Office of Prevention
Services Task Force
On September 15, 2021, the Board adopted a new motion to explore the establishment of a County Office of Prevention Services by convening a task force chaired by the Executive Director of Racial Equity.
The task force will be responsible for providing recommendations on a governance structure for a comprehensive community-based prevention services delivery system across County services, with the goal of delivering upstream interventions to address the social determinants of health and improve overall well-being for adults, children, youth, and families. As a Brown Act body, the task force is subject to all the provisions and requirements therein, to conduct open and public meetings.
Motion Deliverables
Governance Structure Governance Structure
Prioritize provisions in the 2018 report and Recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee for immediate, mid-term, and log term implementation
Funding Analysis
A comprehensive Countywide funding streams analysis, with information provided by impacted departments and reviewed by CEO Budget, that will detail existing funding available for Countywide prevention services to support the implementation of a full-scale Countywide coordinated prevention strategy.
Prevention Metrics
A set of guiding prevention metrics, principally informed by an equity centered framework (i.e., life course, racial equity, or social determinants of health) which reflect how County residents’ lives were made better as result of receipt of prevention services.
Reimagining Health And
Safety For Families And
Children
The Board motion calls for recommendations to establish a centralized entity to oversee, manage, and coordinate Los Angeles County prevention services. It also invites us to radically reimagine the entire County structure by centering anti-racist principles and an equity-driven lens. The County now has an opportunity to shift our collective work from a reactive to proactive lens – with the opportunity to transform fundamentally how our institution operates, provides services, and commits to reducing health inequities that disproportionately impact Black, Latino/a/x, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, low-income and other communities experiencing disadvantage.
To achieve this task, the task force will engage in four main phases including preparation, initiation, planning and design, and implementation.
Prevention Services Task Force Meetings
The Task Force wants to hear from you!
The Prevention Services Task Force is currently conducting a survey to support the development of the County’s reimagined vision for prevention and promotion. This survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and will help ensure that the Task Force’s recommendations to the LA County Board of Supervisors are aligned with the needs of our communities. We welcome all community members, including County staff and community-based service providers, to participate and provide your input:
Subscribe to the Task Force Meeting Calendar
To add upcoming Prevention Services Task Force and Table meetings to your personal calendar, please use the following iCalendar button:
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Public Comment
For those who wish to provide public comment, you may email prevention-taskforce@ceo.lacounty.gov. Deadline to submit written public comment will be 24 hours prior to the meeting. Please include the agenda item and meeting date in your correspondence.
Committee Structure
Participating organizations will include, but not be limited to: Departments of Children and Family Services, Mental Health, Public Health, Health Services, Public Social Services, and Workforce Development Aging and Community Services; Office of Child Protection; CEO–Homeless Initiative; the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority; the Los Angeles County Development Authority; CEO – Poverty Alleviation Initiative; the Los Angeles County Office of Education; County Counsel; First 5 Los Angeles; and the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children & Families.
Members of these organizations include, but are not limited to:
- Task Force Chair: D’Artagnan Scorza, Ph.D.: Executive Director, Racial Equity, CEO – Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative
- Songhai Armstead, J.D.: Executive Director, CEO – Alternatives to Incarceration
- Carlos Benavides: Community Member with Lived Expertise*
- Meredith Berkson: Director, Systems and Planning, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
- Yahniie Bridges: Community Member with Lived Expertise*
- Jackie Contreras, Ph.D.: Acting Director, Department of Public Social Services
- Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.Ed.: Director, Department of Public Health
- Alicia L. Garoupa, LCSW: Chief of Wellbeing and Support Services, Los Angeles County Office of Education
- Christina Ghaly, M.D.: Director, Department of Health Services
- Tyrone Howard, Ph.D., M.Ed.: Director, UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children & Families
- Tamara Hunter, DSW: Executive Director, Commission for Children & Families
- Kelly LoBianco: Director, Department of Economic Opportunity
- Tracie Mann, MPA: Chief of Programs, Los Angeles County Development Authority
- Minsun Meeker, MPP: Assistant Executive Director, Office of Child Protection
- Carrie Miller, Ph.D.: Executive Director, CEO – Poverty Alleviation Initiative
- Angela Parks-Pyles: Deputy Director, Department of Child and Family Services
- Erica Reynoso: Acting Executive Director, LA County Youth Commission
- Fran Sereseres: Community Member with Lived Expertise*
- Kanchana Tate, LCSW: Mental Health Clinical Program Manager, Department of Mental Health
- Cheri Todoroff, MPH: Executive Director, CEO – Homeless Initiative
- Laura Trejo, DSW, MSG, MPA: Director, Aging and Disabilities Department
- John Wagner, MPA, MPP: Executive Vice President, Center for Child and Family Impact, First 5 Los Angeles
