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Monthly Meeting
6/9/08
Attendees:
Gloria Thornton, Anjali Nath, Vince Fabrice, Dennis Cruz, Sue Watson, Amy Dietz, Marie Hoemke, Peg Strub, Stephanie Manfre, Karen Cohn, Neil Gendel
Minutes were reviewed but approval will be postponed until September meeting
Minutes will be modified. For future minutes will make general references and not name people. Peg motioned to approve minutes, Amy seconded. Unanimous approval of minutes with specified modifications.
Modifications to agenda:
Resignations need to be enforced.
Anjali will check in with Natasha as her absences require her seat to be resigned and ATF would like to assign an different role – to be discussed in Planning Committee.
Non-voting seats that need to be resigned
Ben Heckman – Tenant
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Voting Seats that needs to be resigned
#6 Person with Asthma
#13 Lung Health Organization is vacant
Announcements
Asthma Report Card has been corrected and copies are available.
Gloria and Karen testified at supervisor Maxwell’s hearing at Government Oversight Committee – Healthy People 2010 goals, wants budgets to be prioritized around health. Had a good amount of support. Advocated for Health Commission meetings to be public on TV as all others.
ATF Fiscal Matters, General Fund Add-Back
Detailed expenditure report was submitted to Supervisor McGoldrick (distributed as handout; available upon request).
KBLX and other stations are airing our PSAs
Members will coordinate to determine who can attend in person meetings with Supervisors and who can speak at the hearing on June 19th.
SFHP can take on projects but may not be able to offer specified pools of funding. (i.e. print ads, materials, etc.)
ATF Members will meet on June 12th, 1:30pm at City Hall North Light Court
Grants
Grants have been submitted to Kaiser and CPMC
CPMC is holding a dinner for applicants on Monday, June 23rd to represent ATF
ATF members can attend, please RSVP to Stephanie
Implementation of By-laws
POLL ATF Members about new proposed meeting schedule
Committee Meetings, 4th Mondays at DPH, 4th floor
Schools Committee – 12:00-1:30
Planning 1:30-3:30
Clinical 3:30-5:00
ATF Meetings – Quarterly at City Hall Rm 278
On months where no ATF Monthly Meeting, committee meetings will be held at
On months where ATF Monthly Meeting is being held all meetings will be at City Hall
Environmental Committee Meeting will still meet monthly but will not meet until September.
Anjali will send out a calendar of meetings for the year
Gloria was voted unanimously to continue as the ATF Chair.
RAMP CEED Grant
Only one of 18 centers of excellence to focus on asthma to be funded by CDC. Looking at eliminating disparities. RAMP will focus on outer levels of model.
To reduce environmental triggers in homes, outdoor air, asthma management in schools and child care settings, improve culturally competent clinical care, reducing asthma disparities in African American and Latino communities. Bay Area region focus.
Legacy Grants to focus on one of five goal areas. Should be new projects based on current needs assessments. Can compliment an existing project but not continue a project. Should be part of a strategy for looking at systems change.
BVHP Health Shuttle
Routes, map, schedule and brochures are ready to go.
Taxi vouchers are the next part of the project.
SFHP putting information in the provider newsletter
Adjourned at 3:30pm
