South LA Building Healthy Communities
Background
The California Endowment Foundation launches “Building Healthy Communities,” a 10-year strategic plan to support healthy living, in 2010. Building Healthy Communities targets 14 districts throughout California in the initial phase, including the South Figueroa-Vermont-Manchester Corridor. Map.
The Initiative begins with a planning process that continues through June 2010. CHC was chosen to lead the planning effort by the thirty organizations that responded to the Initiative in South LA and The California Endowment.
Join Us
All community members and stakeholders are invited to join in the planning process. Residents should complete this form to receive further information. Organizations are asked to complete this form. Current Planning Committee Membership. Visit The California Endowment’s Building Healthy Communities website for detailed information on the initiative.
Goals
The planning process engages local residents and leaders from the non-profit, faith, business and public sector to identify potential policy initiatives and administrative changes to achieve the following ten outcomes:
- All children have health coverage
- Families have improved access to a Health Home that supports healthy behaviors
- Health and family-focused human services shift resources toward prevention
- Residents live in communities with health-promoting land-use, transportation and community development
- Children and their families are safe from violence in their homes and neighborhoods
- Communities support healthy youth development
- Neighborhood and school environments support improved health and healthy behaviors
- Community health improvements are linked to economic development
- Health gaps for boys and young men of color are narrowed
- California has a shared vision of community health.
Vision for South LA
A
healthier future is possible for South Los Angeles when all men, women
and children are empowered and supported to make healthy choices in a
resource environment built on equity and justice. A healthy community
is an economically- viable and thriving community that is sustainable
and socially just; where residents, especially those most marginalized
and at risk, businesses, faith organizations, and public institutions
agree all people are equal and are working together to achieve systems
and policy change through civic engagement.
Our vision is that
all residents in South Los Angeles have access to quality-driven,
coordinated systems of health, mental health and social services;
affordable and healthy housing; neighborhoods free from violence,
crime, and environmental pollutants; safe and readily accessible places
to play, exercise and relax outdoors; abundant healthy food options; a
quality education with access to academic support and personal
development; and local employment opportunities that provide stable
jobs and meaningful career possibilities.
Contact
For more information on South Los Angeles Building Healthy Communities, contact Sadio Woods, Community Liaison at 323.295.9372 x219 or via e-mail.
