Petaluma Health Care District, a public agency and a California special district, funds evidence-based health programs and invests in local nonprofits that provide critical social services and address the root causes of poor health.
During the 2015-2016 fiscal year, PHCD provided $280,000 in charitable funds, sponsorships and in-kind technical support to 33 Southern Sonoma County nonprofits, such as the Boys and Girls Club, Mentor Me, North Bay Children’s Center, Petaluma Educational Foundation, United Way of the Wine Country Schools of Hope, COTS, PEP House and Mother’s Care.
.....CHIPA recently hosted a screening and panel discussion about Paper Tigers, a documentary that follows an alternative high school as it radically changes its approach to disciplining students who have experienced adverse childhood experiences. In addition, it funded transportation costs to bring Petaluma area high school students to a regional health care career symposium.
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