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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents and amendments with the State of California Department of Health Services for the provision of immunization services in the amount of $304,012, and execute a subcontract in the amount of $65,000 and any subsequent amendments with The Children’s Clinic for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1993, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received funding
from the State of California Department of Health Services (State) to supplement local
childhood immunization programs and services. The objective of the DHHS Immunization
Program is to increase the immunization rates of children and to decrease the occurrence of
vaccine-preventable diseases in !Long Beach. In accordance with the Healthy People 201 0
goals, the primary objectives of this project are that 90 percent of Long Beach children will
be age-appropriately immunized by the age of two years and that at least 95 percent of
children will be fully immunized at the time of kindergarten entry. Currently, 75 percent of
two-year-olds have received all of the recommended vaccines. This percentage has
increased significantly from 40 percent in 1993. Additionally, in 2005, 96 percent of Long
Beach kindergarten enrollees were fully immunized by the first day of school.
Immunization Proqram Activities 1
The DHHS will use the $304,012 funding award to continue to provide and coordinate local
immunization program activities.; These funds will be utilized by the DHHS for the provision
of the following services: immunization education for providers, parents and the community;
outreach to target populations; !walk-in immunization clinics at the DHHS; distribution of
vaccine supplies to school-based clinics; annual pre-school, Head Start and kindergarten
immunization records assessments; quality assurance reviews in public clinics and selected
private provider offices; provider recruitme...
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