VNA Health Foundation

Our mission is caring for our community with compassion and integrity. The VNA Health Foundation supports this mission by fundraising for the charitable community care programs and services, and subsidized charity care for VNA Health.

Our Vision: Every person lives with health and dignity.

Goal One: Leadership & Innovation: Identify and advance collaborative opportunities that positively impact the financial viability of the organization.

Goal Two: Growth & Community: Establish VNA Health as Santa Barbara County's Home Care Provider of Choice.

Goal Three: Quality & Compliance: Develop stronger compliance, expertise, and acumen to meet the organization's needs in a heightened regulatory industry.

In 2022, VNA Health President & CEO Kieran Shah led our Senior Leadership Team through a LEADERSHIP 2.0 Book Club, which was a 12-month journey into understanding our leadership strengths and weaknesses, and learning the skills we need to become the best leaders we can be. Participation included a commitment to do the required reading, prepare for discussion, and attend monthly 1-hour facilitated discussions. Each Book Club member was be required to present and facilitate a discussion for one chapter of the book. Then in 2023, Leadership Development continued with Executive Coaching with Becky Kantz. Ms. Kantz lead the team through multiple exciting sessions focused on building leaders who can build successful relationships, teams and organizations, and deliver results with positive impact. These sessions included four individual coaching sessions, and one half-day team intensive.

Since 1908, VNA Health sustains the continuity of care for the communities we serve - even through crises - whether it be fire, flood, earthquake, world war, economic recession, or a pandemic. Unlike a hospital, clinic or a doctor's office, the front door of VNA Health are the front doors of our patients' homes; so navigating the complexities of disaster and emergencies to sustain patient and business continuity is unique for a post-acute healthcare agency like VNA Health. Thanks to exceptional leadership and commitment to a culture of safety, VNA Health has successfully cared for its patients and supported the community as needed. Most recently with the COVID-19 Pandemic, from its onset in 2020 through end of the public health state of emergency in 2023, VNA Health has sustained the continuity of care of its patients and families, kept staff, volunteers, and caregiving partners informed and safe, navigated the changing local, state and federal regulations; while holding true to our vision, mission and values of compassion, integrity, teamwork and excellence.