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o, S ANTS <br />CITY . 1 1 1 1 <br />U 1� <br />Lt�FQR� <br />Councilmember-Requested Item Report <br />DATE <br />June 18, 2024 <br />TOPIC <br />CalOptima Health Street Medicine Program <br />COUNCILMEMBER-REQUESTED ITEM TITLE <br />Discuss and Consider Providing Direction to the City Manager on the Interest in <br />Launching a Street Medicine Program with CalOptima <br />DISCUSSION <br />Santa Ana, like Garden Grove, Anaheim, and Costa Mesa, has a significant population <br />of individuals living in unsheltered spaces. Many of these individuals are in dire need of <br />the comprehensive healthcare services that your street medicine program provides. By <br />bringing this program to Santa Ana, it will serve to complement our efforts associated <br />with our programing in assisting the unhoused and indigent community. With a <br />CalOptima partnership, Health members receive the primary care, behavioral health <br />support, and case management services necessary to improve their health and stability. <br />SUBMITTED BY <br />Mayor Valerie Amezcua <br />CITY ATTORNEY ACTING CITY MANAGER CITY CLERK <br />Sonia R. Carvalho Alvaro Nunez Jennifer L. Hall <br />20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA - P.O. BOX 1988, M31 - SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702 <br />TELEPHONE (714) 647-6900 - FAX (714) 647-6954 - www.santa-ana.org <br />