Sequoia
Healthcare District
For Your Health
Our History
1938 – Community members appeal to the
city council of Redwood City and vote for a
hospital to serve southern San Mateo County
1949- Construction of Sequoia Hospital begins
1996 – Sequoia Hospital management
transferred to Catholic Healthcare West. Hospital
District was then renamed the Sequoia
Healthcare District
Present - SHD mission to:
• improve access to services
• reduce health disparities
• support the well well-being of all District
residents
The
Beginning
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Represent District Zone C
San Carlos
Ivan Martinez | President
Represent District Zone D
Redwood City/North Fair Oaks
Cama Lock | Secr.
Represent District Zone B
Menlo Park & Atherton
Jerry Shefren, MD | Director
Represent District Zone E
PV, Woodside & Belmont
Bill Fong, JD | Vice-President
Represent District Zone A
Redwood Shores & Foster City
Board of Directors
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Annual Revenue
• Annual budget approved each June by SHD’s Board of Directors. • 2024-25 budget just over $22.5M
• Bulk of income from annual property tax- residential and commercial • Aim to return all dollars back to the community
• Primarily act as a funder, but also run several programs • Healthy Schools Initiative = largest program of the District- comprises 1/3 of the budget
Our 2024-25
Community Impact
• $5.2M awarded in Caring
Community Grants
• $5.8M awarded to 8 local
school districts
Grants
• $6.1M in Community
Impact Fund
Healthy
Schools
Initiative (HSI)
Program
Collaborations Nearly $15M invested into
community health so far
Funding Over the
Last 5 Years
• Over $25 million in HSI funding
awarded from 2019-2024
• Over $20 million in Caring
Community Grants awarded from 2019-
2024
Atherton
1,395 residents servedin Atherton (94027)
• AbilityPath
• Adaptive P.E.
• Community Overcoming
Relationship Abuse (CORA)
• Jewish Family and Children's
Services
• Kara
• Mission Hospice & Home Care
• NCEFT - National Center for Equine
Facilitated Therapy
• Pathways Home Health & Hospice
• Peninsula Bridge
• Peninsula Family Service
• Peninsula Volunteers, Inc.
• Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
• Redwood City PAL
• San Mateo County Sheriff’s
Activities League
• Second Harvest of Silicon Valley
• Villages of San Mateo County
• Vista Center for the Blind and
Visually Impaired
Community Partners currently serving Atherton:
Healthy Schools
• Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child
(WSCC) modeled by the CDC
• Fund school nurses and wellness coordinator
positions in the following school districts:
o Belmont Redwood Shores School District
o Las Lomitas Elementary School District
o Menlo Park City School District
o Portola Valley School District
o Redwood City School District
o San Carlos School District
o Sequoia Union High School District
o Woodside Elementary School District
2022-2025
Strategic Plan
1. Equity and inclusion
2. Innovation
3. Collaboration
4. Communications
5. Advocacy
Major Shift in Oral Health Access
NEW Dental Clinic on the horizon - $6M community investment In partnership with Ravenswood Family Health Center, we will convert the existing 525 Veterans Blvd. office building in Redwood City into a dental clinic
Key Takeaways
• More than a funder, a community collaborator
• Filling critical health gaps – school nurses, oral health, food insecurity, senior transportation program and many more o We fund health resources that are not funded by insurance companies, hospitals, schools, and local/state/federal governments.
We specialize in filling the gaps left by the traditional healthcare system.
Give me a call
(650) 421-2155
Thank You
Visit our website
seqhd.org
Follow us on social
@shealthdistrict