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pnm^rMiM THE CITY OF /I 6c AGENDA REPORT �,(�- CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES pLEASANTON. JOINT MEETING PPP HFAUNION UNIFIED SCHOOL DISDJR April 27, 2015 TITLE: PLEASANTON HEALTH INITIATIVE -TRI-VALLEY HEALTH FAIR IN PLEASANTON RECOMMENDATION Receive information regarding the Pleasanton Health Initiative and the Tri-Valley Health Fair in Pleasanton. SUMMARY The 2011 Eastern Alameda County Human Services Needs Assessment: Findings Report indicated the need to ensure access to health related services and to embrace the growing diversity in the region. The Pleasanton Health Initiative was designed as a joint project between the City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) to address this need. As one approach to meet this need, the Health Fair serves as a gateway to make contact and engage especially the underserved communities to provide health screening, linkage, and healthcare enrollment to 200 families in Pleasanton. BACKGROUND The City of Pleasanton and Pleasanton Unified School District participate together in the Alameda County Tri-Valley Youth and Family Opportunity Initiative which is funded through Measure A. The goal of the initiative is to strengthen the capacity of the Tri-Valley region to provide a continuum of high quality, accessible school-linked health and wellness support to youth and families experiencing poor health and educational outcomes. The initiative is based on evidence that there is a critical link between children's healthy development and educational attainment, ultimately impacting long term health outcomes. Additionally, it is recognized that families are the most fundamental factor influencing the lives and outcomes of children and that supported and supportive families are critical to reversing health disparities. The Pleasanton Health Initiative has been granted $16,666 from Measure A, a portion of which will cover the costs of the Health Fair. DISCUSSION Planning for the Health Fair is underway. City and PUSD staff convened a focus group of parents and teens from the community we are seeking to serve; several meetings have been held to elicit ideas of what the community would like provided at the event. The focus group has requested that both children and adults be able to participate in the services to be provided. Services and information requested by the families include immunizations, medical and dental screenings, mental health screening, nutrition