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.

LOCAL INITATIVES PROGRAMWE 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. COMMUNITY ECONOMIC MOBILITY INITIATIVE CEMI IS AN INNOVATIVE EFFORT TO ADVANCE EQUITY, INCLUSION AND THE GOALS OF FEDERAL AND STATE CLIMATE-RESILIENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WWW.SHFCENTER.ORG/PROGRAMS-AND-INITIATIVES/COMMUNITY-ECONOMIC-MOBILIZATION-INITIATIVE-CEMI/1) PROVIDES GRANT FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO LEVERAGE PUBLIC FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.2) STRENGTHENS THE CAPACITY OF NONPROFITS TO ADDRESS DISPROPORTIONATE AND HISTORIC ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT DISPARITIES IN UNDER-RESOURCED AND BIPOC COMMUNITIES.3) ESTABLISHES NEW POLICY FRAMEWORKS AND PRACTICE MODELS THAT INCREASE AND SUSTAIN NONPROFIT ENGAGEMENT IN RECOVERY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS AND ENSURE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM RECOVERY INVESTMENTS4) ORGANIZES ACROSS FUNDER AND INTEREST AREA PORTFOLIOS TO LINK AND LEVERAGE THE IMPACT OF INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE INVESTMENTS MADE BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERS.5) ASSESSES THE SCOPE AND IMPACT OF ENHANCED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INFLUENCE WITHIN AND ACROSS SELECTED ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE-RESILIENT REGIONS.VACCINE EQUITY CAMPAIGN THE 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 VACCINES.STOP THE HATE STOP THE HATE WORKS TO END HATE CRIMES IMPACTING ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AFRICAN AMERICANS, LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, AND OTHER RACIAL, ETHNIC, AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES BY EQUIPPING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WITH RESOURCES TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO HATE INCIDENTS, AND TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THE CENTER'S STOP THE HATE WORK FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY REGION AS PART OF A LARGER STATEWIDE INITIATIVE. REDUCTION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEATHS BLACK CHILD LEGACY CAMPAIGN WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON REDUCTION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEATHS, A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN BODY OF DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO REDUCE DEATHS AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. THE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED BY A RESOLUTION OF THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN JUNE 2013. IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN DIE AT TWICE THE RATE OF ANY OTHER ETHNICITY. BLACK CHILD LEGACY CAMPAIGN WORKS TO END THIS DISPARITY BY REDUCING AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD DEATHS RELATED TO INFANT'S SLEEPING SAFELY, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, PERINATAL CONDITIONS AND THIRD PARTY HOMICIDES. CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE THE CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY JUSTICE (CAYCJ), FISCALLY SPONSORED BY SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION: CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, IS A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO DRASTICALLY REDUCING INCARCERATION AND IMPROVING OUTCOMES FOR SYSTEM-INVOLVED YOUTH IN CALIFORNIA. CAYCJ WAS CREATED TO: SHARE OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES TO TRANSFORM THE JUVENILE JUDICIAL AND INCARCERATION SYSTEMS. 1) TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE A STATE PLATFORM FOR SYSTEM AND POLICY CHANGE THAT UNITES THE VISION, WISDOM AND COLLECTIVE STRENGTH OF PEOPLE WORKING IN LOCAL COUNTIES, REGIONS AND/OR STATE WIDE. 2) TO SUPPORT THE INDIVIDUAL WORK OF ALLIANCE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH AND FURTHERS THE PLATFORM/AGENDA OF THE ALLIANCE. 3) TO SPONSOR A FEW SPECIFIC INITIATIVES AND/OR CAMPAIGNS AIMED AT ACHIEVING THE ALLIANCE'S PLATFORM GOALS. 4) TO AMPLIFY THE VOICE OF SYSTEM-INVOLVED YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES. 5) TO SUPPORT YOUTH LED AND DEVELOPED POLICY PROPOSALS. AFRICAN AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT SINCE JANUARY 2021, SACRAMENTO COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES HAS PARTNERED WITH THE CENTER AT SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE WELLNESS PROGRAM'S OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT AND PREVENTION SERVICES FOR BLACK COMMUNITIES OF SACRAMENTO. THIS PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY WAS CALLED THE TRAUMA-INFORMED WELLNESS PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING TRAUMA INFORMED THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TO BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED. THIS PARTNERSHIP ENTAILED COMBINING TWO CONTRACTS FROM SACRAMENTO COUNTY'S DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOTH WITH THE GOAL OF PROVIDING FREE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES TO BLACK COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SOME OF THOSE SERVICES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: 1) HEALING CIRCLES 2) CASE MANAGEMENT 3) RESOURCE NAVIGATION 4) GRIEF COUNSELING AND GROUP THERAPY 5) TRAUMA INFORMED THERAPEUTIC SERVICES

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.

ELEVATE YOUTH CALIFORNIA ELEVATE YOUTH CALIFORNIA IS A STATEWIDE PROGRAM THAT INVESTS IN YOUTH LEADERSHIP, HEALING AND POLICY, SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES HARMED BY THE WAR ON DRUGS TO PREVENT YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE. FUNDING AND CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS WORKING WITH YOUTH ADVOCATES TO BUILD THEIR POWER AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS, HELPING STRENGTHEN A MOVEMENT THAT ELEVATES CALIFORNIA'S YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS.