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Healthy Kids Zone: Advancing Health Promoting Policy & Systems Level Solutions to Community Identified Challenges
Since 2017, Community Health Councils (CHC) has been piloting Healthy Kids Zone (HKZ) which brings together community members within a ½ mile radius of Fremont High School in South LA to work together on advancing healthy promoting policy and systems level solutions...
Community Health Councils’ Spokeswoman MacKenzie Grow Reflects on the Census, the November Election and the legacy of Congressman John Lewis
Activating Community Storytelling to Envision Wellbeing
Since 2017, Community Health Councils (CHC) has been implementing Healthy Kids Zone (HKZ), an initiative that brings together community members within a ½ mile radius of Fremont High School in South LA to work on health promoting policy and systems level solutions to...
Sustainability Plan Recommendations
On June 11, 2020, the Chief Sustainability Office released the first OurCounty Annual Progress Report with implementation updates and recommended next steps for specific actions within the Los Angeles OurCounty Sustainability Plan. This progress report builds on the...
Addressing Food Insecurity: When Communities Come Together
Oceana R Gilliam - Policy and Community Liaison According to the LA Food Policy Council, Los Angeles County is home to the largest population of food insecure people in the United States. Almost 30% of low-income households in the County are food insecure, which...
Best Start Farm Grab and Go!
Community Health Councils (CHC) and SEE-LA (Sustainable Economic Enterprise) are partnering to launch the BEST START FARM GRAB AND GO program, an effort to distribute free food to help the communities in South Los Angeles and Compton who are facing food insecurities...
Funding for community health navigators is needed now more than ever
Community Health Councils joined with maternal Child Health Access in writing an op-ed on the importance of continued state funding for vital healthcare navigation services, for the health and safety of us all.
New Fund for Children & Youth
New Fund Call-Out #1 to provide children and youth policy and project updates along with calls for action and advocacy efforts. Featuring: MacKenzie Grow
LA County Department of Public Health COVID-19 Equity Strategies Comment Letter from Community Health Councils
The LA County Department of Public Health conducted an analysis of COVID-19 cases and related deaths. Their findings show that the rates of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths are higher among African Americans and Latinos and that as income decreases, rates of...