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Recommendation to authorize City Manager or designee to execute an agreement between the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services and The Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation to continue to fund childhood obesity prevention health education programming at the Miller Family Health Education Center in the amount of $79,000, for a term of one year; and to execute any other necessary documents or subsequent amendments to extend the contract term or increase the award amount. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Earl B. and Loraine H. Miller Foundation (Miller Foundation) has again awarded the City of Long Beach, Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department), a $79,000 grant to further enhance health education programming at the Department's Miller Family Health Education Center (MFHEC) and in the community with an emphasis on topics and activities surrounding childhood obesity prevention.
This current grant program will build upon a 2007-2008 grant from the Miller Foundation to the Health Department, which funded bi-monthly health education forums that focused on childhood obesity prevention, the maintenance of an MFHEC website, the development of three basic nutrition lessons in English and Spanish led by community health leaders (promotoras), and the training of a Children's Health Leadership Group for parents. Last year's funding from the Miller Foundation also made it possible for the Health Department to meet many of its goals for the MFHEC, including expanding opportunities for families to access health education programs, services and training.
There were a total of 250 participant visits to last year's six health education forums that were provided in a multilingual format, and 460 participants attended the twenty nutrition lessons led by community health leaders at various locations throughout the City.
The 2008-2009 funding from the Miller Foundation will enable the Health Department to further develop its childhood obes...
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