-based chronic care management strategies. . KFH contributed more than $7 million through its Conununity Clinic Partners Program to support over 150 conununity clinics, health centers and associations serving vulnerable populations. The Conununity Clinic Partners Program was created in response to the growing number of medically indigent California residents. KFH developed partnerships with conununity clinics and clinic associations throughout the state to increase their service capacity and improve quality of care by providing financial, human, and technical resources. Additionally in 2004, KFH responded to conununity clinics and clinic networks wanting to improve their quality and access for underserved populations with an emphasis on those with chronic conditions. In