Meeting Information

planning

6/12/07 Asthma Task Force Sustainability Meeting notes

Breathe California (Anjali Nath, Linda Civitello-Joy, Stephanie Manfre, Krista Ward, Karen Licavoli-Farnkopf); SFDPH (Karen Cohn); ARC (Gloria Thornton); RAMP (Kate Lorenzen)

I.                    Overview –

a.       Task Force is vulnerable to budget cuts

b.      With exception of SFGH project, all the good projects from task force will end with funding

c.       How can we sustain the task force by 1. Finding a home for the projects and 2.  Providing a voice for the community?

                                                               i.      Stakeholder interviews – will they work with us legislated or not

                                                             ii.      Sept 2007 – Task force will be asked to make decisions

II.                 Staff and Resources –

a.       Past Roles and Future Roles of Breathe California , SFDPH and ARC.

                                                               i.      Breathe California – Providing staffing. Fiscal agent for CAFA grant. Reports, Funds, Meetings with CAFA.  Glue for overlap among committees

                                                             ii.      ARC – Original Bay View Task Force – Community based organization to support HERC program that came out of task force

                                                            iii.      SFDPH – Oversees city funds and provides staffing for projects ( Nan and Gail DPH employees).

b.      Benefits of Legislation vs Non Legislation

                                                               i.      Legislation:  Autonomy, Prestige and City Funding, Accountability for members to do work.

                                                             ii.      Non-Legislation: Flexibility, Meet 2* year?

c.       Coalition vs Individual Partners doing good work

                                                               i.      Coalition:  Creates political community, coordinates activities/shared strategy, place for networking/increase efficiency

                                                             ii.      Individual Partners:  Will do work anyway, will collaborate anyway, less time spent in meetings

III.               SWOT of Various Scenarios:

a.       1. S:  Access to general funds W:  General funds are time consuming O:  Employees and Staff, Link to hospitals T: Relies on SFDPH administrative commitment and staff interest/time

b.      2. S:  Aligns with mission, flexibility with funding sources, advocate freely. W:  Conflicting needs between task force and other programs? No, mutually benefitial.  O:  Funding beyond grants (50% of programs funded by other sources.) T:  Autonomy of Task Force? C: 

c.       3.  S:  Flexibility, low overhead, fiscal agent for projects in clinical. Link for medical piece.  W:  Small, largest grant $25,000. O:  Link with CPMC.  Healthy Families living in Healthy Homes Newsletter.  Community Benefit Relationships.T:  Sustainability of organization