Valley Care Community Consortium Inc

CREATE HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES IN VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN LOS ANGELES.

LACCCE - LA COUNTY COVID-19 COMMUNITY EQUITY 1.0 [GRANT]: THROUGH THE PHASE 1 OF GRANT PROJECT VCCC WAS ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND ASSIST UNDERSERVED AND VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN PRIORITIZED COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY - SERVICE PLANNING AREAS SPA 2 OF SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEY REGIONS, WITH SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHIC FOCUS AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN NORTH HILLS, PACOIMA, PANORAMA CITY, AND VAN NUYS THROUGH GAIN EQUITABLE ACCESS TO COVID-19 OUTEACH, EDUCATION, VACCINATION ACCESS POINTS AND OTHER ENABLING SUPPORT SERVICES, I.E. WRAPAROUND AND SOCIAL PUBLIC BENEFITS THROUGH THE PANDEMIC IMPACTS. THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BECOME MORE PROACTIVE AND CONFIDENT IN COVID-19 VACCINATION, SERVICES AND ADVOCACY TO HELP THEIR FAMILIES; VACCINE UPTAKES AND EQUITY METRIC MEASURES HAVE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY INCREEASED, HEALTHY CONDITIONS OF COMMUNITIES HAVE IMPROVED. COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIONAL HUB COHORTS, LOCAL HEALTH JURISDICTIONS, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE BEEN VITAL AND PROGRESSIVE TO ELEVATE THE OUTCOME EFFORTS AND MEASURES TO BOOST BEST STRATEGIES, BEST PRACTICES, LEADERSHIP SUPPORT AND MOBILIZED RESOURCES TO FURTHER MEET THE HIGHER COMMUNITY DEMANDS AND CHALLENGES AS NAVIGATING THROUGH INITIAL PERIOD OF RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY. THERE WERE OVER 4,200 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS VACCINATED AND NAVIGATED WITH SUPPORT SERVICES; 12,970 INTERACTIVE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ENCOUNTERS REACHED; OVER 24,000 PASSIVE ENCOUNTERS; 7,200 SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, AND OVER 50 VACCINATION HOSTING EVENTS THROUGHOUT SPA 2 SAFETY NET COMMUNITY CLINICS AND CBO AGENCIES. (PROGRAM SCOPES AND BUDGETED COSTS AND EXPENDITURES ARE EXTENDED TO PHASE 2 IN FY2022)

BLUE SHIELD OF CA - PROMISE - COVID-19 RELIEF [GRANT]: THE GRANT PROJECT VCCC HAS BEEN ELEVATING AND BOLSTER THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, SCOPE OF SERVICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, TRAINING, COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES, PRACTICES AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF SPA 2 NETWORK IN LA COUNTY THROUGH COVID-19 HEALTH EQUITY CAMPAIGNS AND ONGOING CONTINUUM OF NAVIGATING SUPPORT THROUGH THE RECOVERY AND RESILIENCY PERIODS. VCCC AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF INTEGRATING AND IMPROVING ITS SUSTAINABILITY AND ACTION PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESSES THROUGH THE CONTINUATION OF PHASE 2 OF COVID-19 HEALTH EQUITY WORK AND CAMPAIGNS IN 2022. IN 2021, THERE WERE OVER 4,600 INDIVIDUALS/COMMUNITY MEMBERS VACCINATED; OVER 1,400 NAVIGATED, AND OVER 75 REGIONAL HUB COMMUNITY PARTNERS ENGAGED IN THE COVID HEALTH EQUITY COHORTS OF SPA2 (PROGRAM SCOPES AND BUDGETED COSTS AND EXPENDITURES ARE EXTENDED TO FY2022).

PSJ-CRRI - PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HEALTH - COMMUNITY RECOVERY & RESILIENCY INITIATIVE [GRANT]: THROUGH THIS GRANT PROJECT VCCC HAS BEEN ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY SUSTAIN, IMPLEMENT THE HEALTH EQUITY COMMITTEE (HEC)'S PRIORITIES AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO FOCUS ON ITS COHORT'S SCOPE OF SERVICES, CAPACITY BUILDING, PROMOTIONAL AND COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES AND IMPROVEMENT PROCESS WITH SPA 2 VCCC NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNER AGENCIES IN GREATER COLLABORATION AND COORDIANTION THROUGHOUT THE SAN FERNANDO AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS CITIES AND COMMUNITIES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. THE HEC ADDRESSED KEY HEALTH INEQUITY AND DISPARITIES, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DRIVERS AND UPSTREAM, ALONG WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND DEMANDS IN CORRELATIONS WITH HOUSING, FOOD INSECURITY, MENTAL HEALTH, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE SAN FERNANDO AND SANTA CLARITA VALLEYS. VCCC HAS CONTINUED TO SUSTAIN ITS TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, LEADING ROLE IN REGIONAL CONVENING AND COORDINATION TO STREAMLINE AND MOBILIZE THE NETWORK'S LEADERSHIP ASSETS, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE HEALTH EQUITY AND JUSTICE THROUGH COVID-19 PANDEMIC RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE EFFORTS. THE HEC'S IMPLEMENTED AND COORDINATED PRIORITIES AND SERVICES HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVE TO BETTER ASSIST AND NAVIGATE OVER 1,404 UNDERSERVED AND VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO GET COVID-19 BOOSTERS AS WELL AS TIMELY REFERRALS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND OTHER ACCESS POINTS FOR PUBLIC SOCIAL BENEFITS AND OTHER SAFETY-NET HEALTH PROGRAMS, WHILE PRESERVING INTERACTIVE AND COHESIVE COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION THROUGHOUT VCCC'S NETWORK OF OVER 200 COMMUNITY PARTNER AGENCIES IN THE COHORTS (PROGRAM SCOPES AND BUDGETED COSTS AND EXPENDITURES ARE EXTENDED TO FY2022)

CEDARS SINAI - PROJECT HEALING (HEALTH EQUITY, ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIVING) [GRANT]: THROUGH THIS GRANT PROJECT VCCC SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED AND IMPLEMENTED THE PROJECT HEALING IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TO SUBSTANTIATE AND ELEVATE THE ASPECTS AND UPTREAM FACTORS OF HEALTHY EQUITY, IMPORTANCE OF ACTIVE AND HEALTHY LIVING, AND ADVANCEMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH INTEGRATION AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH). THROUGH THIS, CBO NETWORK'S OPERATIONS AND LEADERSHIP HAVE BEEN REINFORCED TO INTEGRATE AND ADOPT THE SDOH PLATFORMS AND IMPLEMETATION STRATEGIES, AND INCORPORATE CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY COMPETENT AND APPROPRIATE APPROACHES, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS IN ALL SCOPES OF SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENT. AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, VCCC PRODUCED THE CASE STUDY REPORT PROVIDING THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE COMMUNITY CLINIC AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER CAN ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT SDOH PLATFORM. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS CONVENED BY VALLEY CARE COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM, ALSO INCLUDING MEMBERS FROM CEDARS-SINAI'S COMMUNITY CONNECT LEADERSHIP. THE COLLECTED DATA FROM THE REPORT BE GATHERED BY A SERIES OF EXPERT INTERVIEWS FROM SENIOR LEADERSHIP, MIDDLE MANAGEMENT AND FRONT-LINE STAFF AT UP TO 5 COMMUNITY CLINIC SITES (PROGRAM SCOPES AND BUDGETED COSTS AND EXPENDITURES ARE EXTENDED TO FY2022)PHS-MHFA - PROVIDENCE HEALTH & SERVICES - MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID [GRANT]: THIS GRANT PROGRAM ALLOWED VCCC TO SUSTAIN ITS COLLABORATIVE CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING, TRAINING SUPPORT AND EXPANDED ACCESS POINTS AND ENABLING THROUGH THE TRAINED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA) PARAPROFESSIONALS, WHO WERE RECRUITED AND SELECTED TO PARTICIPIATE AND OBTAIN MHFA CERTIFIICATION CREDENTIALS WITH EQUIPPED QUANTIFIABLE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TOOLS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO ASSIST AND SERVICE UNDERSERVED AND VULBERABLE COMMUNITIES IN NEEDS OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE THROUGH LIFE JOURNEYS, ESPECIALLY BETTER COPING WITH BEHAVIORAL STRESSORS, BURDENS AND LINGERING CHALLENGES. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 103 COMMUNITY PARTNER MEMBERS/STAFF FROM CBOS, SCHOOLS, AND CHURCHES TRAINED WITH SKILLSETS AND CERTIFIED TO BECOME MFHA INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF EXTENDING ACCESS, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, COUNSELING, AND NAVIGATING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE DEVELOPING A MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, AT RISK OR EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS.