Sierra Health Foundation Center For Health Program Management

THE CENTER BRINGS PEOPLE, IDEAS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TOGETHER TO CREATE A COLLECTIVE IMPACT THAT REDUCES HEALTH DISPARITIES AND IMPROVES COMMUNITY HEALTH FOR THE UNDERSERVED LIVING IN CALIFORNIA.

COVID-19 COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTTHE CENTER AT SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION PARTNERED WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA TO SUPPORT OUTREACH TO MITIGATE THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF COVID-19 ON DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED POPULATIONS AND COMMUNITIES. COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN PROVIDING CRITICAL SERVICES AND INFORMATION TO CALIFORNIANS DURING THE PANDEMIC AND ARE KEY PARTNERS IN CONTINUING TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ACROSS THE STATE.

MAT ACCESS POINTS PROJECTTHE MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) ACCESS POINTS PROJECT IS SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID AND SUBSTANCE USE EPIDEMIC. THE PROJECT CREATES A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THAT LIFTS UP AND MAKES AVAILABLE RACIALLY AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE POPULATION-BASED AND PLACE-BASED APPROACHES FOR CALIFORNIA'S MOST UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. MAT USES MEDICATIONS WITH COUNSELING TO TREAT THE WHOLE PERSON. IT IS CONSIDERED THE GOLD STANDARD OF CARE FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER.

COVID-19 PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNTHE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CENTER AT SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION PARTNERED FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE STATE'S PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF LATINX, BLACK AND OTHER COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCING DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS OF COVID-19. THE CAMPAIGN USED CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH DATA TO PRIORITIZE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND BUILD ON THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY THE STATE. THE CAMPAIGN INCLUDED RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF MESSAGING TO ENCOURAGE CALIFORNIANS TO FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY MEASURES TO KEEP THEM AND OTHERS SAFE AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, AS WELL AS TO PROMOTE PROGRAMS AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT, SUCH AS DISABILITY, PAID SICK AND FAMILY LEAVE.

VACCINE EQUITY CAMPAIGNTHE VACCINE EQUITY CAMPAIGN FUNDS ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) ACCESS TO APPOINTMENTS AND VACCINES, PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION, INTERPRETER SERVICES, CHILDCARE AND OTHER SUPPORTS. AWARDED ORGANIZATIONS LEAD COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THAT HELP VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES GET VACCINATED AND USE MULTIPLE OUTREACH METHODS, SUCH AS THE EXPERTISE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND PROMOTORAS, WHILE BEING LINKED WITH CLINICIANS WHO CAN ADMINISTER THE VACCINESASTHMA MITIGATION PROJECTFUNDED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES, THE ASTHMA MITIGATION PROJECT SUPPORTS LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, MEDICAL PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT ASTHMA HOME VISITING SERVICES, INCLUDING EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGER MITIGATION. THE TARGET POPULATIONS INCLUDE THE BLACK AND LATINX COMMUNITIES, FARMWORKERS, CHILDREN, SENIORS AND OTHERS WHO ARE HIGHLY IMPACTED BY ASTHMAMY BROTHER'S KEEPER (MBK)THE MY BROTHER'S KEEPER (MBK) SACRAMENTO COLLABORATIVE IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE EDUCATIONAL, HEALTH, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FOR LOCAL BOYS AND MEN OF COLOR. MBK SACRAMENTO BRINGS SYSTEM LEADERS, ADVOCATES, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, YOUTH-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS AND YOUNG PEOPLE TOGETHER TO ADDRESS HEALTH, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND JUSTICE SYSTEM DISPARITIES FOR YOUNG MEN OF COLOR THROUGH POLICY ADVOCACY, SYSTEMS CHANGE AND SUPPORT FOR EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS. POSITIVE YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVETHE POSITIVE YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE SUPPORTS YOUTH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING TO TRANSFORM THE YOUTH JUSTICE SYSTEM ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL OUTCOMES OF YOUTH IN THE SYSTEM. MEDI-CAL HEALTH NAVIGATOR PROJECT THE CENTER LED THE MEDI-CAL HEALTH NAVIGATOR PROJECT IN FOUR COUNTIES: AMADOR, CALAVERAS, LASSEN AND SOLANO. FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES, THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE MEDI-CAL ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION.COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTWE LEAD AND ADVOCATE FOR EMERGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN CALIFORNIA BY ADDING VALUE TO COMMUNITIES' COMMITMENT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH STRATEGIES IN UNDERINVESTED NEIGHBORHOODS. SOME EXAMPLES INCLUDE:1) THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY COVID-19 COLLABORATIVE - SAC COLLAB - SUPPORTS COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORTS TO CONTROL THE PANDEMIC. WE HAVE PROVIDED COMMUNITY-RESIDENCE CASE INVESTIGATORS, CONTACT TRACERS, RESOURCE COORDINATORS, BUSINESS NAVIGATORS AND NOW VACCINE AMBASSADORS TO SUPPORT SACRAMENTO COUNTY RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN NEIGHBORHOODS EXPERIENCING THE WORST IMPACTS OF COVID-19. 2) THE BLACK CHILD LEGACY CAMPAIGN IS THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN MOVEMENT ESTABLISHED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEATHS, WHICH IS WORKING TO REDUCE DEATHS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN BY 10% TO 20% IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY.