{"id":9572,"date":"2023-08-14T16:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T23:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/?page_id=9572"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:00:26","slug":"community-benefit-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/about-samaritan\/community-benefit-initiatives\/community-benefit-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Benefit &amp; Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section id=\"block_795b4ec34cfa09a684aee1b7c09f4553\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-blue-primary-background-color\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Children-Reading-Outside-308-SS.jpg); background-position:42% 19%;\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\" id=\"h-rooted-in-the-communities-we-serve\">Community Benefit &amp; Grants<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Rooted in the Communities We Serve<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"has-overlay\"><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<nav id=\"block_a016cb33fd9350847d8972498ab06464\" class=\"shs-block in-content-nav-links grid-container has-blue-midnight-background-color\">\n\t<button class=\"in-content-nav-title has-blue-midnight-background-color js-in-page-nav-toggle\">Related Pages\t<svg id=\"icon_menu\" class=\"\" viewBox=\"0 0 22 22\">\n\t\t<defs><style>#icon_menu_hit_box{fill:transparent;}#bot{transform-origin: 10% 70%;}#top{transform-origin: 15% 30%;}.im1{fill:#7999B9;}<\/style><\/defs>\n\t\t<title>Related Content Menu<\/title>\n\t\t<rect id=\"top\" class=\"im1 will-ease\" y=\"2.5\" width=\"22\" height=\"3\"\/>\n\t\t<rect id=\"mid\" class=\"im1 hide-when-open\" y=\"9.5\" width=\"22\" height=\"3\"\/>\n\t\t<rect id=\"bot\" class=\"im1 will-ease\" y=\"16.5\" width=\"22\" height=\"3\"\/>\n\t\t<rect id=\"icon_menu_hit_box\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" \/>\n\t<\/svg>\n<\/button>\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/about-samaritan\/community-benefit-initiatives\/community-benefit-and-grants\/community-benefit-health-assessments\/\" target=\"_self\">Community Benefit &amp; Health Assessments<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/about-samaritan\/community-benefit-initiatives\/community-benefit-and-grants\/community-health-impact-report\/\" target=\"_self\">Community Health Impact Report<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/about-samaritan\/community-benefit-initiatives\/community-benefit-and-grants\/social-accountability-grants\/\" target=\"_self\">Social Accountability Grants<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/nav>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_045cdca55462571deccdaf43a03d37c2\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-blue-light-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Health Needs Assessments &amp; Plans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Samaritan Health Services\u2019 Community Benefit Program aims to help improve the health of our local communities in a variety of different ways.&nbsp;Whether it\u2019s helping to support a non-profit organization, volunteering at a low-cost medical clinic, providing a scholarship to a student pursuing a health care career, or offering free health screenings, we value our involvement in community health.<br><br>Samaritan performs a Community Health Needs Assessment in each county every three years to help inform a set of Community Benefit Plans, which outline goals and priorities each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/about-samaritan\/community-benefit-initiatives\/community-benefit-and-grants\/community-benefit-health-assessments\">View Plans &amp; Assessments<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_9f6f75e637f217f560a79fea0431c38c\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color has-circle-image\" >\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"684\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Couple-outdoors-dog-308-BGC.jpg\" class=\"attachment-square-lg size-square-lg\" alt=\"Older couple resting in green-yellow meadow with a smiling golden retriever.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Couple-outdoors-dog-308-BGC.jpg 684w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Couple-outdoors-dog-308-BGC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Couple-outdoors-dog-308-BGC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Couple-outdoors-dog-308-BGC-425x425.jpg 425w, https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Couple-outdoors-dog-308-BGC-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/>\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Does Our Community Benefit Program Do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are rooted in the communities we serve, and we are proud to be a part of the history of Albany, Corvallis, Lebanon, Lincoln City, Newport and the surrounding communities. Our employees &#8211; including physicians, nurses, technicians, social workers and dozens of other professionals \u2013 are part of the community as well. They\u2019re proud to serve as active volunteers, non-profit board members, coaches, and church and community leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s only natural, then, that we would see the importance of extending our health care mission beyond the walls of the hospitals and physician clinics and into the community at large. Here are just a few examples of the important organizations we serve as shown in our annual Community Health Impact Reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/308-Community-Health-Impact-Report-BO-160716-0425-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Health Impact Report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_4cebc5dfc988831faedcb48fde80b186\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-white-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">InterCommunity Health Network CCO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihntogether.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">InterCommunity Health Network Care Coordination Organization<\/a> (IHN-CCO) was formed in 2012 by local public, private and non-profit partners to unify health services and systems for Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) members in Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties. IHN-CCO aims to improve the health of the community while lowering or containing the cost of care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IHN-CCO funds&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihntogether.org\/transforming-health-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pilots and projects<\/a>&nbsp;that positively impact the health outcomes of our members. This is done with the support of community partners and members. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/oha\/hpa\/dsi-tc\/pages\/share.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SHARE<\/a> (Supporting Health for All through Reinvestment) initiative is another way IHN-CCO supports social determinants of health projects and programs in our community. SHARE is a new funding mechanism (started in 2021) with specific criteria from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and must fall into the categories of economic stability, education, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community health.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"block_6da0f573029dade1090bedae1be0185c\" class=\"shs-block block-section grid-container has-blue-primary-background-color\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Social Accountability Grants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">All across our service area, from the mid-valley to the coast, Samaritan Health Services collaborates with like-minded neighbors to bring needed health-related services to its communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/about-samaritan\/community-benefit-initiatives\/community-benefit-and-grants\/social-accountability-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find Out More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samaritan Health Service is committed to building healthier communities together. Through joint efforts with federal, state  and local organizations, we are working to strengthen and expand the reach of health care in the communities we serve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":61899,"parent":9564,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_shs_workflow_notes":"","_shs_exclude_from_navigation":false,"_shs_promote_article_on_blogs":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9572","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9572\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samhealth.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}