TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary agreements and any subsequent amendments between the City of Long Beach and the Los Angeles County Children and Families First - Proposition 10 Commission - First 5 LA to accept funding in the amount of $413,033, for the period of March 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, to build community capacity in the Central Long Beach Best Start Community, in conjunction with the Best Start Central Long Beach Community Partnership, and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $413,033. (Districts 1,2,6,7)
DISCUSSION
The Central Long Beach community has a long history of working together to impact the services and resources available to central Long Beach residents. The area has been described as having a “culture of collaboration,” and the participation of multiple sectors is actively promoted. The diversity and extensiveness of the Central Long Beach community's leadership has the potential to be a model for service coordination. Residents have taken on leadership roles when asked to participate and there are additional opportunities for them to become increasingly engaged. The Health Department has been selected by First 5 Los Angeles to be the lead agency in coordinating the Best Start Central Long Beach initiative. This role will include the coordination of multiple subcontractors to implement the various strategies and activities included in the Performance Matrix, which is the plan that was developed in conjunction with the Best Start Community Partnership, the governing body that consists of central Long Beach residents and agencies serving this area.
The Performance Matrix was designed to improve family capacities to demonstrate parental resilience, knowledge of parenting and child development, and awareness of resources that will support the development of relationships that nurture their children’s social and ...
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