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March 19,
2010
CHW provides second investment
Catholic
Healthcare West
(CHW)
is investing $250,000 in the San Luis Obispo
County Housing Trust Fund, bringing CHW’s total investment to $750,000.
“We continue
to be proud of our partnership with the San Luis Obispo Housing Trust
Fund and appreciate their efforts to make a difference in our
community,” according to a statement by Alan Iftiniuk, French Hospital
Medical Center president and CEO, and Rick Castro, Arroyo Grande
Community Hospital president and CEO.
CHW has a long history of making similar
investments in communities where its hospitals are located. The
San Francisco-based health system,
which owns French Hospital and Arroyo Grande Community Hospital,
provided its initial investment to the Housing Trust Fund in
2006. Since 1990, CHW has invested more than $127 million for
affordable housing, child care centers, community clinics and other
community efforts.
CHW’s investment increases the Housing Trust Fund’s
revolving loan funds to nearly $4.2 million. Since making its first loan
in 2005, the Housing Trust Fund has provided $4.25 million in financing
to help create or preserve 180 units of affordable housing in San Luis
Obispo County. |