Angels Child Care Food Program (CCFP)mission statement: Educate and train licensed day care providers to provide healthy nutritious meals that will promote life long eating habits in a child. Angels CCFP service licensed daycare providers in the Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties with a nutrition educational and reimbursement progam. Angels CCFP plays a vital role in improving the quality of daycare and making it more affordable for many low-income families. Providers receive nutrition training and monitoring visits every four months to assure that they are providing the required meals to children in their care. Each day thousands of children receive nutritious meals and snacks made possible through our program. More on this client...
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Aztecs Rising promotes peace, self-sufficiency and quality of life for youth, adults and families through gang intervention, violence prevention, case management and job readiness services. Aztecs Rising seeks to break the cycle of violence in the community so that future generations can succeed. Through its innovative programs, Aztecs Rising helps youth and adults become successful, contributing members of their community. While similar in approach, each program of Aztecs Rising works with a unique population and our programs cooperatively work together to provide the best possible services to clients. Services are offered through three programs: Junior Aztec Fire Fuels Program, Aztec Fire Fuels Crew and L.A. Bridges II Gang Intervention Program. More on this client...
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The BE Project is a non-profit that builds healthy communities through healthy kids. The BE project combines healthy lifestyle education and mentorship to inspire kids to reach their full potential and beyond. We aim to promote a healthy lifestyle bringing down obesity and diabetes threats throughout Los Angeles. We are giving back health and physical educations to schools that have lost the funding to give the proper education to our kids. Help us continue to make a difference as we inspire kids through fitness to BE their best. More on this client...
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National Institutes of Health in 1993 to investigate the impact of HIV infection on women in the U.S. The core portion of the study includes a detailed and structured behavioral interview, physical and gynecologic examinations, and laboratory testing every 6 months. The WIHS participants are also asked to enroll in various sub-studies, such as cardiovascular, metabolic, physical functioning, and neurocognition. 2,625 women were initially enrolled with the addition of 1,143 women in 2001/2002. In addition, plasma, serum, lymphocyte, tissue, genital secretion and urine samples are placed in a central repository, and indicated tissues are placed in the AIDS Cancer Specimen Resource. The laboratory of PHFE Principal Investigator Dr. Carl Hanson, at the State of California Department of Public Health, is one of four laboratories nationally, which perform licensed testing to measure HIV viral load every six months for each WIHS participant. More on this client...
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This program is dedicated to raising age-appropriate immunization levels to 90% or greater among infants and toddlers residing in California; ensure that public purchased pediatric vaccines are available to all California children in need; implement and maintain a system to actively recruit and enroll public and private health care providers to offer public purchased vaccines to California children in all local public health jurisdictions. More on this client...
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The California Emerging Infections Program (CEIP), funded under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is one of eleven federally funded Emerging Infections Program (EIP) sites. As part of the EIP network, the CEIP has been an invaluable national resource for surveillance, prevention, and control of emerging infectious diseases since 1994. The local, state, and federal partners who make up CEIP include: the departments of public health of the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Francisco and of the City of Berkeley; the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health; the U.C. San Francisco School of Medicine; the northern California Kaiser Permanente Health Care organization; the California Department of Health Services Division of Communicable Disease Control; CDC; the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The EIP network aims to be a national resource for surveillance, More on this client...
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The California STD Controllers Association (CSTDCA) is the organization of public health officials in the State of California who are responsible for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted diseases in each of their local jurisdictions. CSTDCA is dedicated to furthering the mission of STD prevention and control in California and to improving the overall health, including the sexual health, of Californians. CSTDCA advances those goals by educating public health officials and the public about STDs and advocating for resources and policies that contribute to STD prevention and control. The active membership of CSTDCA includes the STD Control Officer of each local health jurisdiction in California, who have voting privileges. Nonvoting members include other public health officials involved in STD prevention and control activities at the local level. The Executive Committee of CSTDCA includes a president, a secretary-treasurer, and seven at-large members. CSTDCA interacts regular More on this client...
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California Wellness Walk will raise awareness of diabetes in 11 to 13 year olds through community-based outreach by walking 750 miles from San Diego to Sacramento in early 2010. The goal of the California Wellness Walk is to raise awareness at a community level and encourage children to be more active to combat the increasing prevalence of diabetes. The long distance walk across California will be punctuated by 5-10 Community Wellness Festivals. The festivals will showcase physical activities and healthy eating in the area and provide an opportunity for communities to rally together. Leading up to the festivals, there will be school programs targeted at 11 to 13 year olds. These school programs will focus on teaching importance of diabetes and empowering the young students with the knowledge that they can influence their future. The school programs will provide a forum for fellow classmates to inspire each other through discussions about what they do to stay active. The program is plan More on this client...
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The California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN) is statewide technical assistance and training organization dedicated to supporting youth and young adults by advocating for a tobacco-free California. CYAN provides tobacco control professionals and young people with tools and resources to advocate for tobacco-free communities. CYAN’s Youth Program is working to eliminate tobacco use in youth-rated films while also supporting communities in adopting and enforcing local tobacco retail licensing ordinances. The College Program works locally, statewide, and nationally to eliminate tobacco use and industry presence on colleges and universities by advocating for tobacco-free campus policies. Project UNIFORM, CYAN’s Military Program, seeks to create a collaborative bridge between military tobacco cessation programs and services offered by the state of California and at the national level as a means to decrease the number of service members who use tobacco. The College and Military Programs work c More on this client...
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We are an Early Start FRC serving families who have infants and/or toddlers with disabilities. We serve the areas of Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, Lomita, Wilmington, San Pedro and parts of Carson. We offer a 24 hour helpline, a bilingual parenting/disability related lending library, free brochures and early intervention handouts, monthly support group in Spanish, parent to parent support, parent education workshops and community outreach. We also facilitate the Harbor Area Early Intervention Council bimonthly meetings More on this client...
The overall objective of this 4-State CDC cooperative agreement is to enhance newborn screening (NBS) data collection using established population-based birth defects surveillance and/or newborn screening programs. We hope to demonstrate the feasibility of collecting a core set of standardized variables to assess health utilization and health status characteristics of infants with a common set of hereditary conditions. Enhancing information systems will develop state capacities to conduct long-term follow-up by enabling coordination of care, quality improvement activities and knowledge discovery. More on this client...
The Registry and Surveillance System in Hemoglobinopathies (RuSH) project is sponsored by the NHLBI and CDC, a collaborative agreement including six states. Our goal is to improve care and quality of life for Californians with hemoglobinopathies (including sickle cell disease and thalassemias as well as other rare disorders) by determining how many people in the state have these conditions and what the impacts are to them. We will use administrative data to help establish the prevalence of the disorders and complications within the state, and then work with community based organizations and health care provider groups to establish a registry for interested patients, as well to provide education and referrals to services through the outreach component of the project. More on this client...
The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program (IBTPP) is a high-visibility Departmental activity of national scope and impact because its orphan drug BabyBIG® (human Botulism Immune Globulin, licensed October 2003) has become the standard-of-care for paralyzed, critically-ill patients with infant botulism, as well as a recognized treatment for a domestic bioterrorist attack that uses botulinum toxin as a weapon. The high national profile of the program is also a consequence of its interactions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Massachusetts Public Health Biologic Laboratories, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense, all California local Health Departments, and approximately 200 major university, children's and community hospitals nationwide. More on this client...
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Our mission is to bring child care, business, and community development sectors together to support and streamline the process of developing child care facilities in Orange County. Our vision is to be a strong and diverse group of community partners working together to ensure the availability of affordable, quality child care for families in Orange County. More on this client...
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Clean Needles Now (CNN)'s mission is to support the human rights of drug users and their communities, especially the right to protect their own health. CNN serves a highly marginalized population of Injection Drug Users with dignity and respect and provides them with user-driven, low-threshold direct services, outreach and advocacy. Our commitment to having former and current users on staff ensures that the user’s perspective is always a prime consideration. CNN has provided needle exchange and has served the health and wellness needs of Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Los Angeles since 1991. CNN’s harm reduction program was founded by a small group of dedicated AIDS ACT UP Activists and Artists who, through their acts of civil disobedience, demanded and implemented these vital the first syringe exchange services in Los Angeles. Since then the founders of CNN and their followers have operated high-volume, uninterrupted syringe exchange service. CNN’s strength lies in its ability to p More on this client...
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Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa was founded in 1990, as a countywide coalition of public and private agencies, citizen advisory groups and private sector representatives dedicated to providing Meals on Wheels services to homebound seniors. The only agency in Contra Costa County providing meals for homebound elders, Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa will subsidize over 150,000 meals to almost 550 homebound clients this year. By raising funds from generous individuals, groups and foundations, Meals on Wheels of Contra Costa bridges the widening gap between decreased government funding levels for Meals on Wheels services and the growing population of homebound seniors. More on this client...
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The Network for a Healthy California - Los Angeles Region encourages healthy eating and improved physical activity habits of low-income populations in an effort to reduce the risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer and obesity. The nutrition education services target the estimated 1.35 million Los Angeles County residents at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level. The Regional Network consists of Regional Campaigns and Programs that achieve impact through a variety of channels such as workshops, festivals, health fairs, food demonstrations, and media promotions including television, radio and print. The Regional Network also encourages collaboration among our many stakeholders by organizing the Los Angeles Collaborative for Healthy Active Children, which includes over 100 agencies working together to prevent childhood obesity through education and support for healthy lifestyles in our communities. More on this client...
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The Early Literacy Program promotes reading to children every day to build language and learning skills for life. Access to books and information provided to parents on the importance of early literacy has been some of our most effective strategies in equipping underprivileged children with the tools they need to succeed in school. Our activities help young children in Orange County, California and their families improve achievement of literacy in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. More on this client...
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This program receives State funding through the Department of Developmental Services to provide parent-to-parent support and assist families of young children with developmental delays or at high risk for developmental disabilities, from birth to three years of age in the East Los Angeles area. Also, the program provides emotional support and assistance to families needing access to community services. More on this client...
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The Freedom Prizes will address the challenge of oil dependence using American ingenuity and the spirit of competition. We will be awarding almost $4 Million in Freedom Prizes to inspire Industry, Schools, Government, and Communities to significantly reduce their use of oil, thereby promoting American national security, economic prosperity and health. More on this client...
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HOAC's main initiative is the Project Collaboration Research Initiative (PCRI), which consists of a secure, statewide virtual private network hosted by Verizon Business Systems that is installed with the integrated voice, Web and video conferencing capabilities of Interwise Connect. Health officers in 61 jurisdictions throughout California, as well as the State Health Officer, will be granted access to the system. In many cases, it will be the first time jurisdictions are given the opportunity to apply virtual meeting technology to their capabilities for contagious disease control. More on this client...
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Heartfelt Cardiac Projects provides cardiac screening in order to save lives from preventable tragedies due to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD). Echocardiograms (ECHO) and Electrocardiograms (ECG/EKG) are offered for a nominal tax deductible donation, per screening. More on this client...
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In The Zone Tobacco-FREE Project advocates for smoke-free policies at multiple housing units and at outdoor non-dining worksites. We participate in community events and conduct presentations. The project collects surveys and petition signatures from community members, MUH residents/owners/managers and employee's/ supervisors/managers/business owners who support our objectives. We also provide educational materials/trainings and collaborate with local tobacco-free programs. In The Zone recruits and trains volunteers who support our actitivies by providing presentations and conduct our survey and petition campaigns. Our project also advocates at the local level at city council meetings to offer education to encourage the adoption of policies to help offer a tobacco-free environment at multi-housing units and at outdoor non-dining worksites. More on this client...
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The Office of Women's Health (OWH) was created in 1998 by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to improve the health status of underserved women in Los Angeles County by providing education, promoting, resources programs and policies that are helpful and responsive to women, and increasing access to culturally competent, comprehensive health services. Since its inception, the OWH has been a catalyst for change. It serves as a focal point for community collaborations, and strategic planning advocating for comprehensive and effective approaches to improving women's health. The OWH also specializes in targeted educational and screening campaigns, with a hotline providing outreach to low-income, underserved women in 7 languages-English, Spanish, Armenian, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese. More on this client...
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The Los Angeles Family AIDS Network (LAFAN) is a collaborative organization whose mission is to facilitate access to medical care and support services for HIV-infected and affected women, infants, children, and youth through a high-quality, family-centered network of culturally and linguistically competent community providers. Throughout its 18-year history as a Title IV grantee serving Los Angeles County, LAFAN has coordinated a wide range of HIV services in collaboration with over 30 providers in our region that have provided essential support for more than 6,000 unduplicated HIV-infected individuals. In collaboration with its partners, LAFAN has developed formal and informal mechanisms for coordinating and integrating services, and for maximizing the value of available resources. The LAFAN Title IV network is a collaborative, partnership-based agency whose goal is to expand the quality and length of life for low-income HIV-infected and affected women, infants, children, and youth in More on this client...
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The Orange County Health Needs Assessment (OCHNA) is a community based, not-for-profit collaborative effort serving the 2.9 million people located in Orange County, California. OCHNA is the primary source for health data needs, providing the largest health assessment of its kind at the county level in the State. OCHNA not only collects vitally important health needs information but works with their clients to integrate the information into real world applications by providing consulting services and individualized attention and focus. Client Partners include but not limited to the following: County of Orange Health Care Agency; For Profit and Not-For-Profit Hospitals; Licensed Community Clinics; Multiple Foundations and Nonprofit Community Based Organizations -Including the AIDS Services Foundation, Children and Families Commission, March of Dimes and the Orange County Department of Education. More on this client...
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The Riverside County Community Health Agency oversees the activities of the Department of Animal Services, Department of Environmental Health, and the Department of Public Health. More on this client...
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The City and County of San Francisco have worked for many years with PHFE to advance research in the development of HIV Vaccines. Funded by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, and the participation of private corporations, PHFE has made it possible through its management skills and low costs to help advance this research by assuring participating agencies maximum return on the research dollar, and relieving the research institution of the burden of administrative detail, legal obligation, and delay in meeting schedules by expediting human resource services, purchasing, travel, acquisition of supplies and equipment, and through maintenance of contractual records. More on this client...
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The purpose of this program is to promote, facilitate, develop, and enhance local capacity for Chlamydia awareness and prevention through a process of community-health department collaboration and partnership; facilitate and/or enhance local syphilis elimination efforts and activities; enhance local capacity in general STD prevention and control. More on this client...
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STDTest.org is low cost STD testing program funded by, and operated in partnership with, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, STD Prevention and Control branch. More on this client...
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The mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, HIV Prevention Section is to reduce HIV infection through promoting health and enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the conditions affecting their health. We accomplish this through partnerships with community members and community-based organizations that provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate services designed to decrease risk for HIV. More on this client...
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Since 1995, the Shoreline Center for Eating Disorder Treatment (Shoreline) has exemplified clinical excellence in the treatment of eating disorders. Recognizing the value and individuality of every person they treat, the staff of Shoreline is dedicated to to helping individuals recover from the debilitating obsessions and fears related to food, weight, perfectionism and self-worth that accompany Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. Shoreline's treatment programs are guided by an unyielding desire to assist in the healing of the whole person and provide exemplary physical, emotional and spiritual care for every patient and their family. In addition to its commitment to treating eating disorders, Shoreline is socially responsible, working to expand access for underserved populations locally and regionally. Through Shoreline's scholarship program, individuals in need of treatment who would otherwise go without are able to receive the care and counseling that they need. Shoreline is also dedicate More on this client...
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Soul Food For Your Baby's mission statement is to revive the art of breastfeeding among African American women through systems change and culturally competent media, educational and community outreach. The major goal is to revive the tradition of breastfeeding in the African American community by making breast milk the first and only "soul food" of African American babies for at least the first six months of life. This will lead to improved health and well-being among African Americans in infancy and over the life course. More on this client...
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It is the goal of The Ray of Life Project to enhance California's emergency preparedness and strengthen the Chain of Survival from Sudden Cardiac Death. By initiating public deployment of AED's, we will increase survival rates significantly. Any group, business, organization or individual can help save lives by establishing Public Access to Defibrillation through an AED program. The Ray of Life Project seeks to help others do just that. The project offers assistance in developing all aspects of an implementing an AED or PAD program at home, at work or in the line of duty. Each year, over 350,000 American die from Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Two out of three victims die outside of a hospital. Public Access to Defibrillation could save up to 60% of those lives. The Ray of Life Project arose from the tragic and untimely death of Raymond Roberts Jacobson at the age of 39 from Sudden Cardiac Death. As, Director of Emergency Medicine at a Southern California Hospital, he saved lives every day. Th More on this client...
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The SOL (Saving Our Legacy) Project works collaboratively with restaurants, bars, and nightclubs frequented or owned by African Americans and African immigrants to help them enact smoke-free policies in their outdoor dining areas. As more stringent laws have come into effect in California, more businesses are eager to protect their customers from secondhand smoke from tobacco smoke. More on this client...
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Violent crime and victimization has become a part of life for many youth in the United States. The Violence Prevention Coalition of Orange County (VPC-OC) was established in 1996, and is the only county-wide affiliation of businesses, community organizations, public and private agencies, and individuals seeking to promote violence prevention through a public health model. The mission of VPC-OC is to promote the health and wellness of our community by reducing norms and establishing non-violence as a desired behavior by fostering communication and partnerships among the community members. More on this client...
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The Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program (PHFE-WIC) is a nonprofit agency that has been providing WIC services in the Los Angeles and Orange Counties for over 25 years. Fifty WIC Centers are strategically located in high-density areas of need throughout the two counties serving approximately 316,000 clients every month. PHFE-WIC is the largest local WIC agency in the country, serving approximately 4% of the nation’s total and 25% of California’s total WIC participants. Eighty-one percent of the clients served by PHFE-WIC are Latino, 9% are African-American, 5% are Caucasian, 4% are Asian and <1% are Native American. WIC provides services and written information in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cantonese, Armenian and Korean. PHFE-WIC is operated by a team of health professionals who, over the past 25 years have transformed the clinics from two mobile teams who served 2,500 participants into 50 store-front WIC Centers, each serving from 3,000 to 10,000 participants More on this client...
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