Meeting Information

planning

San Francisco Asthma Task Force

Planning Committee

MINUTES

12/5/07

Attendees:  Gloria Thornton, Karen Cohn, Neil Gendel, Anjali Nath, Stephanie Manfre

1. ATF Fiscal Matters
   1. Expenditure from Board of Supervisors

                                                               i.      12% across the board cuts expected

                                                             ii.      Do we need to begin any advocacy to ensure reallocation of funds?

1.      Karen already put in EH budget that we intend to continue with same allocation

                                                            iii.      Scheduled to meet with Health Commission – R. Guy interested in using “Unnatural Causes” movie.

1.      Gloria reported that meeting was very interesting and may be a way to expand our perspective a bit

                                                               i.      CPMC – in progress, met today, getting ready to prepare mailing (1 of 4); second part is conducting the focus groups planned for January; Working on going to IRB with proposal for a similar project

                                                             ii.      KP Grant – Joanna has done about 70% of stakeholder interviews

1.      2 paid exams will be reserved for KP project participants

                                                            iii.      CAFA Report Card funding – Karen has almost finished this. May want to show each of values in comparison to state level; Suggested to have someone come and talk about state’s Burden of Asthma report to ATF.

                                                           iv.      Other grant opportunities/funding – part of funding plan for ATF should be able to anticipate how funds will continue to support staffing beyond June ‘08

2. Sustainability
   1. Reviewed November meeting issues and outcomes
   2. Stephanie has a meeting set up with the new aide in Supervisor Maxwell’s office
   3. Rajiv was excited about the vote to extend ATF
   4. Draft ordinance language for ATF extension – look at previous legislation
   5. Ask Supervisor Maxwell to get a co-sponsor – ask her opinion
   6. Karen working with clerk to update vacancy notice
3. Media Activities – being used as needed; Will have translated version of PSA ready for World Asthma Day;
4. Committee Issues/Projects
   1. ATF Environmentally Healthy schools flyer – there is no plan for distribution currently; Karen informed that we were invited to the SFHP membership committee to talk about housing initiative.  Might want to talk about this as well.

                                                               i.      ACTION ITEM: Put on January Schools Agenda for an hour to develop an outline for a distribution plan.  EJ mini-grants from SFE are available for Bayview.

5. Updates/Announcements
   1. Report from APHA 2007 – putting slides on APHA website; need to strategize around data entry for emergency care plans.  ACTION ITEM: Put this on the January Schools Agenda.  Bring up at DAT. Schedule a Tools for Schools workgroup meeting.
   2. Report from CAFA Annual Meeting – relevant info was announced in Environmental Committee Meeting.
   3. Other Announcements

                                                               i.      Karen informed Charity Care working group on what they should support – green cleaning products and support; Requested to send PHNs to AAE conference – not very interested; Karen requested that they ID who doesn’t have asthma educators and sponsor someone from those clinics

                                                             ii.      BHSF will be going to Jan-March Charity Care meetings to help make the two processes overlap

6. Prep for January 28, 2008 ATF Meeting
   1. Sustainability

                                                               i.      Funding plan to be presented by Breathe CA – have Karen Licavoli join us

                                                             ii.      Draft ordinance – talk about seats

                                                            iii.      Scope