BRINGING AN END TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY mi WEAVE April 13, 2015 ‘The Honorable Rob Bonta Chair, Assembly Health Committee State Capitol, Room 6005 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Assembly Member Bonta: On behalf of WEAVE, Inc., I am writing to express our support for AB 1046. We believe this bill strikes an important balance in the desire to create greater efficiency and ‘transparency to community benefit reporting for not-for-profit hospitals, while protecting the ctitical partnerships between hospitals and local organizations that are helping provide necessary resources and services to our most vulnerable populations ‘AB 1046 further strengthens the collaboration within our communities, by streamlining the reporting process and creating greater transparency by ensuring that reports are consistent and. easily comprehensible to the public. These process improvements will not only provide a better understanding of the depth and breadth of community benefit investments, but also ensure that hospital partnerships with community organizations are able to maximize scarce resources and provide programs and services that meet the needs of each community. WEAVE, Inc. receives funding from our non-profit hospital partners, including Sutter Health, Dignity Health, UC Davis and Kaiser Permanente. The financial support these partners provide helps us to maintain our crisis stabilization programs for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in our community. As government funding continues to decrease we are increasingly reliant upon these generous grants that allow us to serve thousands of survivors of violence each year. Without this funding we would be forced to tur away families seeking safe shelter, counseling services and legal assistance. We believe that California community benefit organizations are an important part of the State’s health care safety net. Streamlining a redundant and bureaucratic process will allow a ‘model program to become even better by reducing administrative expenses and allowing, savings to be redirected to successful health care programs and services. We respectfilly urge your support of AB 1046 to create greater transparency and efficieney to the community benefit reporting process and protect vitally-needed community benefit setvices provided by local organizations in collaboration with local hospitals. Sincerely, Executive Director, WEAVE, Inc. 900 KSiveet,Sacramento,A9SBH + BUSINESS LINE (916)4482}21. + SUPPORTLINE (916) 9202952 + wiww.weaveineorg