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RESOLUTION NO. 21R-08-182: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL APPROVING THE ADVANCING HEALTH LITERACY TO ENHANCE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY RESPONSES TO COVID-19 AGREEMENT 1 CPIMP211250-01-00 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH PARTNERSHIPS AND A SUBAWARD WITH NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY DESIGNATED AS THE MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTION; PROVIDING FOR THE AWARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS) TO THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,875,000.00; PROVIDING TERMS AND CONDITIONS; PROVIDING AUTHORITY TO SIGN ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE (REQUESTED BY CITY MANAGER, DESORAE GILES-SMITH).
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Request Action:
A resolution is requested from the City Commission to approve the Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community responses to COVID-19 Agreement 1 CPIMP211250-01-00, Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with partnerships and Subaward with Nova Southeastern University designated as the Minority Serving Institution.
Need:
Lauderhill's Advancing Health Literacy grant will provide Culturally and Linguistically appropriate Literature on the necessity of testing, vaccinations and prevention practices for ethnic and minority populations that include subpopulations with limited English Proficiency (LEP) identified per Census Track Block level data as Creole and Spanish. Per Lauderhill Fire Department from February to March 2021 59% of Seniors 65 and over received vaccinations, however; from March to April 2021 only 750 residents 18 and older had received a vaccination.
Summary Explanation/ Background:
US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) announced the availability of funds under the authority of 42 USC Section 300u-6 (Section 1707 of the Public Health Service Act) and the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (P.L> 116-260). The Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFA) was only provided to Local Government as the eligible entities to apply and implement evidence-based health literacy strategies that are culturally appropriate to enhance COVID-19 testing, vaccinations, and other prevention practices in racial and ethnic minority populations. The local government had to partner with a Minority Serving Institution as listed on HHS website and create partnerships with stakeholders within the community. Nova Southeastern University, an eligible institution, responded to the City's solicitation for a Subaward and the established partnerships from the City's LHPP initiative will satisfy the grants requirement for community engagement. The City of Lauderhill received $3,875,000 to use Healthy People 2030 objectives to provide: (1) Health literacy materials using National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically appropriate Services (CLAS Standards) translated into Creole and Spanish, (2) PEMAT-P (Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool for Printable Materials) for understandability, word choice, visual aids (3) "Teach-Back" Curriculum given by partnership focus groups, (4) Teach Effective Communication practices for individuals and their health care providers (5) Establish a Cultural linguistic Competency Subcommittee with members of the targeted subpopulations (Haitian and Spanish), and (6) Lauderhill with Nova to publish reporting interventions that were successful. Funds will be used to reimburse staff salaries, marketing, equipment, supplies, subawards, translation services and printing services.
Attachments:
1. Agreement
2. Budget broken down by year
3. Subaward Agreement with Nova Southeastern University
4. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for partnerships
Cost Summary/ Fiscal Impact:
$3,875,000 grant award
Estimated Time for Presentation:
Master Plan:
Goal 1: Clean, Green Sustainable Environment
[ ] Increase mass transit ridership [ ] Reduce City energy consumption
[ ] Reduce water consumption
Goal 2: Safe and Secure City of Lauderhill
[ ] Crime in lower 50% in Broward [ ] Residents feel safe in neighborhood
[ ] Reduce emergency fatalities
Goal 3: Open Spaces and Active Lifestyle for all ages
[ ] Increase participation in youth sports [ ] Add new park land and amenities
[ ] Increase attendance at cultural programs and classes
Goal 4: Growing Local Economy, Employment and Quality of Commercial Areas
[ ] Increase commercial tax base [ ] Increase employment in Lauderhill businesses
[ ] Decrease noxious and blighted uses in commercial areas
Goal 5: Quality Housing at all Price Ranges and Attractive Communities
[ ] Neighborhood signs and active HOAs [ ] Housing & streets improved, litter reduced
[ ] Increase proportion of single family homes and owner occupied housing
Goal 6: Efficient and Effective City Government, Customer Focused & Values Diversity
[ ] Improves City efficiency [ ] Increase use of Information Technology
[ ] Increases residents perception of Lauderhill as an excellent place to live