Kaiser Permanente To Fund $5.1 Million Project To House 300 Homeless Seniors In 2020

Kaiser Permanente is funding a $5.1 million project that will take an “anything necessary” approach to achieving the goal of housing 300 homeless, medically vulnerable seniors in Portland, Oregon by the end of 2020. Kaiser Permanente’s investment in the Metro 300 initiative also will support the new Regional Supportive Housing Impact Fund (RSHIF), which uses an innovative approach to make funding for housing available more quickly and efficiently. The RSHIF, which will pool contributions from health systems, philanthropy, and business partners, will be administered by Health Share of Oregon, a coordinated care organization that manages the state’s . . .