StoneBridge Healthcare has identified a substantial need for Community Health Services in urban markets across the country. More than 80 percent of the healthcare delivered in the United States does not take place in a hospital. It occurs in the community. It is a well-known fact in the public health community that there are tens of millions of U.S. citizens that have virtually no access to healthcare. These communities have the same health profile, mortality rates and morbidity profile of many underserved nations. While some of these communities are in very rural areas, many of them are in the heart of America’s cities — literally within a single mile or two of existing acute care hospitals.

The conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work, and play have a bigger influence on how healthy we are than the medical care we receive. Proper health care goes way beyond what happens in a hospital. It involves lifestyle habits of healthy diet, exercise and preventative care. That requires easy, affordable access to healthy food, safe places for recreation and doctor visits. This kind of primary care is simply not available to many vulnerable people. To make sure every person has the same opportunities to be healthy and have a good quality of life, there is an urgent need to work on addressing unmet social needs at the individual, provider, community, and policy levels.

Accordingly, StoneBridge Healthcare has formed “The Mission Project”, a state-of-the-art healthcare delivery system in urban markets where the company operates. StoneBridge believes it has the potential to make a significant