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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary agreements, and any subsequent amendments, with The California Endowment, to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $150,000, for the Advancing Community Health: Long Beach Trauma and Resiliency Informed Taskforce, for the period of December 15, 2017 through December 14, 2019. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The City has adopted a series of health, violence prevention, and general plan policies to address health disparities, including persistent trauma on residents impacted by high levels of crime, poverty and limited economic mobility. The Health and Human Services Department (Health Department) seeks to facilitate Citywide efforts that leverage resources, skills and accomplishments to improve population health.
Funds from The California Endowment will support the ongoing work of the Long Beach Trauma and Resiliency Informed Taskforce (LBTRIT). The grant funds will: (1) strengthen the LBTRIT decision-making governance structure; (2) support the piloting of trauma and resiliency informed approaches within two organizations/systems to increase their response to address family and youth violence; (3) provide professional development opportunities on trauma and resiliency best practices; and, (4) document lessons learned by LBTRIT.
The Health Department will serve as the backbone entity to drive this Citywide effort to increase knowledge of best practices and work to enhance cross-system collaboration to respond to communities impacted by persistent trauma. This grant will support the contracting of a trauma and resiliency informed content expert (consultant) to facilitate LBTRIT work plan development and implementation processes.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda T. Vu on February 6, 2018 and by Revenue Management Officer Geraldine Alejo on February 9, 2018.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on March 6, 2018, as the agreement m...
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