Blue Shield of California Foundation

The Power of Partnership

BSCF — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:32:17 +0000

January, 2012

(38 pages)

There is a growing awareness among domestic violence organizations about the power of integrative partnerships. A barrier organizations face in exploring such opportunities is the dearth of information from the field on how strategic restructuring has enhanced the effectiveness of organizations like their own. The Power of Partnership features four case studies showing how integrative forms of collaboration have enabled domestic violence organizations—and their partners—to capitalize on their strengths, develop new solutions, and more effectively serve the community.

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Blue Shield of California Foundation Announces 2013 Class of Clinic Leadership Insititue

BSCF — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Twenty-six emerging leaders to participate in the program’s fifth class

San Francisco, January 26, 2012 – Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) has selected twenty-six community health clinic professionals from throughout California to participate in the 2013 class of the Clinic Leadership Institute (CLI). The individuals selected for CLI’s fifth cohort are committed to the clinic field and will grow their leadership skills and the performance of their host clinics through participation in the program.

Building a Consumer-Driven Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal System

BSCF — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

January, 2012

(46 pages)

The decisions being made today to implement the ACA will have a greater impact on consumers’ access to health coverage than any made in a generation. As these critical choices are made, this set of recommendations will help ensure that the consumer enrollment experience is user-friendly, integrated, simplified, and modernized across Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, and subsidized Exchange coverage (the insurance affordability programs).

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Aimed at covering 1,000 more people, county health expansion under way

BSCF — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0000

Santa Cruz Sentinel

SANTA CRUZ - Blue Shield of California recently announced a $125,000 grant aimed at helping Santa Cruz County expand a health care program aimed at destitute and indigent residents.

Moving Over or Moving On: Next Career Steps for Health Clinic CEOs

BSCF — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:59:01 +0000

October, 2011

(9 pages)

This paper, prepared by Compasspoint Nonprofit Services, considers why community health clinics need to both bring in the skills necessary to meet the new challenges and continue to tap the wisdom and passions of their founding leaders.

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Securing Its Future: How One Clinic Pursued Strategic Leader Development

BSCF — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:57:56 +0000

October, 2011

(6 pages)

This report, prepared by Compasspoint Nonprofit Services, highlights how North County Health Services continues to work on the organization’s talent development by focusing on both the skills that the clinic needs today and the skills needed to meet the emerging trends in the community health care sector.

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Planning for Leadership Emergencies in Community Health Clinics

BSCF — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:55:52 +0000

October, 2011

(4 pages)

This report, prepared by Compasspoint Nonprofit Services, illustrates how establishing an emergency succession planning is not only an important risk management practice but can also be a stress reducer for an over-burdened clinic leader. Included in this report is a sample emergency succession plan template for a chief executive position.

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Cultural Competency in California‘s Domestic Violence Field

BSCF — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:02:26 +0000

December, 2011

(30 pages)

This report, prepared for Blue Shield of California Foundation by RDP Consulting, explores how a cultural competency framework could offer a more viable and useful approach to service provision and prevention efforts for the DV field. The report provides a brief review of the DV field’s origins, summarizes its major successes, reviews the known data on DV in California (specifically among certain demographic groups), and discusses why these communities may not access services — and how a cultural competency framework could help address issues of accessibility.

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Blue Shield of California Foundation Announces $9 Million in Fourth-Quarter Grants

BSCF — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

Major funding to build the next span in California’s bridge to health reform, increase cultural competency of domestic violence services

San Francisco, December 14, 2011 — Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) today announced $9 million in fourth-quarter grants, bringing total grantmaking for the year to $27 million. The majority of the grants focus on strengthening the state’s healthcare safety net before 2014, when the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act goes into effect.

Blue Shield foundation makes $9 million in Q4 grants

BSCF — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

San Francisco Business Times

The Blue Shield of California Foundation, Blue Shield of California’s philanthropic arm, is making nearly $9 million in fourth quarter grants, bringing 2011’s total to $27 million, or $5 million more than last year.