Catholic Healthcare West’s Bay Area Hospitals are giving almost $270,000 in grants to 17 local agencies in San Francisco and San Mateo counties. The agencies have a common mission of identifying health priorities in target populations and creating programs to address those needs, according to a CHW release.

The grants, from $5,000 to $25,000, will affect health issues ranging from mental illness to chronic disease management and support community-based programs tha provide services from birth to end-of-life. This year’s recipient’s organizations reach out to local ethnic communities and provide services to multiple generations from infants to the elderly.

The local agencies that were chosen to receive grants are: