News Release from: City of Beaverton
CITY OF BEAVERTON AWARDED $1.6 MILLION CDC COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION GRANT FOR HEALTH PARTNERSHIP
Posted: October 2nd, 2012 2:48 PM
- Governor Kitzhaber endorses innovative health initiative -
The city of Beaverton has been awarded a $1.6 million grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The grant will fund the Beaverton Community Health Partnership (BCHP), an innovative, city facilitated consortium of diverse health care providers specializing in medical care, behavioral and public health, social services, and professional health education.
"This ground-breaking project will provide improved health care access for our community," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "It will also support workforce training in multiple health care fields and should lead to better overall health for our citizens. We sincerely appreciate CDC's leadership in supporting this significant effort."
This grant is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Community Transformation Grants (CTG) to support public health efforts to reduce chronic diseases, promote healthier lifestyles, reduce health disparities, and control health care spending in small communities.
Over the past two years, the city and its partners have been working to design and establish a comprehensive system of co-located health care services that breaks down health care silos and integrates them in a practical way.
BCHP partners receiving funding include:
* Community Action of Washington County: Services include healthy homes, energy conservation, affordable housing, and the prevention of homelessness
* Lifeworks Northwest: Provides adolescent through adult mental health services, as well as drug and alcohol dependency care
* Pacific University: Provides health care related training in classroom and clinical settings
* Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center: Delivers preventative primary care and wellness services
* Washington County Health and Human Services Division: Provides prevention, protection and support services county-wide
* Washington County Disability, Aging & Veteran Services Division: Serves disabled, aging and veteran needs county-wide
CDC funding will support four complementary approaches made by the BCHP.
1. Continue relationship building among partners, as well as coordinated policy changes within partner organizations that collectively fight obesity, reduce the frequency of diabetes, and lower the incidence of heart attack and stroke in the community.
2. Create a health element in the city's comprehensive plan, ensuring that the community develops in a way that focuses on improving the social determinants of health that impact overall quality of life.
3. Develop a health and wellness facility in Beaverton that will implement the city's updated comprehensive plan and provide seamless health care to the community.
4. Foster a public outreach process that allows citizens to participate in the creation of a health and wellness facility and new health policies.
In May 2012, Governor Kitzhaber officially designated the BCHP an Oregon Solutions (OS) Project because of its unique and innovative approach.
"The BCHP clearly fits the Oregon practice of finding solutions, bold leadership and strong partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and nonprofits," said Governor John Kitzhaber. "The BCHP and the innovative model it proposes will leverage the work of the Oregon Health Authority and Coordinated Care Organizations. This ultimately results in healthier people, better overall health care service and a new replicable model of health care delivery."
The OS-BCHP project team includes:
* Department of Human Services
* Kaiser Permanente
* Oregon Health Authority
* Portland State University Community Health
* Providence Health and Services
* Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
* Vision Action Network
* Washington County Commission on Children and Families
* Women's Healthcare Associates, LLC
"This pioneering effort represents an unprecedented public-private partnership," said Mayor Doyle. "We appreciate CDC and our visionary partners--this is very much a shared success."
The city would also like to thank the following leaders who have been strong supporters of the Beaverton Community Health Partnership:
* Governor John Kitzhaber, MD
* Senator Ron Wyden
* Senator Jeff Merkley
* Senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward
* Senator Mark Hass
* Representative Tobias Read
* Representative Earl Blumenauer
* Representative Suzanne Bonamici
* Bruce Goldberg, Oregon Health Authority Director
* Andy Duyck, Washington County Board of Commissioner Chair
Overall, HHS awarded approximately $70 million in prevention grants to 40 awardees focused on improving the health of small communities across the nation. Administered by the CDC, the CTG Program is a comprehensive prevention and wellness initiative launched in 2011 and funded through the Affordable Care Act's Prevention and Public Health Fund. These new funds will support areas with fewer than 500,000 people in neighborhoods, school districts, villages, towns, cities, and counties.
For more information, please contact Don Mazziotti, community and economic development director, at dmazziotti@BeavertonOregon.gov or 503-526-2422.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
Beaverton enjoys one of the most diverse populations among Oregon cities. Most recently, the city was awarded the 2012 Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton has been named one of the safest cities in the Pacific Northwest for three consecutive years, as one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency'
s Green Power Communities, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. For more information, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cityofbeaverton.
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