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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents and amendments with the State of California Department of Health Services for the provision of immunization services in the amount of $304,012, and execute a subcontract in the amount of $65,000 and any subsequent amendments with The Children's Clinic for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since 1993, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received funding
from the State of California Department of Health Services (State) to supplement local
childhood immunization programs and services. The objective of the DHHS Immunization
Program is to increase the immunization rates of children and to decrease the occurrence of
vaccine-preventable diseases in !Long Beach. In accordance with the Healthy People 201 0
goals, the primary objectives of this project are that 90 percent of Long Beach children will
be age-appropriately immunized by the age of two years and that at least 95 percent of
children will be fully immunized at the time of kindergarten entry. Currently, 75 percent of
two-year-olds have received all of the recommended vaccines. This percentage has
increased significantly from 40 percent in 1993. Additionally, in 2005, 96 percent of Long
Beach kindergarten enrollees were fully immunized by the first day of school.
Immunization Proqram Activities 1
The DHHS will use the $304,012 funding award to continue to provide and coordinate local
immunization program activities.; These funds will be utilized by the DHHS for the provision
of the following services: immunization education for providers, parents and the community;
outreach to target populations; !walk-in immunization clinics at the DHHS; distribution of
vaccine supplies to school-based clinics; annual pre-school, Head Start and kindergarten
immunization records assessments; quality assurance reviews in public clinics and selected
private provider offices; provider recruitment and local coordination of the web-based
immunization registry; case management for hepatitis B prevention; and recall/reminder
systems to ensure on-time receipt of immunizations. The focus of this project will be
expanded through outreach strategies and clinic interventions that will promote and provide
recently developed new vaccines for teens and adults.
A portion of this funding in the Amount of $65,000 will fund immunization services provided
by The Children's Clinic in Long Beach. This is a requirement of the State agency.
This matter was reviewed by Senior Deputy Cttorney Donna F. Gwin on July
and Budget Management OfficerlDavid Wodynski on July 20,2006.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this matter is requested on August 1, 2006, as services under this
agreement began on July 1, 2006.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will receive grant revenues of $304,012 to offset expenditures of the same amount.
Funds are currently appropriatedl in the Health Fund (SR 130) and the Department of Health
and Human Services (HE).
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
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GERALD R. MILLER |
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CITY MANAGER |