Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

  • Contact Name: Cynthia Freeman, senior program director
  • Partners: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Child360; Amita Swadhin Consulting, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  • Capacities: Technical assistance; capacity building; program management; curriculum development; contracts/sub-contracting

We are in our sixth year supporting the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) in building and fostering community resilience as a more effective way to deal with emergencies in the county. Reaching into numerous and diverse communities and departments related to DPH, we have supported the training of transgender and non-conforming people of color to work with frontline staff at homeless shelters; overseen work preparing families of children with severe disabilities for disasters; assisted with plans and guides for Medical Reserve Corps members and offered cultural sensitivity training.

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National Science Foundation (NSF) Big Data Project

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