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Mission: To Improve birth outcomes for perinatal families in the target zip codes of 90802, 90805, 90806, 90813, and 90744 by identifying gaps, coordinating services, and eliminating barriers and enhancing the capacity of the community to work together.
Vision: All pregnancies will lead to a healthy birth outcome through improved community awareness and utilization of perinatal support resources.
Collaborative Values
- Creativity
- Communication
- Inspiring others to become involved
- Commitment to continuity of services
- Commitment to the collaborative process/consistency of involvement
The Long Beach/Wilmington Best Babies Collaborative efforts will be aimed at:
- Informing the community of the existence and mission of the collaborative
- Recruitment of agencies and programs to participate in the collaborative, in order to improve coordinated service delivery
- Addressing the disconnect as well as the gaps, by providing a system for coordination
- Individual Centralized Case Management with Public Health Nurse
Project Director: Pamela Shaw
Contact Persons: Yolanda Salomon-Lopez
Long Beach/Wilmington BBC Partners:
- Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services
- Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
- St. Mary Medical Center, Families in Good Health
- Wilmington Community Clinic
- The Children’s Clinic, Serving Children and Their Families
- St. Mary Medical Center, Mary Hilton Family Clinic
- Latino Diabetes Prevention and Management Program
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