Getting started

These items are short-term actions that can be undertaken with relatively little expenditure and will help lay the groundwork for the longer-term actions that follow.

Create and maintain a database of publicly-accessible facilities that could house health and human service providers.
Facilitate partnerships to provide for the location of health and human service providers in existing community centers and other publicly-accessible facilities.
Convene citywide consortia on health care and human services that meet regularly and include stakeholders from public, private and nonproﬁt sectors.
Direct public health funding to expand outreach to and enrollment of eligible residents in low-cost or free insurance programs.
Advocate for the Neighborhood Place at the Mahalia Jackson School to be fully implemented.
Ensure that all available funds for child care are drawn down from state and federal sources.
Expand outreach to all eligible families to receive Child Care Development Vouchers.

Narrative

Below is a more detailed narrative of the various goals, strategies and actions highlighted in the "Summary" chart.