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Grant for the Health Equity and Literacy in OC Initiative <br />July 20, 2021 <br />Page 2 <br />1 <br />9 <br />1 <br />6 <br />1) Increase collaborative capacity of the City of Santa Ana and an established <br />partnership, the Orange County Health Equity COVID-19 Community-Academic <br />Partnership. <br />2) Develop a Disparities Impact Statement as a framework for designing, <br />implementing and evaluating interventions. <br />3) Implement a sustainable Health Literacy Plan incorporating National Culturally <br />and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) Standards. <br />4) Engage with a Minority Serving Institution (UC Irvine) to conduct rigorous <br />evaluation with periodic reporting and quality improvement recommendations to <br />all partners. <br />Through these four objectives, HEAL-OC will work to accomplish the following <br />outcomes: <br />1)Capacity – Co-develop with community partners and stakeholders a Disparity <br />Impact Statement as a framework to guide the development, implementation and <br />evaluation of a Population Health Literacy Plan. <br />2)COVID-19 Education – Develop and implement a Population Health Literacy <br />Plan to deliver linguistically and culturally appropriate COVID-19 education and <br />resources to Latino and AAPI residents in the targeted communities. <br />3)COVID-19 Services – In the first 6 months, achieve a 25% gap reduction in <br />COVID-19 testing and vaccination access for 4th quartile Social Vulnerability <br />Index areas in Santa Ana, compared to the rest of the county. By the end of the <br />project period, achieve a 50% gap reduction and achieve a 50% increase in the <br />proportion of residents with a confirmed vaccination in an information system. <br />4)Health Literacy Surveillance – Establish a Health Literacy Working Group <br />including at least 4 community health centers and conduct baseline <br />measurement of Healthy People 2030 health objectives. <br />5)Health Literacy Intervention – Co-develop and implement a feasible, culturally <br />competent intervention at two community health centers. <br />6)Health Literacy Outcome – By the end of the project period, achieve Healthy <br />People target values for health literacy objectives or reduce the gap between the <br />baseline value and the target value by at least 20%. <br />Award of $4,000,000 for HEAL-OC <br />In June 2021, the City was notified by HHS that the City would receive a $4,000,000 <br />award to implement HEAL-OC. The award will be dispersed to the HEAL-OC partner <br />organizations as follows: