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I'M GONNA CHAIR FOR HIM.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT THIS IS THE LAST WEEK, THE LAST MONTH OF COLLEGE.
SO I DESERVE CONGRATULATIONS THAT I'M EVEN UPRIGHT TODAY.
IN A MONTH'S TIME, I'M GONNA BE HALF CATATONIC.
SO, UH, WHEN I SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING, JUST, YOU KNOW, BRING CONDOLENCES AND WARM THOUGHTS OF SUPPORT.
UM, LET, LET'S CALL TO ORDER AND ALEJANDRO WILL TAKE US THROUGH.
CHAIRMAN NEELY, ABSENCE VICE CHAIR BETH, HERE.
BOARD MEMBER GORILLA ABSTINENCE.
LET'S START WITH THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL RECOMMEND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE BOARD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES MEETING OF FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, THAT'S PASSED.
UM, NORMALLY I JUST CHECK AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THESE ONES, AND IF THERE AREN'T, WE'LL JUST DO IT UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY REPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXECUTIVE TEAM.
I WANT TO SAY GOOD MORNING AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.
AND I ASK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UH, GRACE IN HAVING MISSED THE LAST TWO.
UM, ONE WAS VACATION, ANOTHER ONE IS THE MEDICAL APPOINTMENT I NEEDED TO GO TO.
SO I, I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, UH, I'M GLAD TO BE BACK WITH YOU.
UM, THIS IS PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR THAT WE CELEBRATE ALL THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS AND DOES.
AND OUR TEAM HAS BEEN DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING A NUMBER OF SESSIONS AND MORNINGS AND AFTERNOONS, UM, HELPING TO, UM, DEVELOP OUR WORKFORCE AND TO EDUCATE THEM ON MANY DIFFERENT AREAS THAT, UM, WE ARE, ARE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
WE'VE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, UH, NON-PROFIT PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, WE ARE INVITING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON TUESDAY.
UM, IT STARTS AT FIVE O'CLOCK SHARP.
UM, WE HOPE SOMETIMES THERE IS CLOSED SESSIONS.
SO I DO WANT TO JUST SET THE EXPECTATION THAT, UM, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WITH ALL THAT IS GOING ON AROUND DEFICITS, IT IS QUITE LIKELY THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT DELAY, BUT, UM, THEY ARE GENERALLY TRYING TO BE MINDFUL.
BUT WHEN IT STARTS, WHEN THEY FINISH ON TIME, IT STARTS RIGHT AWAY.
AND THE PRESENTATIONS ARE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE WILL TAKE A QUICK PAUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL ALSO GET, UM, A, A PHOTO WITH THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
AND WE ARE INVITING STAFF TO COME.
WE HAVE T-SHIRTS IN THE BACK FOR YOU.
UM, AND WE HOPE ANY OF YOU THAT CAN BE THERE WILL BE THERE TO STAND WITH US.
UM, THIS IS ALSO THE HUNDRED AND 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO WE ARE SUPER PROUD OF THAT.
WE'VE GOT SOME HISTORY THAT WILL BE SHARED, UM, AND OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE YEARS, SO DO LOOK FORWARD
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TO THAT AS WELL.I KNOW ERICA HAS UPDATED YOU ALL ON THE CITY'S FISCAL OUTLOOK FOR FISCAL YEAR 27.
AND IT HAS BEEN FRONT AND CENTER IN THE NEWS.
UM, IT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT OUR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, HAS BEEN IN A DEFICIT STATE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT UNANTICIPATED.
IT HAS HAD TO DO WITH A DIMINISHING HEALTH FUND THAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN ABOUT AND SHARED, UM, OVER A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF YEARS.
UH, WE HAVE A $9.8 MILLION TARGET REDUCTION THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT IS, IT IS BEEN VERY, VERY, COME ON UP, ERICA, LOOK AT YOUR CHAIR.
UM, IT IS BEEN, UH, UH, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUBLICLY HEAR THANK ERICA 'CAUSE SHE HAS BEEN LEADING IN THAT SPACE, UM, IN A MAGNIFICENT WAY.
UM, AND WE ARE SIMPLY TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE SAVE THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL AND CORE ASPECTS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UM, WHILE STILL SUPPORTING THAT WHICH IMPACTS OUR VULNER COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND ENSURING THAT THOSE THINGS THAT ARE NOT DONE ELSEWHERE, UM, CAN INDEED HAPPEN THROUGH OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT.
WE HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED, UM, THAT WE WILL COLLAPSE ONE OF OUR INTERNAL BUREAUS, UM, AS A DIRECT RESULT OF DIRECTION PROVIDED THROUGH THE HEALTH STUDY THAT WE RECENTLY DID.
UM, SO AS TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE CONSOLIDATING FUNCTIONS, UH, ACROSS THE BOARD TO NOT HAVE THE REPLICATION OF SERVICES, UH, AND TO REDUCE COSTS.
BUT THAT ALONE IS INSIGNIFICANT TO MEET OUR NEEDS.
AND SO WE ARE HAVING TO LOOK AT SHUTTERING OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND.
WE'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF THAT AS IT GOES FURTHER.
UH, YOU MAY ALSO HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS WHERE THERE WAS A TRANSITION OF OUR HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS AT OUR HOMELESS SHELTERS.
WE OPERATE FOUR OF THOSE SHELTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT THERE WAS NO DISRUPTION TO THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
I WANT TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE REDUCTION IN OCCUPANCY AT THOSE SHELTERS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE FRONT AND CENTER, UM, WITH MEDIA.
AND THAT WAS DUE TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE WERE HAVING WITH THE PROVIDER.
WE HAD A SINGLE PROVIDER FOR ALL FOUR OF THOSE SHELTERS.
AND THAT RELIANCE ON A SINGLE PROVIDER PUT US IN A VERY VULNERABLE POSITION AS WE IDENTIFY CHALLENGES THAT EXISTED WITHIN, UM, OUR, OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM.
UH, WHILE I CANNOT SPEAK FURTHER ON THAT INFORMATION, UM, THERE IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION THAT WILL BE PUBLIC AT SOME POINT.
UH, BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING OUR REFERRALS AND ACCEPTING PEOPLE INTO OUR SHELTER AND ALSO DOING THE TURNOVER OF WHEN THEY BECAME VACANT, SOME OF THAT DID NOT HAPPEN BECAUSE WE HAD AN OBLIGATION, UH, TO HALT PAYMENT, UH, DURING, UH, THE PERIOD OF NOVEMBER OF UNTIL MARCH.
AND THAT GAVE A SIGNIFICANT, UM, REDUCTION IN OCCUPANCY AT ALL FOUR SHELTERS.
UM, THE CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW IS, I'M SORRY, AT THREE OF THE SHELTERS, 'CAUSE ONE OF THEM IS GETTING READY TO BE OPEN.
BUT WE HAVE ABOUT 453, UM, RESIDENTS IN THOSE SHELTERS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NEW SERVICE PROVIDER.
AND THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT RAMP UP IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
WE TRANSITIONED ON LAST WEDNESDAY.
IT WAS DONE VERY ORDERLY AND VERY PROFESSIONALLY.
THE NEW SERVICE PROVIDER IS PEOPLE ASSISTING THE HOMELESS AND THEY ARE KNOWN AS PATH.
THEY HAVE A 40 YEAR REPUTATION IN THIS AREA.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE WORKED WITH US, UH, TO ENSURE THAT OCCUPANCY,
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UH, IS INDEED GETTING UP.WE HOPE TO BE COMPLETELY FULL BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, CASES WHERE WE WERE WAITING ON BETA BREATH AROUND MEASLES.
BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH, UM, THAT ALL OF THOSE THUS FAR HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE.
UH, WE HAVE HAD INFORMATION TO COME OUT TO SPEAK TO TUS, WHICH HAS BEEN ELEVATING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE ONLY HAD ONE CASE AS OF 2026, UH, WHEREBY OTHERS ARE, ARE STILL EXPERIENCING CHALLENGES.
UM, OUR COMMS TEAM IS WORKING FURIOUSLY TO ENSURE THAT INFORMATION IS BEING SHARED SO THAT WE CAN PRE PREVENT, UH, THE SPREAD OF ANY OF THESE DISEASES.
SO, END OF THE REPORT, THE CHO POSITION, OH, I'M SORRY.
OUR, UM, UH, OUR CITY HEALTH OFFICER POSITION, THE ONE IN WHICH DR.
OKADA IS SERVING IN AN ACTING ROLE, UH, IS CURRENTLY OPEN.
UM, SO IF YOU KNOW PERSONS THAT ARE INTERESTED, UH, WE INVITE YOU TO, UM, HAVE THEM APPLY.
WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, PUSH THAT OUT TO YOU ALL SO THAT IT IS AT THE TOP OF YOUR INBOXES.
IF YOU KNOW PHYSICIANS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY OR ELSEWHERE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE ROLE.
WE'VE GOT A VERY EASY CROWD THIS MORNING.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'M VERY RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT ALL OF THOSE MEASLES TESTS WERE NEGATIVE.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR.
UM, WILL WE STILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, EVEN THOUGH DR.
HOW I, WORKFORCE ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTING WITH ME IS WIL
UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY AND SPEAK WITH YOU.
UM, I'LL INFORCE THE MESSAGING ALLISON SHARED AROUND PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK AND WHY WE'RE SO EXCITED AND, UH, HOPE JOIN US NEXT WEEK.
UM, ALSO WE'RE MAP MARKING OUR 120 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL AND WE WANT MAKE IT A BIG DEAL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CLAIMED ALL OF APRIL FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, NOT JUST FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE CELEBRATED NATIONALLY, UH, THROUGH AP AGENTS.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK.
AT ANY SHOW OF HANDS, ANYONE CELEBRATE SOMEHOW THIS WEEK? ANYONE? OH, I SEE.
WELL, YOU ALL ARE NOW CELEBRATING PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, AND PLEASE DO MAKE SURE YOU YOUR ALRIGHT.
SO, DURING PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, WE ARE REMINDED OF THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, AND THE ROLE THAT IT PLAYS IN OUR DAILY LIVES, PROTECTING FAMILIES AND STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES.
PUBLIC HEALTH MEET IS ALSO A TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR WORKFORCE, WHICH WE REALLY STRIVE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH.
AS ALLISON MENTIONED, WE HAD A CONFERENCE THIS WEEK, UH, LOTS OF SESSIONS FOCUSING ON THE FOUNDATIONAL CORE, UH, COMPETENCIES OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO BRING THAT TO THE TEAM.
UM, OUR WORKFORCE, REALLY, THEY DO SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO ADVANCE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT PROTECT.
WE KNOW THAT GOOD HEALTH NOT JUST HAPPEN.
SO AS WE MARK 120 YEARS OF SERVICE, LONG REFLECT ON OUR HISTORY, OUR PROGRESS, AND THE WORK THAT IT CONTINUES.
SINCE 1906, WHEN THE FIRST HEALTH OFFICER SERVED OUT OF CITY HALL, THE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH ACROSS GENERATIONS.
I WISH I HAD A FUN FACT ABOUT HOW MANY HEALTH OFFICERS WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE THE POSTING OPEN.
WHILE MUCH HAS CHANGED, OUR CORE MISSION REMAINS THE SAME.
AND ALTHOUGH WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, TODAY'S DATA WILL SHOW THAT THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE TO DO.
SO OVER THE NEXT FEW SLIDES,
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THE CHALLENGES THAT REMAIN AND WHERE WE MUST FOCUS.AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE DATA AND SHARE SOME OF THE RELEVANT FINDINGS.
WE INVITE YOU TO REFLECT, AS WE ALWAYS DO, WHEN WE LOOK AT DATA ABOUT THE LIVES THAT THIS IS REFERRING TO, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FAMILIES, THE HEALTH DIFFERENCES THAT PREVAIL IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND ALSO PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ISSUES AFFECTING OUR YOUTH.
PREVENTABLE CONDITIONS ARE ON THE RISE, WE'RE AFFECTING QUALITY AND LIFE ACROSS OUR CITY.
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT PREVENTION LATER.
AND THESE DATA REMIND US WHY THIS WORK MATTERS AND WHY OUR MISSION CONTINUES.
I'M MOMA, I'M THE DATA OFFICER FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT DATA.
SO BEAR WITH ME FOR ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES.
BUT MY GOAL IS FOR YOU GUYS AS BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE, UM, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH ACROSS LONG BEACH.
SPECIFICALLY KNOWING WHO IS LIVING LONGER, WHO IS EXPERIENCING A GREATER BURDEN OF ILLNESS AND DEATHS, AND HOW MANY PREVENTABLE DEATHS ARE STILL OCCURRING.
UM, THE FIRST CHART WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IS LIFE EXPECTANCY IN LONG BEACH OVER TIME BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.
ON THE CHART, WE SEE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT LINES REPRESENTING DIFFERENT RACIAL ETHNIC GROUPS, AND WE ALSO SEE THAT THERE IS CHANGES OVER TIME.
STARTING FROM 2010, UM, LIFE EXPECTANCY IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF YEARS A PERSON IS EXPECTED TO LIVE.
AND IT IS ALSO THE BEST AND MOST FO MOST USED INDICATOR OF OVERALL POPULATION HEALTH.
UM, WHAT WE OBSERVE ARE CLEAR AND PERSISTENT HEALTH INEQUITIES.
ASIAN RESIDENTS HAVE THE HIGHEST LIFE EXPECTANCY IN LONG BEACH WHITES AND LATINO AND, AND BLACK RESIDENTS HAVE THE LOWEST LIFE EXPECTANCY IN LONG BEACH.
I WANNA ALSO MENTION THAT IN THE DATA IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A 10 YEAR GAP BETWEEN ASIAN AND BLACK RESIDENTS.
THERE'S A 10 YEAR GAP BETWEEN ASIAN RESIDENTS AND BLACK RESIDENTS.
THAT GAP CAN MEAN A NUMBER OF THINGS, RIGHT? BUT WHAT IT IS SHOWING US IS THAT THIS IS A DIFFERENCE IN SOMEONE WHO LONG ENOUGH TO, UM, SEE RETIREMENT OR ENJOY RETIREMENT, BECOMING A GRANDPARENTS, AND HONESTLY JUST LIVING MORE LIFE WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SO YOU MIGHT BE ASKING, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? WELL, LIFE EXPECTANCY IS SHAPED BY EVERYDAY CONDITIONS LIKE HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN WHICH PEOPLE LIVE IN.
WHEN THESE CONDITIONS ARE UNEVEN ACROSS COMMUNITIES, HEALTH OUTCOMES ARE ALSO UNEVEN.
AND OVER TIME, THAT INFLUENCES HOW LONG PEOPLE LIVE.
SO THIS BRINGS US TO ANOTHER IMPORTANT QUESTION.
WHAT DOES MORTALITY LOOK LIKE IN LONG BEACH? THIS SLIDE IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT MORTALITY LOOKS LIKE IN LONG BEACH.
AND ON THE LEFT WE SEE OUR TOP FIVE BLEEDING CAUSES OF DEATH.
AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE TOP FIVE DISEASE CAUSE OF DEATH ARE CHRONIC CONDITIONS, UM, MOSTLY LOOKING AT, UM, AT HEART DISEASE, ALZHEIMER'S AND OTHER DEMENTIAS, STROKE, AND, UM, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.
IN THE MIDDLE, WE SEE THE BIGGEST CHANGE OVER TIME.
DRUG OVERDOSE DEATH HAVE INCREASED BY NEARLY 170% IN THE PAST DECADE.
AND ON THE RIGHT WE SEE THAT THESE DEATH ARE NOT JUST HAPPENING EQUALLY ACROSS COMMUNITIES.
BLACK RESIDENTS ARE DYING BY ABOUT THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN OF WHITE RESIDENTS FOR SEVERAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING KIDNEY DISEASE, LUNG CANCER, AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE.
HOMICIDE RATES ARE ALSO ABOUT THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN AMONG BLACK RESIDENTS.
AND FOR HISPANIC RESIDENTS, WE SEE THAT, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE HIGHER DEATH RATES FOR LIVER DISEASE.
SO WHAT THIS SLIDE IS REALLY TELLING US IS THAT IN LONG BEACH, DEATHS ARE LARGELY DRIVEN BY CHRONIC DISEASES, AND SOME COMMUNITIES ARE BEING HIT MUCH HARDER THAN OTHERS.
THIS NEXT SLIDE LOOKS AT MORTALITY USING YEARS OF LIFE LOST, YEARS OF LIFE LOSS MEASURES, HOW MANY YEARS A PERSON WOULD HAVE LIVED IF THEY REACHED A TYPICAL LIFE EXPECTANCY.
SO INSTEAD OF JUST COUNTING NUMBERS OF DEATHS, WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF DYING.
EARLY ON THE LEFT, WE SEE THAT DRUG OVERDOSE, DRUG OVERDOSES
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ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF YEARS OF LIFE LOSS, FOLLOWED BY HEART DISEASE, ALCOHOL RELATED CAUSES, AND ROAD INJURIES AND SUICIDE.WHAT REALLY STANDS OUT HERE IS THAT MANY OF THESE DEATHS ARE HAPPENING TOO EARLY IN LIFE, AND MANY OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED POINTING AT DRUG OF ADULTS, ALCOHOL RELATED ROAD INJURIES AND SUICIDE.
SO FOUR OUT OF OUT OF THE TOP FIVE YEARS OF LIFE LOSS DEATHS, UM, COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED ON THE RIGHT.
WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ROAD INJURY DEATHS OVER TIME.
THESE STEPS HAVE INCREASED PEAKING IN 2021 AND REMAINING ELEVATED AS OF LAST YEAR.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IN OUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE.
EVEN DRIVING OVER HERE, I JUST RECENTLY WENT TO TRADER JOE'S AND I SAW CANDLES IN THE PARKING LOT FOR A MEMORIAL.
SOMEONE THAT HAD JUST PASSED AWAY IN THAT PARKING LOT DUE TO ROAD INJURY DEATH.
SO THAT IS JUST A REMINDER THAT THIS CHART HERE ON THE RIGHT IS ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS.
THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE, REAL LIVES.
AND WHAT'S WHAT'S EVEN EVEN MORE SAD IS THAT THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
SO FINALLY, IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT MORTALITY, WE'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND, UM, WHO IS LIVING WITH SEVERE ILLNESS.
SO WE TURN TO HOSPITALIZATIONS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS SHOW US WHICH CONDITIONS HAVE BECOME SERIOUS, SEVERE ENOUGH TO REQUIRE HOSPITAL CARE.
ON THE LEFT, WE SEE THE LEADING CAUSE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS IN 2024, THE TOP CAUSE IS EMIA A SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING INFECTIONS.
THIS IS FOLLOWED BY SCHIZOPHRENIA, HEART FAILURE, DIABETES AND DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS.
WHAT THIS IS TELLING US IS THAT BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS ARE DRIVING PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL ON THE RIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING AT AGE ADJUSTED HOSPITALIZATION RATES.
AGE ADJUSTED HOSPITALIZATION RATES ALLOWS US TO BETTER COMPARE LONG BEACH WITH NEIGHBORING AREAS AND THE STATE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE SEE A CLEAR PATTERN.
WE'RE COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES LIKE PASADENA MM-HMM.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND EVEN THE STATE, LONG BEACH HAS A HIGHER, HAS A HIGHER AGE ADJUSTED HOSPITALIZATION RATE ACROSS ALL.
AND THAT'S FOR ASTHMA, DIABETES, HEART ATTACK, AND A HEARTBEAT.
WE ARE, I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS.
SO WHAT THIS REALLY MEANS IS THAT AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR ASIANS, LONG BEACH IS, UM, LONG BEACH.
RESIDENTS ARE GOING MORE TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THESE CONDITIONS, AND THERE'S A HIGHER BURDEN OF CHRONIC DISEASE IN LONG BEACH.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE WALKED THROUGH ALL OF THESE KEY FINDINGS FROM THE STATE OF HEALTH REPORT, WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS SUMMER, UM, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS INFORMATION? WELL, I'M REALLY PROUD TO PRESENT IS THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE CHIP.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GUYS AS BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBERS CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS WELL.
THE CHIP IS OUR ROADMAP FOR TURNING THESE FINDINGS INTO ACTION, WORKING WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE CITY TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND REDUCE DISPARITIES.
THE CHIP IDENTIFIES PRIORITY AREAS BASED ON THE 2025 COMMUNITY HEALTH, AND IT HELPS GUIDE HOW WE FOCUS RESOURCES AND EFFORTS ACROSS THE CITY.
THE STATE OF HEALTH REPORT AND THE 2025 COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS SUMMER, AND THE CHIP WILL BE PUBLISHED LATER THIS FALL.
WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO CYNTHIA TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHY PREVENTION WORK IS IMPORTANT IN THE WORK THAT WE DO.
SO AGAIN, WHAT THE STATE OF HEALTH REPORT SHOWED US IS THAT PREVENTABLE AND MANAGEABLE CONDITIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO GROWING HEALTH AND FINANCIAL PRESSURES ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
PREVENTION IS ONE OF THE MOST COST EFFECTI EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES WE HAVE.
AND GONNA REPEAT THAT PART A FEW TIMES.
IT REDUCES EMERGENCY CARE, IT IMPROVES LONG-TERM OUTCOMES, AND IT STRENGTHENS OVER COMMUNITY WELLBEING.
SUSTAINED INVESTMENT IN PREVENT IS HOW WE REDUCE AL COSTS, IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND SUPPORT A STRONGER HEALTHCARE
BUT OBTAINING THOSE SUSTAINED INVESTMENTS IS CHALLENGING AS WE PROBABLY EVEN WHEN WE RECEIVE INVESTMENT FROM THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS INTENDED TO HELP PROVIDE SOME STABILITY FOR OPERATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE IS OUR WORKFORCE.
A LOT OF OUR WORKFORCE IN COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION OR
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HEALTH EQUITY AND OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PREVENTION WORK, WE'VE SEEN THOSE DOLLARS ANDSO WE KNOW PREVENTION WORKS AND WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR MISSION TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROMOTING A SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE, WORK, LEARN.
SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE INVITING YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH, WITH US NEXT TUESDAY WHERE WE WILL FOCUS THAT TIME ON CELEBRATION OF ACKNOWLEDGING PUBLIC HEALTH, OF ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WHILE ALSO POINTING TOWARDS THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE.
UM, SO WE DO HOPE THAT YOU COME WITH US TO THAT EVENT, UH, AND HELP US UPLIFT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MOMENT.
AND THEN AS WILA MENTIONED, WE'RE PLANNING TO RETURN TO COUNCIL, UH, HOPEFULLY IN MAY TO PROVIDE THIS FULL REPORT, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ABOVE YOUR PRESENCE THERE WITH US AS WELL.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK WITH YOU.
CLEARLY WE NEED A LOT OF HELP HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UH, ALL THE, ALL THE QUESTIONS HAS DONE, UH, A FANTASTIC JOB OF PUTTING TOGETHER A VERY ROBUST REPORT.
THESE ARE JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS OR LOW LIGHTS, I GUESS
BUT, UM, THAT REPORT WILL BE LIVE IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW ISH WEEKS.
SO WE'LL BE RELEASING THAT VIA, UH, TWO FOUR FROM A MEMO TO THE CITY MANAGER, UH, EXCUSE ME, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE PRESENTING THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL, LIKELY IN MAY.
SO JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT A FULLER REPORT WILL BE COMING OUT AND WE WILL OBVIOUSLY SEND THAT TO ALL OF YOU SO THAT YOU HAVE IT.
AND THEN WE'LL BE PRESENTING, UM, SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO THE, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
I JUST HAD A DATA QUESTION ABOUT THE HOSPITALIZATION CHARTS.
DO WE THINK THE AGE ADJUSTED RATES ARE BECAUSE THE ACTUAL INCIDENCE OF THOSE ISSUES ARE HIGHER OR BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE HEARTFELT, HAVE PREVENTATIVE CARE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL MORE? IT COULD BE, OR BOTH.
IT COULD BE AN, UH, WELL, THE REASON THAT WE'VE, I THAT RESEARCH SHOWS WHY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL MORE.
USUALLY THEY GO TO THE ER BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR PRIMARY CARE.
UM, BUT WHEN WE COMPARE THE AGE ADJUSTED RATES IS, IS COMPARING US TO ALL OF THE NEIGHBORING CITIES, PASADENA, THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE.
AND IT DOES SHOW THAT MORE PEOPLE IN LONG BEACH ARE GOING TO THE HOSPITAL FOR THOSE CONDITIONS THAT WERE UP THERE.
SO, AND I KNOW WHEN I FIRST CAME ON THE BOARD, I MET WITH KELLY, WHO WAS DOING A PRESENTATION IN BELMONT SHORE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS NEW TO THE BOARD AND I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DISPARITY BETWEEN EAST LONG BEACH AND WEST LONG BEACH TO 10 YEARS DIFFERENCE IN MORTALITY RATE.
AND I REMEMBER JUST BEING SHOCKED AND PEOPLE AT THE MEETING WERE, WERE SHOCKED.
YOU KNOW, JUST YEAH, THAT'S NOT A GAP THAT WE CLOSED.
HOW MUCH OF THAT IS ABOUT INCOME LEVEL? IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
I ASSUME THAT IT'S VERY TIED TO LEVEL OF INCOME.
UH, DEFINITELY THE LEVEL OF INCOME.
AND FOR THE WEST SIDE THERE ARE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.
CLOSE TO THE BEING CLOSER TO THE, UM, TO THE PORT AND TO, UM, HIGHWAYS.
IT'S ALSO, I MEAN, INCOME AND ACCESS START, LIKE YEAH, THEY'RE HAND IN HAND.
I'M CURIOUS IN LONG BEACH, IF YOU HAVE THIS DATA, ABOUT HOW MANY FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS ARE THERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? I KNOW THAT THERE'S, I BELIEVE TCC IS ONE, IS ONE.
I CAN, I CAN PROBABLY TAKE A BETTER LOOK LATER ON, UH, TO GET A SENSE OF AND TO MAP IT OUT HOW MANY WE HAVE.
BUT THE ONE, THE TC IS THE CLINIC WE MOSTLY COLLABORATE WITH.
UM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILD, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT.
WE, WE COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH THEM.
I JUST DON'T SEE VERY MANY AS I DRIVE AROUND LONG BEACH.
THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION THOUGH.
I'LL, I'LL, I'LL MAKE SURE TO GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO ERICA.
YOU PRESENTED THE NUMBER OF MORBIDITY IN LONG BEACH AND THE SEPSIS IS NUMBER ONE.
WHY IS, WHY IS SEPSIS SO HIGH PATIENT GOING TO SEPSIS? WHY IT WAS NOT TREATED BEFORE? IT BECOMES SEPSIS BECAUSE INFECTION DIDN'T BECOME SEPSIS RIGHT AWAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION WHICH CAN BE TREATED
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OUT OUTPATIENT.SO WHY THEY END UP IN THE SEPSIS AND THE HOSPITAL NUMBER ONE CAUSE YEAH.
YOU KNOW, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT, UM, THAT WILL BE RELEASED IN THE SUMMER, IT TALKS ABOUT WHY INDIVIDUALS, UM, DELAY THEIR, YOU KNOW, GETTING, GETTING HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
ONE OF THOSE REASONS WAS NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND A PROVIDER, UM, PROVIDERS NOT BEING IN THEIR NETWORKS.
AND THEN PROVIDERS ALSO HAVING A LONG WAIT LIST, UM, IF THEY ARE IN THEIR NETWORKS.
SO THAT INFORMATION SHOULD BE COMING OUT PRETTY SOON.
UM, BUT I'M, I'M ASSUMING MAYBE THE REASON WHY THEY DELAY IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, GOING, MAYBE THEY DELAY UNTIL IT'S AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY AND, AND THEN THEY GO INTO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT AT IN THE ER AND GET SERVICES THERE.
THEN THEY GET HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S SO SEVERE THAT THEY CANNOT JUST GET TREATED RIGHT AWAY THROUGH THE ER AND THEY HAVE TO GET HOSPITALIZED.
YEAH, I THINK PROBABLY A LOT OF COMORBIDITIES.
A LOT OF FOLKS, LOT OF THINGS.
I WONDER WHAT THE ROLE OF URGENT CARE PLAYS IN ALL OF THIS.
LIKE BEFORE THE ER, BUT WHEN YOU CAN'T GET INTO A DOCTOR, DON'T YEAH, I DON'T, I THINK THAT URGENT CARE ISN'T WELL KNOWN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, AND A QUICK, UM, AI CHECK.
THERE ARE 26 FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS HERE IN BEACH WITH NOT WHITE ONE THREE HAVING THE GREATEST NUMBER OF 13 PROVIDERS.
AND SOME OF THESE ARE VERY SMALL, SO YOU KNOW, THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE GONNA OFFER ARE GONNA PROBABLY VERY WIDELY 53 AND OURS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO PREVENT SOME OF THEM FOR MEETING SOME HIGHER NEEDS SITUATIONS.
THAT'S A, SO THERE'S ONLY THREE IN NORTH BEACH? NO.
UM, ACTUALLY ONE THREE IS ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN HERE.
IT HAS THE LARGEST AT 13, BUT 9 0 8 0 6 IS NORTH AND THAT AND 9 0 8 0 5 AND SIX ARE IN OH SIX AND THREE ARE IN OH FIVE.
SO THEY JUST GAVE THE LARGEST NUMBER BY ZIP CODE.
QHC STILL MANDATED TO HAVE A DENTAL COMPONENT.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY ALL DO HAVE A DENTAL COMPONENT, BUT I CAN CHECK.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THEM DO, DO, I WONDER IF IT'S A SCIENCE, LIKE WHAT IS THE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU
LIKE YOU COULDN'T, NO, YOU COULDN'T HAVE A FQH STATUS WITHOUT A DENTAL PUBLIC.
LIKE IT HAD, THAT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE, IT WAS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN ELIMINATED OR NOT.
WELL, AND I ALSO THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE, MOST HUMANS WANDERING THE PLANET DO NOT HAVE ANY IDEA THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DENTAL CARE AND HEART HEALTH.
I THINK THEY ARE STILL REQUIRE HAVE IT.
NO, I THINK MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET THAT AT ALL.
THAT'S A HUGE SOURCE OF UNTREATED INFECTIONS.
I MEAN, LIKE, I MEAN IT'S, IT'S, IT'S HUGE SOURCE.
AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE RECOGNIZE HOW MUCH YOUR WHOLE BODY IS IMPACTED BY YOUR MOUTH.
I MEAN, YOU GOT 50% OF THE POPULATION GO TO THE DENTIST AND 50% DON'T GO AT ALL.
SO HALF THE PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND WITH STUFF THEY DON'T ABOUT.
50% OF THE POPULATION DON'T GO TO THE DENTIST.
SO 50% GO 50% DON'T GO ON A ROUTINE BASIS.
OUT 50% THAT GO ON A ROUTINE BASIS.
PROBABLY ABOUT MAYBE LIKE, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, 10 TO 20% NEED A SECOND VISIT.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SO MAYBE LIKE 70 TO 80% OF PEOPLE ARE WALKING IN TO GET AN X-RAY EXAM, A CLEANING, IT'S LIKE, HEY, SEE YOU LATER.
AND THEN LIKE OUT OF THAT NUMBER, 50% TO COME 20 TO, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 25% ACTUALLY NEED TO COME BACK FOR A SECOND THING LIKE THAT.
HEY, YOU GOTTA, SO YOU GOTTA FIGURE 20% OF THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T COME OR WALKING AROUND WITH ISSUES.
AND IT'S A PROGRESSIVE PROCESS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE IT, UH, 12 TO THREE, SIX MONTHS, UH, IT'S GONNA BECOME, IT'S GONNA GET TO THE NERVE.
SO IN ONE TO THREE MONTHS, THEY GOT TWO IN ONE TO THREE YEARS THEY GOT TOOTHACHE.
IN THREE TO SIX YEARS THEY GOT AN ABSCESS.
BACK TO THE PLAN ABOUT SEPSIS.
THIS IS ALSO JUST A, A QUESTION OF EDUCATION.
LIKE, DO YOU KNOW THE SIGNS OF CONCERN? YEAH.
AND PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW LITERACY.
THAT'S WHY WE, WE JUST THIS YEAR BROUGHT, UM, DENTAL CARE ON CAMPUS.
NONE, NONE OF THE OTHER CAMPUSES HAVE IT.
IT'S, WE DON'T, WE DO IT FOR JUST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL, UH, WITH A LOCAL DENTAL SCHOOL.
AND IT'S JUST BASIC SCREENING, BUT IT'S MORE THAN 50% OF THE POPULATION DO.
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THAT'S WILD TO ME.50, I NEVER WOULD'VE THOUGHT 50% OF THE POPULA, 50% DON'T DO IT.
THAT NUMBER PROBABLY THAT, THAT'S THE BASELINE.
SO YOU GOTTA FIGURE WHEN TIME GET TOUGH, THAT NUMBER'S GONNA GO UP.
50% IS HIGH OR THAT PERCENTAGE IS GONNA GO UP.
I ALSO WANNA SHARE THAT, UM, IN THE 12, WE, WE HAVE DATA FROM THE UCLA, UM, CALIFORNIA INTERVIEW SURVEY.
AND IN THAT SURVEY IT SHOWED THAT 18% OF LONG BEACH RESIDENTS DELAYED OR DID NOT GET MEDICAL CARE THEY FELT THEY NEEDED IN THE PAST YEAR.
DID IT SAY WHY? IT SAID REASONS FOR THAT WAS, UM, FOR DELAYING WAS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.
NOT HAVING TIME TO GO AND CARE.
CARE WAS NOT PROVIDED OR THERE WASN'T ANY, UM, CARE THAT WAS PROVIDED DURING CONVENIENT HOURS, WHICH I'M ASSUMING IS URGENT CARE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO CARE IS BEING CARE IS IS TOO EXPENSIVE.
ACCESS AND THAT'S IN ALL FORMS OF MEDICINE.
THIS IS FOR THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH INTERVIEW, SIR.
AND IT WAS FOR ALL LIKE ACCESS, ALL, ALL SPECIALTIES, ALL MM-HMM
AND SO TOO EXPENSES PROBABLY LACKING HEALTH INSURANCE.
SOMETIMES EVEN IF YOU HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, THE COPAY YEAH.
AND COMPARED US TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THEY, UM, IT'S ABOUT A 3% DIFFERENCE.
THEY HAD 15% OF THEIR COUNTY RESIDENTS, UM, THAT DIDN'T THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT DELAYED CARE COMPARED TO 18% IN LONG BEACH.
I HAVE A KIND OF UNRELATED QUESTION ABOUT THE SECOND NUMBER OR THE SECOND HIGHEST, LIKE, UM, REASON FOR HOSPITALIZATION WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA.
SOMEBODY MENTIONED TO ME THAT THERE'S A FACILITY ON 1955 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD THAT'S LIKE A MAHALA FACILITY, BUT THAT THEIR CAPACITY TO, UM, TAKE IN PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HASN'T BEEN REALIZED.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT WHY THAT IS, BUT JUST TO COMMENT ABOUT LIKE THIS HOSPITALIZATION, IF THAT FACILITY EXISTS.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UM, WE LOOKED ACTUALLY INTO THE AGE ADJUSTED HOSPITALIZATION RATES FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA AND LONG BEACH HAS A HIGHER, UM, HOSPITALIZATION RATE FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA COMPARED TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES AS WELL AS THE STATE.
SO IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT'S AN ISSUE HERE IN LONG BEACH.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS REALLY LIKE, UM, INVESTIGATE AS TO LIKE WHY THAT ISSUE IS PERSISTING.
AND THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY LONG BEACH HAS PREVIOUSLY INVESTED IN MENTAL HEALTH, BUT IT, I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S TRANSLATING TO LIKE A REDUCTION IN HOSPITALIZATIONS.
ANOTHER, UM, QUESTION THAT ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES BROUGHT UP WAS LOOKING INTO THEIR HOUSING STATUS FOR THOSE HOSPITALIZATIONS.
AND THEN, UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA BE ALSO LOOKING INTO IN THE DATA
SO IT ALL, AND, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE POPULATION HERE AND THE, THE RATE OF DIAGNOSIS OF THAT DIS DISORDER IN THIS AREA.
AND IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE THAT THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO WHY WE HAVE SOME HIGHER NUMBERS.
UM, I I COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BUT SOMETHING IS OFF.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF THIS FACILITY? I HAVE NOT.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S LIKE MENTAL HEALTH ALLIANCE OF LOS ANGELES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OH, IT'S, NO, IT'S JUST A, IT'S AN OUTPATIENT, IT'S NOT LIKE, LIKE, UM, IT'S MORE LIKE HOUSING AND LIKE A DROP IN COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THEY HAVE LIKE LOCKERS AND SHOWERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THAT SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO RESOURCES.
IT'S ON 1955 LONG BEACH BOULEVARD.
OH, THAT'S THE MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA.
BUT WHAT I, I MEAN, I'VE HEARD THAT IT ISN'T LIKE UP AND RUNNING TO THE CAPACITY THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO.
AND SO NOW I'M WONDERING, IS THIS HOSPITALIZATION FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA IN SOME CAPACITY RELATED TO LIKE THIS LACK OF LIKE, COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO HAVE IN TERMS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH? WE JUST DON'T HAVE, UH, AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS CAPABLE OF SERVING, UH, THE LEVEL OF NEED.
UM, AND ONE THING I WOULD SAY ALSO ABOUT LONG BEACH TO JUST KIND OF CONTEXTUALIZE IT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LEAD WITH A LOT OF SERVICES IN THIS CITY AND SOMETIMES THAT CAN
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DRAW PEOPLE HERE TO SOME EXTENT.PARTICULARLY WE SEE THAT IN, IN HOME SERVICES SURROUNDING AREAS DO NOT HAVE AN ACCESS CENTER.
SO, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN JUST CROSS JURISDICTIONAL LINES ALL THE TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WORD GETS OUT.
WELL, WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH, UM, PRIORITY FOR THE CHIP.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, INVOLVED.
AND DEFINITELY WE'LL BE EXPANDING ON THESE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE TODAY.
I WANTED TO JUST MENTION YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS SOME, UH, MAYBE MORE RECENT INVESTMENT IN MENTAL HEALTH HERE IN LONG BEACH.
SO, UM, A LOT, A LOT OF THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DOLLARS THAT COME THROUGH PROPOSITION ONE, LONG BEACH HASN'T RECEIVED ANY OF THOSE FUNDS.
SO THAT'S EITHER GONE TO THE COUNTY OR OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, BUT NOT LONG BEACH.
AND SO WE SUBMIT APPLICATIONS FOR TWO RECEIVED EITHER THOSE TWO ROUNDS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, CLEARLY THERE'S A HUGE NEED, BUT IT'S NOT, WE'RE NOT GETTING THE SAME LEVEL OF RESOURCING THAT MAYBE COUNTY OR OTHER LARGER JURISDICTIONS WE'RE GETTING.
IS THERE ANY SPECULATION AROUND WHY? IF WE'RE PRESENTING? YEAH.
I MEAN, IF WE'RE PRESENTING WITH A GREATER NEED AND WE'RE NOT RECEIVING THE RESOURCES I HAVE, OBVIOUSLY THAT LEADS ONE TO WONDER WHAT'S THE INEQUITY? WHAT'S OFF? YEAH.
UM, SHOULD I TURN OFF THE
AND FRANKLY, IN THIS LAST ROUND, ONLY ONE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, ENTITY RECEIVED FUNDING.
AND THAT WAS, UM, THE JUSTICE CARE AND OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS FOR REENTRY.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S ODD THAT COUNTY AS LARGE AS OURS, UM, DID NOT RECEIVE IT.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD IS THAT WE DID NOT UTILIZE THE CARE COURT MODEL, WHICH IS THE WHAT? MODEL? CARE COURT.
SO CARE COURT IS A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MODEL THAT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH FOLKS THROUGH THE REENTRY SYSTEM, UM, THAT WE HAVE FOUND JUST HAS A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.
FRANKLY, PEOPLE HAVE TO VOLUNTEER TO PARTICIPATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN PD GETS SOMEONE, IF, IF I TRYING TO PUT SOMEBODY INTO CONSERVATORSHIP, BUT GETTING THEM TO VOLUNTEER FOR IT MM-HMM
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? NO ONE'S LIKE, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE UP CONTROL OF MY LIFE HERE, PLEASE.
I MEAN, I'M OVERSIMPLIFYING, BUT THAT'S CORRECT.
SO IT'S POLITICAL IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES.
IT'S, IT'S LARGELY THE DETERMINATIONS ARE LARGELY POLITICAL.
SO THERE'S SOME, WE'LL SAY THERE'S SOME ADVOCACY WORK THAT MIGHT NEED TO HAPPEN MM-HMM
AND IT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION.
SO IT, IT DOES NO GOOD AT THIS POINT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BECAUSE I JUST TOOK A BITE.
WE WILL NEED TO, UM, I'LL NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE THAT REPORT MOTION.
UM, ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AN, A PRESENTATION ON THE FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN BECAUSE CLEARLY WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEEDS, SO WE'VE GOTTA RAISE A LOT OF MONEY.
HERE'S HOW WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS IT, OR HERE'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL ADDRESS IT.
COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER CONTEXT.
UM, MY NAME, I'M THE, UH, FUND DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE OUR FUND DEVELOPMENT TEAM IN THE EXECUTIVE HOSPITAL.
AND SO YOU HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUE, UM, AL HAYES IN THE PAST ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND EFFORTS.
UM, I KNOW YOU'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UM, RECOMMENDING THE AWARDS FOR THE MINI GRANT PROGRAM, SO I'LL BE SHARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, AND AS A REMINDER, AALIYAH IS THE ADMINISTERED, UM, ADMINISTRATOR
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FOR OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND, OR HHS FUND.AND WE DID LAUNCH OUR THREE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES AT THE END OF 2025.
REALLY, IT WAS MORE OF A SOFT LAUNCH.
AND SO WE ARE ACTIVELY RECEIVING FUNDING REQUESTS FROM OUR STAFF TO GET MORE, UM, RESOURCES, UH, TO SERVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR, UM, HEALTH STAFF AS WELL.
UM, ESSENTIALLY MEETING THAT COMMUNITY NEED FOR MORE BASIC NEEDS, UM, HEALTH RESOURCES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
UM, TO BE COMPLETELY FRANK, THE FUNDING ENVIRONMENT IS SHIFTING.
AND SO OUR COMMUNITY NEED IS EVER INCREASING.
AND THE HELPING HUMAN SERVICES FUND IS ONE MORE WAY FOR US TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES TO THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH.
AND WE ARE CELEBRATING, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH MONTH THE ENTIRE MONTH.
AND SO IT'S BEEN EXCITING TO INTEGRATE THE HEALTH AND HUMAN PURPOSES FUND, UM, IN OUR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND SO EXCITED TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AND LET YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN HELP.
AND ALSO, JUST TO BACK UP ONE MOMENT, I DO MANAGE THE MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE HHS FUND.
AND SO I PARTNER WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET THIS CAMPAIGN OUT.
UM, IT WAS INCLUDED, UM, WITH A DESCRIPTION IN OUR RECENT PRESS RELEASE, AND WE HAD A STORY GO OUT ON OUR INSIDE LV, UM, LONG BEACH BLOG ABOUT A PROGRAM, A COUPLE PROGRAM SPOTLIGHTS, AND, UM, WITH A MENTION OF OUR CAMPAIGN.
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, SINCE YOU ARE ALL HEAVILY INVESTED IN OUR MINI GRANT PROGRAM, SO MINI-GRANT PROGRAM NEWS, THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR OUR ROUND ONE, UM, OF OUR MINI GRANT PROGRAM.
WE RECEIVED 34 APPLICATIONS AND SELECTED FOUR GRANTEES, UM, BASED OFF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU ALL GAVE TO US.
UM, AND THOSE WERE THE BIRTH WORKERS OF COLOR COLLECTIVE, THE TRAUMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM OF LONG BEACH PART OF IDA AND THE FAMILY ENRICHMENT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.
SO ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE, UM, HAVING $5,000 OF NEW FUNDING TO GIVE THEM RESOURCES FOR DEEPENING STAFF WELLNESS PROGRAMS, UM, ADVANCING, UM, CAPACITY FOR THEM.
UM, WHETHER THAT TAKES SHAPE THROUGH, UM, TECHNOLOGICAL BOOSTING OF SERVICES OR, UM, AGAIN, GIVING BACK TO THOSE STAFF MEMBERS TO REDUCE BURNOUT AND IMPROVE RETENTION SO THAT NONPROFITS CAN DO, UM, OR CAN REALLY STRENGTHEN THEIR ABILITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WAS ABLE TO ALSO TOUCH BASE WITH THE BIRTH WORKERS OF COLOR COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATION AT PART OF IDA AS THEY BOTH PARTICIPATED IN OUR PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, UM, EVENTS THROUGH LIGHTNING TALKS AND A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PANEL.
AND I, ON BEHALF OF OUR FUND DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND THE BOARD OF HEALTH, UM, CONGRATULATED 'EM ON THEIR AWARDS AND THEY SHARE THEIR THINGS BACK WITH YOU ALL.
UM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR IMPLEMENT PROJECTS.
SO AWARDS HAVE COME OUT, UM, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS, I SHOULD SAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY FOLLOWED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.
AND LIKE I SAID, MORE IMPACTS AND OUTCOMES ARE TO COME.
AND THE NEXT WORD OF HEALTH REVIEW OF THE ROUND TWO OF APPLICATIONS WILL BE IN MAY.
UM, AND THE ROUND TWO APPLICATION, UM, DEADLINE IS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH ON APRIL 30TH.
SO WE'LL BE MARKETING THAT AS WELL.
SO GOING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF SUCCESS NEWS WITH OUR DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT, UM, INITIATIVE, WE HAVE BEGUN DISTRIBUTING HHS FUNDS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THESE FUNDS REALLY BRIDGE GAPS WHERE OUR CLIENTS AND PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE ARE LIKE
SO, ONE GREAT EXAMPLE IS A CLIENT IN OUR WOMEN INFANT AND CHILDREN, UM, PROGRAM.
SO STAFF IDENTIFIED A HIGH NEED
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OF A PREGNANT MOTHER, CARING FOR FIVE CHILDREN.SHE WAS THE SOLE PROVIDER, AND TO COMPOUND THE DIFFICULTIES, ALSO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR THAT NEEDED THAT EXTRA CARE AND SERVICE TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HELP HER WITH HER, UH, FOOD COSTS SO THAT SHE COULD PROVIDE FOR HER FAMILY AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SAFETY AND STABILITY AND SECURITY, UM, AND BRIDGE THOSE GAPS WHILE SHE'S LEADING WORKER CALFRESH ENROLLMENT.
SO IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO COVER HER FOOD COSTS AND THOSE BASIC NEEDS DURING A REALLY CHALLENGING TRANSITION, UM, WE ALSO, UH, REDUCE THE IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL STRAIN SHE WAS EXPERIENCING AND REALLY GAVE HER HOPE.
SO LET'S LOOK AT THE WORDS THAT SHE SHARED WITH US AND HER TESTIMONIAL.
AND WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE QUOTES LIKE THIS FROM CLIENTS WHO ARE RECEIVING HHS FUNDS.
UM, AND I WILL BE WORKING TO SHARE THESE STORIES OUT.
UM, SO WHAT DID SHE SAY? SHE SAID, I TRULY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW GRATEFUL I AM.
YOUR SUPPORT CAME INTO MY LIFE AT A TIME WHEN I NEEDED IT MOST.
AS A MOTHER, THERE ARE MOMENTS WHEN THE STRESS AND PRESSURE FEEL OVERWHELMING.
AND THIS IS, THIS GAVE ME NOT ONLY HELP BUT HOPE, IT REMINDED ME THAT I'M NOT ALONE.
I'M INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY AND THE IMPACT IT HAD ON ME AND MY CHILDREN.
I WORKED ALL THE WAY THROUGH MY PREGNANCY.
MY BABY ENDED UP ARRIVING TWO WEEKS EARLY.
AND, BUT BECAUSE OF YOUR KINDNESS, I WAS ABLE TO FOCUS ON WHAT TRULY MATTERED BEING PRESENT FOR MY CHILDREN DURING SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN OUR LIVES.
I SHARED WITH YOU ONE OF MANY, UH, LOVELY SMILES FROM MY BABY BOY, THANK YOU, FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, FROM MY FAMILY TO YOURS.
SO IN THIS MOVING QUOTE, AND I REALLY AM MOVED BY NOT ONLY THE QUOTES THAT COME IN FROM OUR CLIENTS, BUT THE STORIES THAT COME IN FROM OUR PROGRAM STAFF AND JUST THE DEDICATION AND HEART THAT'S AT THE CORE OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE EVERY DAY.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND.
WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN MEETING IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS.
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF HELPING MOTHERS WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN, THE RIPPLE EFFECT THAT THIS HAS.
SO WE'RE NOT JUST HELPING AN INDIVIDUAL, WE'RE HELPING ENTIRE FAMILIES, ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.
SO MOVING INTO OUR CAMPAIGN TOGETHER FOR A HEALTHIER LONG BEACH, WE'RE REALLY SECURING EXTRA RESOURCES FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND HERE WE SEE, UH, A HEALTH, UH, DEPARTMENT WORKER, UH, HELPING, UH, AN OLDER ADULT PROVIDE, UH, OR, AND GET ACCESS TO CARE.
SO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUNDS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET INTO THE HEALTHY AGING CENTER.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE, UH, THEIR REQUEST FOR MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION WHEN THERE IS EXCEPTIONAL NEED, UM, FOR CLIENTS TO GET CRUCIAL CARE THAT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THEIR HEALTH OUTCOMES.
SO THESE, UH, DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT EFFORTS ARE A GREAT WAY FOR US TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OUR, YOU KNOW, GRANT FUNDING CAN TYPICALLY DO.
UM, BECAUSE BEING ABOUT 90% RELY ON GRANT FUNDS IN THIS MOMENT, UM, THOSE FUNDS CAN'T POUR INTO INDIVIDUALS IN THE SAME WAY.
SO WITH DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT AND WITH BOOSTING THESE EFFORTS THROUGH OUR FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN, WE'RE ABLE TO GET UP TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, TO OUR CLIENTS AND OUR WORKFORCE TO, UM, ENABLE, UH, ESSENTIAL CARE IN, UM, URGENT SCENARIOS.
SO WHAT DOES THE CAMPAIGN DO? I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT IT REALLY ELEVATES AWARENESS, UM, OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE FUND IMPACTS WHILE ENCOURAGING PUBLIC AND PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT.
SO NOT ONLY IS THIS A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN, IT'S ALSO A STORYTELLING VEHICLE.
UM, SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREAT PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AND, AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAM MEMBERS, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING TO GET STORIES FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUT INTO THE PUBLIC AND ALSO JUST OUT INTO, UM, THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR ENTIRE STAFF.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, HUNDREDS OF STAFF THAT, UM, CAN REALLY BUILD COMMUNITY WITHIN, UM, THE WORK THAT WE DO.
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AND WE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE DISTRIBUTING THESE STORIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE THROUGH OUR, UM, INSIDE LV LONG BEACH BLOG, UM, AND ALSO ON, ON BEACH TV.SO THE BLOG JUST AS OF YESTERDAY, PUBLISHED A PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT ON OUR BLACK INTIMATE HEALTH, UM, PROGRAM AND OUR FAMILY NURSING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AND HIGHLIGHTED SOME CLIENT STORIES AND ALSO MENTIONED OUR CAMPAIGN.
SO THESE FLEXIBLE FUNDS DO SUPPORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS DIRECTLY, LIKE I SAID, IN A WAY THAT GRANT FUNDING CANNOT DO.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO BOOSTING THE CAPACITY OF LOCAL NONPROFITS.
AND I THINK THE REALLY INTERESTING AND DISTINCTIVE THING ABOUT THE FUND ITSELF IS THAT IT EMPOWERS OUR STAFF AND ENABLES THEM TO IDENTIFY THESE INSTANCES WHERE THESE TIME NEEDS EXIST.
SO WHERE DO FOLKS HAVE NEEDS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF OUR PROGRAMS WHERE WE CAN REALLY APPLY THESE FUNDS AND ALLOW THE HEALING THAT THEY STILL NEED? SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
NOT ONLY IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE DESPERATELY NEED, BUT IT'S ALSO A CELEBRATION OF OUR 120 YEARS STRONG, UH, HUGE ANNIVERSARY AND OF PUBLIC HEALTH MONTH.
SO WE'RE REALLY UNIFYING AROUND, UM, OUR KEY THINGS THIS MONTH TO STRENGTHEN PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE SAFETY NET THAT WE ALL INVEST IN, UM, THROUGH OUR DAY TO DAY WORK AND THROUGH OUR SERVICE AS STAFF AND BOARD MEMBERS.
SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS TO GIVE TAX DEDUCTIBLE GIFTS BECAUSE THEY UPLIFT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FOLKS AROUND LONG BEACH TO HELP US SERVE COMMUNITY.
SO HOW CAN YOU ALL SUPPORT? WELL, I AM HERE TO HELP, UM, THE SUPPORT AND HELP THE CAMPAIGN REACH NEW HEIGHTS AND GET INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF FOLKS THAT DIDN'T KNOW IT EXISTED.
UM, AND YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE ALL CHAMPIONS OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REPOST, UM, THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEBPAGE.
SO HERE WE SEE A POST THAT WAS POSTED A COUPLE WEEKS BACK, UM, ABOUT, UH, THE DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT INITIATIVE AND HOW IT PROVIDES NUTRITION, UM, AND HELPS EASE THOSE PRESSURES OF FOOD INSECURITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THESE AND OTHER STORIES ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF, OF THE NEED ITSELF AND WHAT WE CAN DO.
SO, UM, ANOTHER POST ALSO WENT UP, UM, THE EIGHTH.
SO, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REPOST THOSE POSTS.
AND I'VE ALSO BUILT A TOOLKIT WITH FOUR SAMPLE CAPTIONS, GENERAL CAPTIONS THAT CALL FOR FOLKS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROTECT THE SAFETY NET.
UM, WHICH I CAN SHARE OUT WITH YOU ALL.
AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A PERSONAL ASK, UH, TO AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE IN YOUR NETWORK.
SO THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH AND REALLY TRUST, LIKE INSTITUTIONAL TRUST IS ON THE DECLINE.
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS THAT I WILL NOT GET INTO HERE, UM,
SO PEOPLE ARE 81% MORE LIKELY, JUST TO PUT MY FUNDRAISER HAT ON FOR A MINUTE.
PEOPLE ARE 81% MORE LIKELY TO GIVE TO A CAUSE THAT'S SHARED FROM A TRUSTED CONTACT MEMBER VERSUS WHEN THEY'RE RECEIVING THAT CALL FOR SUPPORT FROM AN INSTITUTION.
SO THAT STATISTIC GOES, GOES WITHOUT SAYING THE IMPACT OF PEER GIVING AND THIS, THIS PROMOTIONAL SUPPORT THAT WE CAN ALL UPLIFT TOGETHER.
UM, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND, UM, IF YOU ARE ACTIVE ON LINKEDIN, LINKEDIN IS BY FAR AND ABOVE THE MOST, UM, HAS THE MOST CONVERSIONS OF ANY SOCIAL PLATFORM.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT, UH, ARE, ARE PARTICIPATING, THE FOLKS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING ON LINKEDIN.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A POST ANYWHERE, I WOULD RECOMMEND LINKEDIN, BUT YOU KNOW YOUR NETWORKS BEST.
UM, AND I TRUST YOU ALL TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS AS THEY'RE MOST COMFORTABLE.
SO LET'S ALL COME TOGETHER AND STAND STRONG IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND GIVE A PERSONALLY MEANINGFUL GIFT, AND THEY ALL MAKE BIG IMPACT.
SO WITHIN THAT $1,000 THAT COULD SPONSOR AN ENTIRE DIRECT CLIENT SUPPORT REQUEST FULLY, WE CAN
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BREAK THIS DOWN INTO TANGIBLE ITEMS. YOU KNOW, JUST FOR FOOD FOR THOUGHT, $150 COULD FUND MULTIPLE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION, UM, RIDES TO ACCESS TO CRUCIAL CARE, $200 COULD BUY A GRANDMOTHER'S FULL TOP MATTRESS.AND WE HAVE SUPPLIED A MATTRESS TO A CLIENT, ACTUALLY.
SO THAT IS TRIED AND TRUE, AND $500, FOR INSTANCE, COULD SUPPORT A FAMILY OF FIVE WITH GROCERIES, WHICH IS EVER NEEDED.
SO, LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIT ON HERE.
UM, THAT LOWER TEXT SAYS INVITE DONATIONS UNITED IN ACTION THIS APRIL.
UM, SO JUST AN IMAGE OF A MOTHER AND HER CHILD WALKING ACROSS, UH, A SIDEWALK, UH, KIND OF REPRESENTING US, STRIVING TOGETHER, UM, IN SUPPORT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND BUILDING A SAFETY NET TO SUPPORT HEALTHIER TOMORROWS.
SO WITH THAT, I JUST REALLY SINCERELY THANK YOU ALL, AND I ALSO AM THANKING, UM, ALISON, CYNTHIA AND NOMA FOR PROVIDING THAT CONTEXT, UM, ABOUT THE REALLY, UM, DEEP SEATED NEED, UH, AND GIVING THAT, UH, LANDSCAPE THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, SO I, I INVITE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I AGAIN, UH, MARKET AND COMMUNICATE FOR THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FUND CAMPAIGN.
UM, SO I CAN SHARE OUT A TOOLKIT OR PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, OUR CHAMPION PROGRAM.
SO I HAVE SHARED INTERNALLY FOR OUR STAFF, I'VE INVITED FOLKS TO BE A CHAMPION OF THE FUND.
YOU KNOW, ANYONE THAT REQUESTS FUNDS AND RECEIVES FUNDS FROM US WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS A CHAMPION.
SO WE HAVE OPEN LINES WITH COMMUNICATION WITH FOLKS, UM, AND, UM, ARE REALLY DEEPENING THOSE STORYTELLING TIES SO THAT WE CAN, UM, MAKE CLEAR HOW IMPACTFUL THESE FUNDS ARE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE GENERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUND ITSELF, ITS ADMINISTRATION OR THE REGRANT PROGRAM, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CONTACT ALIYAH HAYES, WHO YOU'VE HEARD SOME IN THE PAST, BUT I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY AND AMBASSADORSHIP AND YOUR PASSION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND ALSO YOUR SUPPORT HERE TODAY.
AND YOU SAID YOU WILL SEND THE TOOLKIT, THE COM, THE YEAH, I CAN SEND THAT VIA EMAIL IF THAT'S, THAT'D BE GREAT.
I WANTED TO CHECK IN TO SEE WHAT COMMUNICATION CHANNEL WAS BEST FOR YOU.
QUESTIONS, ANYONE, ANY QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
ONE, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU'VE RAISED SO FAR FOR THIS ONE? HOW MUCH WE'VE RAISED SO FAR? UM, I DON'T HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S BEEN A VERY MODEST AMOUNT.
SO WE ARE WORKING FROM, UM, JUST SOME BACKGROUND.
WE HAVE, I THINK RIGHT NOW PROBABLY ABOUT $150,000 IN THE FUND.
THAT WAS, UM, BECAUSE THE FUND WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2018, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING IN ITS ORIGINAL FORMAT AS A HOLDING FUND FOR OUR, UM, LONG BEACH CARES NONPROFIT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RUN BY, UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, RETIRED HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF.
SO THEY HAD A 5 0 1 C3 AND RAISED, UM, ALL OF THESE FUNDS THAT WE NEEDED A HOLDING, UM, SOURCE SCORE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE THESE FUNDS LIVED.
SO IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN DIS DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS, THAT'S HOW THESE THREE INITIATIVES WERE PROPOSED AND APPROVED.
SO, UM, WE HAVE THAT MONEY, WHICH MAKES THE FUNDS SUSTAINABLE FOR, WELL, IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE, RIGHT? SO, UH, WE CAN BE UP AND RUNNING.
OUR ESTIMATE IS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO YEARS, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE RATE AT WHICH, UM, WE RECEIVE OUR INTERNAL FUNDING REQUESTS FROM STAFF, BECAUSE THAT DRIVES THE OUTFLOW OF THOSE TWO INITIATIVES.
AND THEN WITH THE MINI GRANT PROGRAM, SO WE ANTICIPATE SENDING OUT $20,000 EACH QUARTER WITH THOSE FOUR AWARDEES AT THE, AS THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, ALL OF THOSE GIFTS FUNDED AT THE TOP AMOUNT OF $5,000.
SO THAT WOULD BE 80,000 A YEAR.
SO, BUT REALLY BETWEEN 40 AND 80,000.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR ME
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UM, BUILD, UH, A DONOR BASE, BUT AS YOU KNOW, A FUNDRAISER AND COMMUNICATOR WHO HAS ALMOST 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE NONPROFIT SIDE, I RECOGNIZE WHAT, UH, A CHALLENGING SCENARIO WE'RE IN, IN LAUNCHING INITIATIVES, CULTIVATING NEW DONORS AND ACTIVELY SOLICITING AT THE SAME TIME.SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE REAL IMPORTANCE OF OUR PARTNERS COMES IN, UM, AND ALL OF THE ADV ADVOCATES AND AMBASSADORS THAT CAN PASS THEIR NETWORKS AND SUPPORT, THAT'S HOW WE'RE BUILDING, UM, A DONOR BASE ESSENTIALLY FROM SCRATCH.
UM, I DO HAVE LIMITED, UM, HISTORICAL DONORS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS ACTIVE GIVING HAPPENED IN 2018 AND 2019.
SO I AM REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUALS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS THROUGH THOSE RECORDS.
UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T COMPARE TO WHAT MOST NON-PROFITS HAVE.
WE'RE NOT A 5 0 1 C3 WITHIN THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO GO AFTER PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT THROUGH, UM, THAT'S IN ITS INFANCY STAGES, BUT JUST WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO HAVE ALIGNMENT AND PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO, UM, MARKET OUR FUND AS WELL AS A PART OF THEIR 30, 30 STORIES FOR 30 YEARS.
THEY'RE ALSO CELEBRATING A 30TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR.
WHO'S THAT NAME? UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
SO THEY'RE, SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO HELP TOO, RIGHT? THEY MANAGE OUR FUND.
SO WE HAVE AN AGENCY FUND WITHIN LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
UM, YEAH,
AND THEN, UM, THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE AS WELL, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE ALWAYS IN TALKS ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET THE WORD OUT MM-HMM
AND THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, THESE STORYTELLING AVENUES ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TOO.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE REAL WAY THAT YOU GET, YOU KNOW, IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF FOLKS.
IS TELLING THESE PERSONAL STORIES.
SO AS MUCH AS I CAN, UM, I AM TRYING TO CONNECT WITH PROGRAM STAFF TO ENCOURAGE CLIENTS WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH SENSITIVE STORIES MM-HMM
WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE IN, UM, SITUATIONS WHERE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE SAFETY, YOU KNOW, SURE.
LIKE THERE ARE CERTAIN STORIES THAT HAVE TO BE ANONYMOUS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS, REMAINS SAFE,
UM, BUT WE CAN USE ALTERNATIVE NAMES.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE QUOTES FROM FOLKS, UM, SO, AND MORE COMING IN AND TRICKLING IN LITTLE BY LITTLE MM-HMM
UM, IT IS A PROCESS, YOU KNOW, IT DOES TAKE TIME TO GET THE FUNDS OUT AND THEN TO WAIT FOR THE IMPACTS, BUT, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE IN, AND I THINK, UM, THERE ARE VERY FEW FUNDS THAT ADDRESS THE NEEDS THAT THIS FUND ADDRESSES.
IN THE FACT THAT IT'S MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND BEING ABLE TO REALLY GO SO MUCH FURTHER THAN GRANT FUNDING CAN MM-HMM
UM, BECAUSE MOST GRANTS, IF YOU'RE EVEN ALLOWED TO GIVE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS, USUALLY THE CAP IS SOMETHING LIKE $50 AND THEN IT'S WITHIN A VERY NARROW CATEGORY, RIGHT? MM-HMM
IT'S LIKE, OH, YOU GET, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, A CASH CARD OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY SMALL.
SO WE LOOK AT THAT DIFFERENCE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN $50 AND A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT'S, THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE HELPED, UM, SURVIVORS OF HATE CRIMES, UM, BE ABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE THAT WORKS
UM, SO THIS GOES BEYOND LIKE JUST THE TRADITIONAL, UM, IDEA OF PUBLIC HEALTH, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE DO SO MANY SERVICES THAT ARE SO BROAD ACROSS THE CITY.
UM, SO IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BUILD HUMAN DIGNITY AND BUILD, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST CARE AND COMPASSION MM-HMM
AND IT IS A 5 0 1 3 THAT IT'S GOING TOWARDS.
SO IT'S TAX DEDUCTIBLE FOR PEOPLE.
SO LONG BEACH CARES WAS A 5 0 1 3.
WE, A LONG BEACH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS A 5 0 1 C3.
SO THEY GIVE US THE 5 0 1 3 TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
SO IT WORKS FOR SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO MAKE A DONATION FOR EITHER MM-HMM
THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR OWN OR THROUGH THEIR REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTION FOR THEIR,
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I, DEPENDING IF THEY'RE THAT AGE.UHHUH AND IT IS FOR MONEY ONLY, NOT FOR, UM, I DON'T KNOW, CLOTHING, FURNITURE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S, IT IS UNRESTRICTED, UM, DONATIONS IN THE SENSE THAT THEY DO HAVE TO BE APPLIED TO ONE OF THE THREE INITIATIVES.
SO THAT DIRECT CLIENT CARE, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, COULD BE CLOTHING, FURNITURE, MATTRESSES, GROCERIES, UM, THESE ESSENTIAL KIND OF BASIC NEEDS THINGS, UM, OR MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION.
AND THEN THERE'S THE WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENTS.
SO THOSE, UM, ARE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FOR OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WORKFORCE.
AND A LOT OF THAT IS REALLY EQUIPPING THEM AND INVESTING IN THEM SO THAT THEY CAN MEET EVOLVING COMMUNITY NEED.
UM, AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD GO AFTER, UM, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IF THEIR PROGRAM, UM, FUNDS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UM, AND THEY COULD GET EQUIPMENT TO AGAIN, MEET THESE EVOLVING COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UM, AND IT JUST REALLY REINFORCES THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THAT COMMUNITY SERVICE.
AND THEN YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THE MINI GRANT PROGRAM? MM-HMM
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AMANDA, COULD YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN LA WITH THE, THEIR FUND? THE NEW FUND? YEAH.
YEAH, I CAN PULL THAT EMAIL UP SO THAT I CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH HERE.
SO YES, THERE'S A NEW FUND THAT'S BEEN, IT'S MAKING A VERY HIGH PITCH.
QUE SORRY, I WAS WAITING TILL A NATURAL BREAK, BUT
I'LL GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT ONE YOU CAN PLAY WITH THAT.
IT'S, IT'S FUNNY ALL THE SQUEAK THAT HAPPEN.
SO YEAH, THANK YOU ERICA FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
SO THE FUND FOR ADVANCING PUBLIC HEALTH, LA IS A NEW FUND THAT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED.
UM, AND IT IS A REALLY PROMISING, UM, POTENTIAL PARTNER FOR THE HHS FUND, BUT ALSO IT'S GREAT FOR US TO HAVE AWARENESS ABOUT.
UM, SO THEY, LET'S SEE WHERE, UM, SO THEY ARE AN INDEPENDENT FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO EXPANDING AND PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS ACROSS LA COUNTY.
UH, THEY HAVE TWO STATED PURPOSES.
THE FIRST BEING GENERATING, UM, FLEXIBLE REVENUE THAT SAFEGUARDS ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES.
THE SECOND BEING HELPING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A CONTINUATION OF SERVICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS, INCOME, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, OR GENDER IDENTITY.
UM, THERE ARE TWO GOALS THAT THEY'VE STATED ON THEIR WEBSITE.
UM, ATTRACTING PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT FROM BUSINESSES, PRIVATE DONORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHILE SUSTAINING, UH, THEIR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION, EQUITY AND ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF HEALTH INEQUITIES.
THE SECOND GOAL BEING SOLICITING AND DISTRIBUTING FUNDS TO ADVANCE DISEASE PREVENTION, HEALTH PROMOTION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE AND POLICY INITIATIVES THAT IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THOSE WHO WORK, LIVE AND WORK WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
SO, UM, I WOULD DEFINITELY WANT TO CONNECT WITH 'EM IN TERMS OF PARTNERING ON ADVANCING DISEASE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS THAT THE HEALTH FUND WOULD BE ALIGNED AND COULD POTENTIALLY GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THIS, UH, BRAND NEW FUND.
AND THERE'S A PRETTY HEAVY HITTERS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SO BARBARA, ER BEING ONE OF THEM.
UM, JAR BARRIOS, DEBBIE, I CHANG, SORRY, KING KRISTEN MCOWEN, UM, UH, SEAN PENN, DANNY TRAGO, SO A COUPLE CELEBRITIES, AND MARTHA SANTA CHIN.
IT'S AN INTERESTING CAUSE FOR SEAN PENN.
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YEAH.HE MIGHT BE, IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT SEAN PENN, MAYBE.
HE SAYS SEAN PENN, CO-FOUNDER OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZED RELIEF EFFORTS.
THAT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THE SAME.
SEAN PENN, THAT'S A DIFFERENT SEAN, BUT I SAW DANNY TREJO AND HE IS AN ACTOR AUTHOR IN RESTAURATEUR.
LIKE WHAT RESTAURANT DOES HE HAVE? TACOS.
OH, I NEED TO, AND A COFFEE DONUT.
SEE, LEARNING NEW SPACE EVERY DAY.
UM, YEAH, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT PROVIDES ANY FUNDER THAT PROVIDES THIS TYPE OF MORE FLEXIBLE FUNDING WHERE IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, A VERY SPECIFIC, UM, PROGRAMMATIC NEED IS ONE THAT PERS OUR EARS UP.
WAS THERE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT YOU WANTED US TO KNOW ABOUT THAT FUND? WELL, I THINK IT'S JUST HELPFUL CONTEXT TO SHOW THAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THIS MM-HMM
AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT, BECAUSE WE'VE JUST FIGURED OUT, YOU KNOW, THE, WHAT WE'VE LOST IS LIKELY TO NOT NOT COME BACK FOR A VERY LONG TIME, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ALTERNATIVE SOURCES.
I, I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
I'M SURE LA COUNTY HAS AS WELL, THEY JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED.
BUT I THINK IT'S HELPFUL CONTEXT TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING OUT OF THIS PHASE WHERE WE CAN NO LONGER ONLY RELY ON GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT, LOCAL FUNDING SUPPORT.
WE NEED TO GO BEYOND THAT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, WHICH IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.
ALSO A SIGN OF THE TIMES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DO HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE MOVE.
SO I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE ONLY ONES DOING THIS, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEING THOUGHT ABOUT ACROSS JURISDICTIONS.
NINA, YOU, WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO DO IT SEPARATELY, I KNOW A LOT OF ASSOCIATION, NON-PROFIT OVER HERE MM-HMM
AND EVEN THE GOOD SAMARITAN PEOPLE MM-HMM
WHO ARE DOING THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE HELPING HOMELESS, THEY ARE SERVING FOOD MISSING.
WE ARE TRYING TO JOIN MY NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION IS TRYING TO JOIN WITH THOSE PEOPLE AND INSTEAD DOING SEPARATE, SEPARATE, IF WE ALL CAN FORCE TOGETHER, WE CAN SERVE BIG COMMUNITY.
YOU KNOW, THIS LADY, I KNOW HER.
SO SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WANTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY NOW.
SHE GOT THE JOB, SHE SERVED THE FOOD TWO TO THREE TIMES A WEEK TO ALL THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE.
AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH HER SERVICE THAT I TOLD HER THAT MY NONPROFIT WILL JOIN WITH HER AND WE WILL TRY TO HELP HER OUT.
AND WE WILL SERVE THE FOOD, AND WE'LL BRING THE FOOD AND WE'LL DO EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH LOT OF OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST DOING FROM THEIR GOOD HEART MM-HMM
AND THEY'LL REDUCE THE WORK AND IT'LL HAVE THE BIGGER IMPACT ON THE SOCIETY.
I LOVE, THANK YOU FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND, AND SUGGESTING A NONPROFIT COALITION TO PROVIDE YEAH.
BECAUSE THE, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT.
AND I, SO IF WE CAN JOIN HAND TOGETHER RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE CAN SERVE THE BIGGER COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO, THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOES ACTIVELY, UM, PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, AND, UM, BUT I, TO YOUR POINT, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, SEE OPPORTUNITIES OF, OF DEEPENING PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE, YOU KNOW, ENTERED INTO CONVERSATION WITH THE NONPROFIT PARTNERSHIP WHO OUR LOCAL, LIKE TRUE, YOU KNOW, LEADER, AND REALLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF BUILDING THOSE PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'VE BEEN A GOOD, A GREAT THOUGHT PARTNER AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURING, FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE STEPPING STONES IN EACH PATHWAY, RIGHT.
SO THAT WE CAN, UM, REALLY GET THESE, UH, NEEDS MET.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, AND YEAH, TO, TO ERICA'S POINT TOO, UM, AND THINKING ABOUT THESE OTHER FUNDS THAT, UM, HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MORE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL WEIGHT TO THEM, UM, THE REAL PATH FOR SUSTAINABILITY IS GOING AFTER THESE LARGER PARTNERS.
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UH, CORPOR CORPORATIONS OR FOUNDATIONS, YOU KNOW, INSTITUTIONAL AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, UM, IS, ARE THE ANSWER TO SUSTAINABILITY, UM, IN THE LONG TERM.SO WE ARE TAKING STEPS TO, UH, ADVANCE THOSE EFFORTS AS WELL.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I SAW MOVEMENT OVER HERE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS A HAND.
AND SO I'LL SHARE THE TOOLKIT OUT.
WE HAVE TO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE THIS REPORT.
UM, QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
ALEJANDRO, DO WE HAVE ANY WIGGLE ROOM WITH RESPECT TO QUORUM? BECAUSE WE, ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS MAY NEED TO STEP OUT.
WOULD THAT PUT US UNDER QUORUM OR WOULD WE STILL BE FINE? OH, WE JUST NEED TO HAVE 7 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
VIRTUALLY I'M THERE IN PERSON, BUT NOT REALLY THERE.
SO I SHOULD PROBABLY, YEAH, WE STILL HAVE QUORUM.
UM, SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UM, IS TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE BOARD'S FOCUS AREAS.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER, I DON'T THINK I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING.
MILES MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE FOUR THINGS THAT CAME UP.
UM, ONE, I THINK WE ALREADY DISCUSSED FUNDRAISING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT'S NEW COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING APPARATUS.
SO I THINK WE JUST COVERED THAT.
UM, POLICY EFFICACY, IS THAT WHAT'S LISTED ON THE LAST PAGE? MAYBE
IT SAYS HERE, WORKING ON ONBOARDING PROCEDURES FOR NEW MEMBERS.
UM, THAT AND POLICY ADVOCACY FUNDRAISING, WHICH WE JUST COVERED.
AND, UH, WHETHER THERE'S A ROLE FOR THE BOARD REGARDING LARGE EVENTS IN THE CITY.
I, LIKE I SAID, WE JUST REALLY DISCUSSED THE FUNDRAISING PIECE.
SO I THINK ONBOARDING AND POLICY ADVOCACY MIGHT AND LARGE EVENTS WOULD BE THE OTHER THREE.
UM, IF YOU ALL, I WASN'T HERE, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S CORRECT FROM LAST, FOR ANYONE WHO WAS HERE LAST MONTH, I THINK YOU SORT OF HAD A BROAD CONVERSATION.
AND THEN SO YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A LARGER REPRESENTATIVE GROUP BECAUSE THERE'S STILL LIKE SEVEN LAST
WE MAY NEVER HAVE A BROADER, LARGE
SO, UM, WHAT I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE INTERESTS OF THE, WHERE THE INTERESTS OF THE GROUP LIE.
WAS THERE ANY, LIKE, ANYTHING OUTLINED SPECIFICALLY LIKE A DOCUMENT? IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A BROAD CONVERSATION.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT DOCUMENT THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON? THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN WAS THAT WELL, WE, WE FILED IT.
UM, I THINK THAT DIDN'T NECESSARILY SAY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES THAT WE WOULD WORK ON EVERY YEAR.
IT REALLY MORE TALKED ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND SYSTEMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT MAYBE, MAYBE, UM, IN OUR NEXT MEETING WE COULD DO A QUICK REVIEW OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY REVISIT IT SOME LIKE QUARTERLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING IT.
SO MAYBE, UM, IF ALEJANDRA WILL REMEMBER FOR ME THAT WE'LL PUT A REVISIT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MONTH.
IS THERE ANY ROOM WHATSOEVER FOR US TO HAVE LIKE A OVERVIEW OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HOW WE COULD POTENTIALLY COORDINATE WITHIN THE EXISTING DEPARTMENT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN OUR COMMUNITY? BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, IN MY DISTRICT, I'M D NINE HAVING A LOT OF ISSUES WITH FOOD VENDORS.
AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS ROOM FOR US TO LEARN FROM ANYTHING WE GET, WE GATHERED HERE AND TAKE THAT BACK, UM, TO OUR, YEAH, WE HAVE THESE, UM, REPORTS THAT WE GET FROM OUR, UM, OUR HEALTH, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PARTNERS, AND WE CAN REQUEST
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THAT THAT BE INCLUDED.I CAN HAVE HOW, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COME AND PROVIDE YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, UH, TO DATE, UNFORTUNATELY, STATE LAW, DECRIMINALIZES MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, ACTUAL FOOD VENDORS, BUT IT'S NOT A REAL CLEAR PATH FOR THEIR EXISTENCE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FOOD SAFELY, PREPARE FOOD SAFELY.
AND WE HAVE A COMPLAINT RESPONSE TEAM THAT COMES OUT TO, UM, ARTESIA AND, UH, LONG BEACH BOULEVARD REPEATEDLY, UM, AND ONLY GROVES.
ARE YOU SAYING THAT THERE'S ISSUES WITH PEOPLE GETTING SICK FROM THE FOOD VENDORS OR IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE POPPING UP? NO, SO I HAD NO IDEA THAT WE WEREN'T EXCITED ABOUT FOOD VENDORS
THAT WE WERE NOT, WE AS A RESIDENT ARE WE AS A, I HAD NO DEPARTMENT ARE CHALLENGED BY IT.
PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFE.
UH, SHOULD HAVE ISSUES WITH THE VENDORS.
AND SO, UM, I, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED IT DURING THE MEETING.
YOU, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE SUPPORTING
THERE'S OTHER LITTLE GAPS WHERE I FEEL LIKE I COULD BE, UH, MORE INFORMED SO I COULD BE AT MORE SERVICE.
WELL, AND THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE, LIKE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'VE, IF YOU'RE ON THIS COMMISSION FOR LESS THAN SIX MONTHS NOW.
THERE ARE LIKE THREE, FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST SIX COMPLETELY OR SO MONTHS OLD.
SO IT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR, UM, I DON'T WANNA OVERSTEP IF YOU'RE NEW, PLEASE CHECK ME IF I'M WRONG.
IT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR FOLKS TO GET LIKE A ONBOARDING.
LIKE A HERE'S WHAT THE, HERE'S, YEAH.
AND I WOULDN'T MIND A REFRESH EITHER.
HERE'S ALL THE MANY THINGS THAT ARE UNDER THE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BECAUSE YES.
UM, THERE ARE FOLKS WHO MAY NOT EVEN REALIZE HOW MANY, HOW MUCH IS IN UNDER YOUR PURVIEW, HOW WE COULD COLLABORATE.
IT'S QUITE A BROAD, IT'S QUITE A LARGE ORGANIZATION.
MUCH LARGER THAN I THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZED.
AND IS THAT WHAT THIS LIKE ONBOARDING IS ALLUDING TO? WELL, I WASN'T HERE FOR LAST MONTH'S CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK THAT COULD BE A PART OF IT.
UM, I THINK LIKE, I, I SHOULD NOT SPEAK TO WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THAT ITEM, WHAT COMES TO MY HEAD IS THAT MOST PEOPLE JOIN THE COMMISSION AND ARE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, I'M HERE.
WHAT AM I, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? LIKE, WHAT I WANNA HELP, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT Y'ALL ARE ABOUT AND WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING TO HELP.
SO I THINK SOMETHING THAT RECEIVES NEW COMMISSIONERS AND SAYS, HERE'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT AND HERE'S HOW YOU, YOU HELP.
BUT IT TOOK, IT'S TAKEN US YEARS.
EVEN THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR A WHILE, IT'S TAKEN US A LONG TIME TO FIGURE OUT REALLY HOW WE CAN HELP.
RATHER THAN JUST GET EDUCATED AND TRY TO SHARE INFORMATION.
AND I THINK IT'S REALLY TO THE CREDIT OF THE FOLKS IN HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES THAT THEY'VE EVEN FOUND WAYS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE HELPFUL, LIKE THROUGH, UM, WEIGHING IN ON THE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND, AND OTHER, AND OTHER STUFF.
SO I DON'T THINK IT WAS A NATURAL, I THINK ALL OF THESE AREAS IN THE CITY NEED TO HAVE A COMMISSION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ALL KNOW WHAT, ALWAYS KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR COMMISSIONS.
AND THE COMMISSIONS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO HELP.
SO I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A YEARS LONG PROCESS OF FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN DO USEFUL WORK INSTEAD OF BEING FIGUREHEADS.
UM, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FOLKS FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES HELPING US FIGURE THAT OUT TOGETHER.
I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING TO HEAR THE REPORTS.
I LOVE, I FEEL LIKE I FEEL VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THAT ACCESS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I CAME ON WITH THE IDEA THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME COLLABORATION YEP.
AND THERE WAS GONNA BE SOME TANGIBLE CONTRIBUTION.
I'M SUPER INTO THAT RIGHT NOW.
IT'S MY, IT'S MY, IT'S MY SERVICE.
AND SO I, WELL I THINK THAT FUNDRAISING PIECE IS HUGE, I THINK, RIGHT? LIKE, IF WE
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CAN REALLY GET WORD OUT THROUGH OUR NETWORKS ABOUT EVEN SMALL DONATIONS I'M SURE ARE VERY WELCOMED.LIKE A LOT OF THESE, UM, CAMPAIGNS, HAVING DONE A LOT OF FUNDRAISING AT THE UNIVERSITY, A LOT OF THESE CAMPAIGNS ARE BUILT ON A FOUNDATION OF 10, $20, LIKE TONS OF 10, $20, UM, DONATIONS.
AND SO WE CAN GET A FEW REALLY BIG ONES AND THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT EVEN IF WE JUST GOT LIKE EVERY FRIEND WE KNEW TO GIVE 20 BUCKS, THAT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION FROM THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE WILLING TO SPEAK INTO THE CHIP.
A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO AGREED TO PARTICIPATE WITH THAT.
SO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THAT.
UM, AND I THINK THERE WAS A CALL OUT FOR A MENTAL HEALTH GROUP THAT I HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO YET, BUT I PLAN ON RESPONDING TO.
I THINK THERE WAS A CALL OUT THERE.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS HELPFUL, BUT I, I MEAN IT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL FOR ME WHEN I STARTED IN PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT MAYBE LIKE A PUBLIC HEALTH 1 0 1.
SO WHAT IS, LIKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CORE PUBLIC HEALTH AND LIKE WHAT THE CRUX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR AN ONBOARDING, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THROUGH CDPH, RIGHT? CYNTHIA TRAINING THROUGH CD PH THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO KIND OF GROUND OURSELVES AND THE WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
YOUR QUESTION CAME TO MIND WHEN YOU WERE ASKING LAST MONTH, LIKE, WHY IS IT, WHY IS IT A BENEFIT TO HAVE OUR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT HERE IN LONG BEACH? SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT AND BEING AMBASSADORS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN YOUR RESPECTIVE SPACES WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
SO THE MORE THAT WE CAN EQUIP YOU, EQUIP YOU TO BE ABLE TO BE OUT THERE SPEAKING, UH, ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HAVING A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I THINK THE BETTER OFF WE'LL ALL BE SO WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME TRAINING PROGRAMS. ABSOLUTELY.
UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO, UM, BECAUSE THE NARRATIVE AT THIS POINT IS OUR DEFICIT.
AND HAVING YOU BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT, UM, WOULD BE VITAL.
AND, AND MY, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS ACCURATE, UM, BUT I'M HARBORING THE IMPRESSION THAT THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY HERE.
AND SO, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK WE DO ENOUGH OF.
IT IS IT BECAUSE US TO BE THOSE PEOPLE 'CAUSE WE NEVER HAVE PUBLIC.
UM, AND VERY RARELY DO I HEAR COMMISSIONERS, MYSELF INCLUDED SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN OUT.
I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF THIS.
IS THAT ON YOUR RADAR? UM, OR I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
SO WHEN YOU JUST BROUGHT UP THE FOOD VENDORS, YES.
THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING.
AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE, I, I WET ONE.
UM, AND SHE SAID, WELL I WANNA GET A PERMIT PUT, I'M STUCK IN THE PERMIT PROCESS.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND I WAS LIKE, HAVE A MEETING HELP DEPARTMENT ON FRIDAY.
BUT I JUST USUALLY
SO, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WERE ANY POSSIBLE PATHWAY FOR US TO DEVELOP A CHANNEL WHERE WE CAN BRING THESE ISSUES HERE AND THEN GET EITHER CONTACT THAT WOULD EXPEDITE FOR PEOPLE WHO BE, WHO INTERACT WITH ISSUES, UM, THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE IT FEEL LIKE I'M A COMMISSIONER.
YOU KNOW, IT WOULD MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I GOT YOU NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW,
I WAS SEEKING, THERE WAS ALSO SOME CONVERSATION A WHILE BACK AND IT NEVER REALLY WENT ANYWHERE ABOUT, UM, COMMISSIONERS KIND OF DIVIDING UP CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HAVING LITTLE TOUCH LITTLE CHECK-INS WITH CITY COUNCIL ABOUT LIKE, HEY, ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE I SURE AM.
AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND HERE'S THE CONCERN.
AND THE BUDGET CUTS ARE REALLY IMPACTING IN THIS WAY.
SO CAN WE COUNT ON YOU TO, UM, CHAMPION PUBLIC HEALTH ON CITY COUNCIL? WE NEVER REALLY WENT ANYWHERE WITH THAT, I DON'T THINK.
I THINK IT JUST SORT OF FELL OFF.
I THINK IN THE PAST WE DID ACTUALLY.
AND THEN, UM, CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T SEEM TO BE ALL THAT RECEPTIVE TO MEETING WITH US.
SO WE WEREN'T, IT WAS THAT GROUP THAT WAS NOT RECEPTIVE.
'CAUSE I KNOW SOMEBODY WHO KNEW MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON, SHE WAS GONNA TAKE THAT EVEN THOUGH SHE WASN'T IN THAT DISTRICT.
AND SO I HAD SOMEBODY ELSE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I REACHED OUT.
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SO SHE BETTERBEFORE, WAIT, BEFORE YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR, LET'S JUST VOTE TO FILE THIS CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN ADJOURN.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LEAVE WE HAVE, WE LOSE QUORUM.
SO CAN WE HAVE SEVEN THOUGH, RIGHT? NO, WE DON'T HAVE SEVEN ANYMORE.
THAT WAY WE DON'T JUST ABANDON THE MEETING.
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER THOUGHT ABOUT GOING TO, TO CITY COUNCIL AND
I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY DONE IT.