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| Little 5 / Big 5Led by San Francisco’s Department of Public Health and supported by the Mayor’s office through HOPE SF, Little 5/Big 5 will bring together cross-sector partners to coordinate care delivery methods for and with families. ***“It is clear that many low-income families have been shuffled in and out of multiple and only marginally beneficial safety net and regulatory systems,” said Ken Epstein, Ph.D., LCSW, Director of Children, Youth and Families for San Francisco Department of Public Health, “and the patchwork of services meant to help strengthen families remains highly fragmented. To see real benefit for these families, we must better organize and deliver care.”***Knowing that achieving this vision will require a dramatically changed case management and service delivery system, the “Little 5/Big 5” project will begin with a small number of families living in San Francisco public housing to pilot an aligned service delivery method potentially capable of breaking the cycles of poverty and trauma across generations. The project’s name is a description of the collaboration’s intention to start small (the “little 5”) and scale up to support systematic policy changes (the “big 5”) necessary to impact 500, let alone 5,000 families.Right now, families use a multitude of services, but there is little coordination between departments or agencies. Little 5/Big 5 will coordinate a single, integrated, and family-centered case management plan that builds on HOPE SF, San Francisco’s signature public-private neighborhood development and anti-poverty initiative. Through targeted, responsive, trauma-informed supports that put family at the center of care, the team will create aligned social, educational and economic opportunities for these families, and help them make better use of support services and family and community assets currently available.The pilot will be rigorously evaluated to allow for real-time changes in service delivery. Little 5/ Big 5 will also ensure that care providers are trained so that signs and symptoms of trauma are recognized early and treated within families. The goal of the pilot is for public and private partners across multiple sectors to develop a new methodology for serving these families.  ***“Our greatest achievement will be at the pilot’s conclusion,” said Theodore Miller, Director of HOPE SF, “when a new methodology can be taken to scale that changes our educational and social systems for the good of all families seemingly entrapped in cycles of generational poverty.”***  ---    Picture   ---   The CollaborationThe Little 5/ Big 5 family services pilot builds on the existing HOPE SF Collaborative. It is led by Theodore Miller, Director of HOPE SF in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Kenneth Epstein, Director of Children, Youth, and Families in the Department of Public Health, and Ellie Rossiter, Director of the Partnership for HOPE SF at The San Francisco Foundation. With multiple layers of services, there are many partners in the collaboration, including:  * The San Francisco Foundation (representing 18 philanthropic partners) * The Mayor’s Office * San Francisco Department of Public Health * San Francisco Unified School District * San Francisco Office of Housing and Community Development * San Francisco Juvenile Justice * San Francisco Human Services Agency * San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development * San Francisco Housing Authority * San Francisco Department of Children Youth and Families * The Walter & Elise Haas Fund * Enterprise Community Partners * First 5 San Francisco * Bridge Housing * Urban Strategies, Inc. * Mercy Housing * Bayview YMCA | Picture   photo: Liz Hafalia, San Francisco Chronicle﻿The Problem﻿  * Most residents living in HOPE SF (public housing in San Francisco's Southeast Sector) are young, with limited education, disconnected from formal labor markets, and seemingly trapped in generational poverty. * Almost three quarters of able-bodied adults are unemployed, $14,000 is the average annual income, and 53% of students are chronically absent from school. * ​Despite a substantial safety net and abundant community organizations in San Francisco, there currently exists no integrated case management model for sustained and systemic family intervention.  ---    Picture     ---    **For more information, contact:**Ellie RossiterHOPE SF Initiative Officer & Campaign DirectorThe San Fransisco Foundation 415-733-8578,  |
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| Oakland Starting Smart and Strong Initiative     The Oakland Starting Smart and Strong Initiative believes that all children, regardless of race or family income level, deserve to start school ready to succeed. Preschool literacy skills predict both 3rd grade reading success and high school graduation rates, yet in Oakland public schools less than half of all children of color begin school kindergarten-ready. Led by the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and the Oakland Public Education Fund, the Oakland Starting Smart and Strong Initiative is tackling this problem head on, starting with the city’s youngest learners. The 45-member task force, part of a 10-year project supported by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, includes funders, advocates, service providers, and district staff all working to ensure kindergarten readiness for every child. While there are many factors involved with a child developing these skills, Oakland Starting Smart and Strong will pilot a program with African American boys focused on racial and economic gaps and the effects of trauma on early childhood. Over two years, approximately 50 African American boys from Oakland’s Martin Luther King Child Development Center and Emerson Child Development Center will be served as part of the pilot. “***Improving Oakland’s early childhood education system will improve education at all levels for students,” said Ray Mondragon, Oakland Unified School District Deputy Chief Academic Officer of Early Learning. “And the place to start is with those whose outcomes need the most attention.”*** Taking a research-based approach, the pilot program will support whole-child development and include mental and behavioral support for children and families, as well as professional development for teachers. The task force will track both short and long-term success, measured by indicators such as attendance at parent workshops, regular home visits by family liaisons, and training for teachers in trauma-informed practices.  The lessons learned and emerging best practices from this pilot will be incorporated into the OUSD’s Early Childhood Education system. Long term, the initiative’s leaders see this pilot as a tipping point for truly understanding how a strong early childhood education can improve the lives of all children as they learn and grow.  ---   The CollaborationThe Oakland Starting Smart and Strong Initiative is lead by Curtiss Sarikey, Deputy Chief of OUSD Community Schools and Student Services, and Brian Stanley, Executive Director of Oakland Public Education Fund. The collaborative is comprised of 45 stakeholders from Oakland’s early childhood education community, including:  * Alameda County Early Care and Education Planning Council * Alameda County Health Care Services Agency * BANANAS, Inc. * City of Oakland, Head Start & Oakland Fund for Children & Youth * City of Oakland, Office of the Mayor * First 5 of Alameda County * Harder+Company Community Research * Jewish Family and Children's Services of the East Bay * Kenneth Rainin Foundation * Lotus Bloom * Mills College, School of Education * Oakland Public Education Fund * Oakland Unified School District * The David and Lucile Packard Foundation * Urban Strategies Council | Picture  ﻿﻿The Problem﻿﻿  * A child aged 0-3 in a high income home hears approximately 30 million more words than a child being raised by a family on welfare. ﻿﻿ * Preschool literacy skills predict both 3rd grade reading success and high school graduation rates. * In Oakland public schools less than half of all children of color begin school kindergarten-ready. * In Oakland, 30% of African American 3rd graders were proficient in reading, as compared to 78% of white students. * ​African American boys account for 18% of preschoolers nationally, but represent 42% of preschool students suspended at least once a year.  ---      ---    **For more information, contact:**Priya Jagannathan Oakland Ed Fund  Picture   photo: Hasain Rasheed |
## 2014 awardees
CavityFree SF
EatSF
The first  grants were awarded in 2014 to EatSF and CavityFree SF. ​
| CavityFree SF    CavityFree SF is committed to eradicating health disparities in childhood oral health and making San Francisco cavity-free.  In 2013, a diverse group of stakeholders, after dedicating years separately tending to the consequences of this unaddressed health problem, came together to collaborate on a coordinated and concerted effort to defeat this preventable disease. Over the course of a year, this group engaged over 50 community-wide stakeholders to develop San Francisco's  to systematically improve children's oral health in San Francisco. This ambitious plan includes:  * Concrete plans for increasing access to oral health care among underserved San Francisco communities. * Ensuring oral health is integrated into San Francisco’s robust medical care systems. * Promoting the importance of children’s oral health to decision-makers, parents, teachers, medical professionals and other caregivers. * Creating citywide evaluation and reporting systems so that progress and challenges are visible to all stakeholders.  ***“Health is a huge influence on a child’s progress and success in school. Poor oral health impacts a child’s development and ability to learn. There are too many children in our schools that suffer in pain due to dental problems, and a focused effort to address this is essential for a healthy and successful future for all our children.” Richard Carranza, Former Superintendent of San Francisco Unified School District***One exciting strategy is to provide basic dental services outside of dental offices, in settings such as schools, neighborhood clinics, and childcare centers. This approach would ensure easy access to dental care for those children who currently do not receive traditional dental services. In order for this innovation to be sustainable, the plan includes efforts to capture Medi-Cal reimbursement available for these services, but currently not being used.  In this way, more San Francisco children can ultimately be served. Showing their deep commitment to collaboration, the CavityFree SF collaborative is co-led by Lisa Chung and Margaret Fisher. Lisa is a public health dentist, Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco’s School of Dentistry, and researcher at UCSF’s Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health. Lisa is deeply committed to population-based oral health promotion and building community collaborations.Margaret Fisher, RDHAP, is the Oral Health Consultant for the Children's Health & Disability Prevention (CHDP) Program at the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Margaret has worked for years to increase access to dental services for the most vulnerable and underserved children and brings a passion to make policy changes to address inequities in children's oral health.  ---   ﻿﻿The Collaboratio﻿n﻿﻿﻿This impressive multi-sector collaboration, a part of the San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership, includes civic, community and university partners, community-based organizations, school district and preschool administrators, medical and dental providers, health professional organizations, and other dental and child health advocates.  Current partners include:  * UCSF * San Francisco Department of Public Health * San Francisco Unified School District * Native American Health Center * Mission Neighborhood Health Center * APA Family Support Services * Mission Head Start * Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco * San Francisco Dental Society * University of the Pacific | Picture  ﻿The Problem﻿  * Tooth decay is the most common chronic childhood disease, but is a largely unrecognized public health crisis. * If left untreated, tooth decay leads to pain and infection resulting in difficulty sleeping, eating, and attending school. * In San Francisco, emergency department visits for preventable dental problems are higher than that for asthma and diabetes combined. * Untreated tooth decay is 2-3 times more common for children of color, and this disparity has worsened since 2000 in the City. * Despite being virtually 100% preventable, over 40% of San Francisco children have experienced this chronic problem by the time they reach Kindergarten.  ---        ---    **For more information, contact:**Lisa Chung, DDS, MPHDivision of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health UCSF415-476-2532;  Prasanthi Patel, MPHMaternal, Child & Adolescent HealthSan Francisco Department of Public Health(415) 575-5706 |  |
| EatSF Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program Fresh Produce For All San Franciscans    The EatSF Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Program envisions a San Francisco where all people, in all neighborhoods, can access and afford fruits and vegetables from their local market. To reach this goal, EatSF created a program of vouchers redeemable at local stores for fresh fruits and vegetables. EatSF is currently supporting over 1,200 low-income households in the Tenderloin, SOMA, and Bayview, with a goal of citywide implementation by 2020. This program not only provides low-income residents with crucial resources to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, but also transforms the marketplace. With more customers buying fresh produce, local vendors are encouraged to increase the variety and quality of fresh fruits and vegetables they offer, benefitting all consumers in the neighborhood. This is important because even small changes in diet can have long-term health benefits. ***“The EatSF program is a win-win. It helps low-income SF residents afford healthy produce, which improves health.  It also helps address food deserts by supporting the ability of food vendors to stock healthy produce.”  Dr. Tomás Aragón, Health Officer, San Francisco Department of Public Health***EatSF has built a network of grocers who accept the vouchers in the Tenderloin, SOMA, and Bayview. Low-income households receive weekly vouchers that are redeemable at participating stores. At the same time, EatSF is putting in place the infrastructure and building the diverse support needed to take the program citywide. EatSF is led by Hilary Seligman, who is Core Faculty for UCSF’s Center for Vulnerable Populations and a physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Seligman is one of the nation's foremost experts on the health implications of food insecurity. EatSF benefits from her deep knowledge and experience, seemly boundless energy, and commitment to improving health by increasing food access and affordability.  ---   The CollaborationEatSF is led by the Center for Vulnerable Populations, in partnership with a diverse group of public, non-profit and private sector partners, including:  * Bayview HEAL Zone * Curry Senior Center * EatFresh.org * Episcopal Community Services * Feeling Good Project * GLIDE * Healthy Retail SF * Leah’s Pantry * San Francisco Department of Public Health * San Francisco General Hospital Foundation * San Francisco Food Security Task Force * St. Anthony’s * St. Francis Foundation * Tenderloin Healthy Corner Store Coalition * Tenderloin Hunger Task Force * Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. * Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic * ​YMCA * 18 Reasons * AIMS Project * Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center * Bayview Hunter’s Point Multi-Purpose Senior Services * Conard House, Inc. * Delivering Innovations in Supportive Housing * Heart of the City Farmer’s Market * Healthy Hearts SF * Hope House * Lutheran Social Services * Mercy Housing * North East Medical Services * Salvation Army * San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium * San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development * Sister Mary Philippa Health Center * South of Market Health Center | Picture  ﻿The Problem﻿  * Diets low in fresh fruits and vegetables are associated with obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some cancers. * Fruits and vegetable intake is strikingly low in low-income communities, with almost 20% of low-income households reporting no weekly purchases of these foods which are critical for health. * Although low-income households face numerous barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption, a primary barrier is the relatively high cost of these foods compared to less healthy alternatives. * ​More than one-third of low-income residents of San Francisco cannot afford nutritious food.  ---       ---     ---    **For more information, contact:**Cissie Bonini, MPAUCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations atZuckerberg San Francisco General415-206-4947 |  |