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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute an agreement and all necessary documents with The California Endowment to implement the Long Beach Diabetes Collaborative Program in the amount of $265,446 from March 1, 2006 through August 31, 2007; execute subcontracts in the amount of $37,227 and subsequent amendments with the listed subcontract agencies to conduct pilot diabetes care models and assessments; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) and in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $265,446. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The California Endowment (TCE) has awarded the City of Long Beach $265,446 to implement the Long Beach Diabetes Collaborative Program and conduct an 18-month planning process to address diabetes. Under the agreement, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will be the lead agency in the Long Beach Diabetes Collaborative. The purpose of this collaborative project is to support a community-based effort to strengthen diabetes services and to address systems of care and support for diabetes prevention and management for low-income persons in Long Beach with or at risk of diabetes. Long Beach is one of two communities in the region to be selected by TCE, and its affiliated LA Health Action Office, to implement a geographic demonstration project to address chronic disease ainong adults.
The DHHS will work with local service providers, community-based agencies, faith-based organizations, and other community stakeholders to identify gaps in the system of diabetes care, create linkages among providers and resources, complete a diabetes needs assessment, pilot small-scale diabetes support interventions and to ultimately develop an action plan to create an improved system of diabetes care in Long Beach. The planning process will entail: convening monthly collaborative meetings; conducting community assessment meetings and surveys of providers and consumers; producing and disseminating a resource guide...
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