Health & Human services

Beginning in late 2021, the City of Long Beach’s Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) created a Health Equity Investment Framework to distribute recovery funds centering communities with the greatest health disparities highlighted by COVID-19. The Health Department sought to create an investment model that would center community, speak to multiple stakeholder groups, amplify strategic planning and encourage a neighborhood-level approach to capacity building.

The goals of the Framework include:

• Creating a model which serves to align investments with strategic plans and needs assessments.
• Driving investments that make a positive impact on population health outcomes through addressing health inequities.
• Strategically aligning with the City of Long Beach's Racial Equity and Reconciliation Initiative.

Applying the Health Equity Investment Framework 

Use the worksheet and questions below to pull together strategies, reflect on internal processes and incorporate opportunities to build the capacity of organizations and communities in your local area.

Health Equity Investment Framework Application Tool

• What are the key strategies to prevent the condition?
• What are the key strategies to address impacts?
• Thinking about who is working on this now, what investment approach makes sense to get funding to where it's needed?
• What are the opportunities to build capacity of organizations and invest in communities/neighborhoods?
• How can you make it easier for groups to access these investments?

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