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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, between the City of Long Beach and the Los Angeles County Children and Families First - Proposition 10 Commission in an amount not to exceed $197,084 for the period of January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012 to continue the Long Beach-Wilmington Best Babies Collaborative Program, and execute service subcontracts and subsequent amendments with the listed agencies for outreach and health education. (Districts 1,6,7,9)
DISCUSSION
Since October 2005, the City Council has approved grant funds for the planning, and implementation, of the Long Beach-Wilmington Best Babies Collaborative Program (BBC) funded by the Los Angeles County Children and Families First Commission (First 5 L.A.). With the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services acting as lead agency, the Health Department oversees the implementation of the program by working with local service providers, community-based agencies and healthcare organizations to maintain a coordinated and comprehensive network of resources to promote and provide services to pregnant women and their families to achieve First 5 LA’s goal: “Babies are born healthy.” The program targets high-risk women residing in the Long Beach zip codes of 90802, 90805, 90806, 90813, and the Wilmington zip code of 90744. First 5 L.A. has subsequently awarded the City of Long Beach $197,084 to continue the program for an additional six-month period (January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012).
Since its inception six years ago, the BBC Program has provided health education to over 25,819 women/teens; social support classes and education to over 4815 women/teens; case management services to 687 women/teens; and over 2778 home visits to case managed clients. It has also provided outreach at 1,663 different events held throughout the City to over 16,736 high-risk women/teens, and over 200 people have attended and graduated from an 11...
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