As many of you know, The California Endowment (TCE) has selected City Heights as one of 14 communities in which it will focus significant resources over the next 10 years through its Building Healthy Communities Initiative. Please find below ways for residents and organizations to get involved in the next steps of this exciting initiative. And don't forget to check out our new Healthy City Heights blog for what's new!: healthycityheights.blogspot.com.

The Resident Selection Committee

On April 15, 11 residents and 6 alternates were drawn from random from a group of 83 interested volunteers on the steps of the City Heights library to serve on the Resident Selection Committee, which met on May 4 and 11 to select the members of the Oversight Committee. The organizations selected for this Oversight Committee are below.

The Planning Oversight Committee

The purpose of the Oversight Committee was to assist Mid-City CAN in developing the detailed plan of activities and budget necessary for a successful 9-month planning process. Organizations selected by the Resident Selection Committee to participate on the Oversight Committee selected one representative to attend three meetings through the end of May. The following 11 organizations have been chosen to participate on this committee; please click each organization's name to view its Oversight Committee application.

Submitting The California Endowment Proposal

On April 30, Mid-City CAN submitted the draft proposal requested by TCE to review our work to date and begin processing of the 9-month planning grant funds. This draft served as a placeholder until more detailed decisions were made by the Planning Oversight Committee during their meetings May 18, 26, and June 1, which resulted in the detailed planning process proposal approved by the Mid-City CAN Coordinating Council on June 2. Spanish, Somali, and Vietnamese translations are now available.

1. Affordable Housing Advocates
2. Alliance for African Assistance
3. American Lung Association of California
4. Azalea Park Neighborhood Association
5. Catholic Charities, Diocese of San Diego
6. Center for Community Solutions
7. City Heights Community Development Corporation
8. Consensus Organizing Center
9. Council of Community Clinics
10. County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Central Region
11. Employee Rights Center
12. Environmental Health Coalition
13. Hamilton-Clark ELAC
14. Harbor Presbyterian Church
15. Home Start
16. International Rescue Committee
17. Izcalli
18. La Cuna, Inc.
19. La Maestra Community Health Centers
20. Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.
21. National Conflict Resolution Center
22. Nile Sisters Development Initiative
23. Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties
24. Price Charities
25. Project Concern International
26. Proyecto de Casas Saludables
27. Rady Children's Hospital Foundation
28. Resounding Joy, Inc.
29. Reality Changers
30. San Diego Association of Governments
31. San Diego Coastkeeper
32. San Diego County Childhood Obesity Initiative
33. San Diego Family Care
34. San Diego Futures Foundation
35. San Diego Public Library
36. San Diego Science Alliance
37. San Diego Unified School District
38. San Diego Youth Services
39. Scripps Mercy Hospital
40. Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
41. Somali Family Service
42. Tariq Khamisa Foundation
43. The Meditation Initiative
44. transcenDANCE
45. UCSD School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Development and Community Health
46. WalkSanDiego
47. YMCA of San Diego County

Guiding Principles of Resident Engagement for Momentum Teams now available in English, Burmese, Somali, Spanish and Vietnamese! House meeting leaders, momentum teams, and resource teams met on August 20 to finalize resident engagement plans. The result was consensus on a comprehensive set of resident engagement guidelines for momentum teams to use in their work with residents. Guidelines were the result of combined input from six separate resident engagement plans; one from each momentum team and one from house meetings leaders. These plans were all combined through the Institute of Cultural Affairs process into one final document that incorporated the best of each plan and allowed for maximum flexibility in serving our diverse community. The Mid City CAN Coordinating Council Building Healthy Communities Subcommittee reached consensus on these guidelines August 24, 2009.

 

Planning Updates Resources
Where We've Been

Learn more about the initiative's 10 outcomes here.

 

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