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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement with The Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation to fund Family and Children’s Health Education Forums, Outreach and Leadership programs at the Miller Family Health Education Center in the amount of $88,000, for the period from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007, and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $88,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Earl B. and Loraine H. Miler Foundation (Miller Foundation) has awarded the City of Long Beach an $88 000 grant to expand family-centered health education programming at the Miller Family Health Education Center (MFHEC), and to increase outreach to promote these services in the community. This grant program wil build on a 2005-2006 grant from the Miller Foundation , which funded monthly health education forums, the development and upkeep of an MFHEC website , and the expansion of the public health resource library. Last year s funding from the Miler
Foundation made it possible for the City s Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) to fulfil many of its initial goals for the MFHEC , including expanding opportunities for limited English speaking and low-income families to access health education programs and services. There were a total of 580 participant visits to the 12 health education forums that were provided in a multilngual format. More than 300 on-site childcare visits were provided during the forums and transportation services for more than 100 families were provided to enable familes to take part in the events. The 2006-2007 funding from the Miler Foundation wil enable the Health Department to continue to hold health education forums that focus on children s health and to maintain the MFHEC website which provides current information on resources at the MFHEC and in the community. The grant will also fund new elements including: the development and implementation o...
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