Health Work Group

National Community Development Institute
Lower San Antonio (LSA) Collaborative
Health Work Group Meeting

Tuesday, October 1, 2002

The Health Work Group of the Lower San Antonio (LSA) Collaborative met with National Community Development Institute (NCDI) to determine a budget for and possible partners in implementing strategies, and to address technical assistance needs and resources from the Casey Foundation. Six participants attended the meeting including representatives from the Alameda County Public Health, Alameda Alliance for Health, La Clinica de la Raza, Urban Strategies, Family Life Resource Center and SACDC.

Following up from the previous meeting, the group discussed their concerns about not having residents involved in this phase of the process. While it became understood that it would be too late to bring residents to the table right now, alternative ways of getting residents involved were suggested:

• Have representatives from agencies take information back to each community organization
• Have residents participate in health fares
• Implement parenting classes
• Conduct community meetings that are issue-based for initial input from residents

Other concerns regarding money for such outreach efforts, tackling specific issues while still addressing outcomes, and Casey’s documents not being representative of the needs and views of community residents were also expressed.

The following summary describes the tasks accomplished:

1. Improve access to healthcare (physical, mental, and dental)
   1. Culturally- and linguistically-appropriate services (programs, materials, etc.) and providers similar to the Promotores Model, Asian Health Services, etc.
      • Cost: under $10,000
      • Possible Partners: Asian Health Services, Lao Family Center
   2. Provide more ELS classes in LSA area
      • Cost: $10,000
      • Possible Partner: Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
   3. Media generated campaign
      • Cost: under $10,000 (need money for PSA’s and a communication strategy for the collaborative)
      • Possible Partners: Soulbeat, KQED, the San Antonio Newspaper
   4. Improve capacity for existing clinics to serve: reduce waiting lists, secure space, secure funding, increase number of doctors
   5. Co-located services
   6. Improve management of respiratory illness, e.g. asthma
   7. Increase community heath-based events, e.g. health fairs
   8. Implement a dental van
   • Cost: $200,000
   9. Provide free day at the dentist (La Clinica)
   • Cost: $100,000 minimum
2. Improve access to healthcare insurance
   1. Culturally- and linguistically-appropriate services (programs, materials, etc.) and providers similar to the Promotores Model, Asian Health Services, etc.
      • Cost: under $10,000
      • Possible Possible Partners: Asian Health Services, Lao ?
   2. Provide more ELS classes in LSA area
      • Cost: $10,000
      • Possible Partner: Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)
   3. Media generated campaign
      • Cost: under $10,000 (need money for PSA’s and a communication strategy for the collaborative)
      • Possible Partners: Soulbeat, KQED, the San Antonio Newspaper
   4. Improve management of respiratory illness, e.g. asthma
   5. Secure funding for more county/application assisters to enroll more eligible LSA residents
      • Cost: $60,000 (2 fte)
      • Possible Partner: Alameda County Social Services
3. Promote healthy behaviors
   1. Provide health education services, e.g. parenting classes, domestic violence programs, HIV/STD counseling/education, general heath education
   • Cost: $60 - $70k (money for 2 fte)
   • Possible Partners: Family Life Resource, La Clinica
   2. Implement a Community Garden
      • Cost: under $10k
      • Increase access to low-cost nutritional foods
      • Possible Partner: Farmer’s Market
   3. Media generated campaign
   • Cost: under $10,000 (need money for PSA’s and a communication strategy for the collaborative)
   • Possible Partners: Soulbeat, KQED, the San Antonio Newspaper
   4. Train people from the community to be “health promoters”
   • Cost: $20k
   • Possible Partner: La Clinica
   5. Implement health fairs
   • Cost: under $20k
   6. Increase access to physical/healthy activities: Softball Program at Garfield Elementary, swimming pool in LSA, skating rink, midnight basketball, soccer league, teen and family centers that are safe
   • Possible Partner: Roosevelt Health Center, San Antonio Park, San Antonio Recreational Center

TA Needs

• Coordination
  • Planning Support
  • Follow-up
• Information on implementation (how to implement and provide support)
• Resource development support
• Equipment and tools support (e.g., laptops)
• Training
  • Cross-cultural/cultural competency
• Budget
  • Translation

Next Steps

1. General report will be sent to Casey on October 24th
2. Uwi will forward these notes to the group