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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement and any necessary documents, including any necessary amendments, with California State University, Long Beach, permitting the use of the Mi Vida Cuenta COVID-19 Latinx Health Initiative data for analysis and research purposes, for the estimated period of
March 1, 2021 through March 2026. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In March 2021, the City of Long Beach (City) launched the Mi Vida Cuenta COVID-19 Latinx Health Initiative (Mi Vida Cuenta) through City Council action to ensure that enough resources are available to provide continuous health education, equitable vaccine distribution, appropriate food distributions, and mental health care for the Latinx community, including undocumented residents. Building from the work of Councilmembers Mary Zendejas and Roberto Uranga’s COVID-19 Latinx Task Force, the Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) collaborated with the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation and Leadership Training to create the Mi Vida Cuenta Report and Workplan.
Mi Vida Cuenta is a collective effort of community residents, Latinx serving organizations, the Health Department, Centro CHA, and the CSULB Center for Latino Community Health. The data for this report were collected during the months of September and October 2021 through community listening sessions and stakeholder/community surveys. Overall, five community listening sessions were facilitated with 64 participants, 129 people participated in the bilingual community survey, and 18 stakeholders participated in the stakeholder survey. Community engagement focus areas were informed by four policy areas noted in the 2019 Latino Economic Report Card: economic stability, education, health disparities, and experience of undocumented persons. The analysis of these data informed the recommended workplan leading to four key strategies:
1. Strengthen...
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