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City of Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services

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Program Funding: Healthy Births
 

The City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) was established in 1906 to address public health and human service needs in the City of Long Beach. These services focus on the promotion of wellness and the prevention of communicable disease. Our mission for over one hundred years has been to improve the quality of life of the residents of Long Beach by addressing public health and human service needs and by promoting a heatlhy environment in which to live, work and play. The Health Department offers many services such as Birth and Death records, Laboratory and Environmental Health services, Clinics (Immunization, Travel, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Family Planning & STD), Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health programs (Foster Care, Public Health Nurses, Best Babies Collaborative, Medi-Cal Outreach, African-American Infant Health Program, Smile Bright-Dental Health), Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP), Family and Social Services, Animal Care Services, Community Safety and Emergency Preparedness.

Contact Information:
2525 Grand Ave.
Long Beach, CA 90815
1 562-570-4291
http://www.longbeach.gov


Funding For:

Healthy Births Initiative/Long Beach-Wilmington Best Babies Collaborative    The Long Beach-Wilmington Best Babies Collaborative's (LB-W BBC) mission is to improve birth outcomes for perinatal families using a centralized Case Management approach in the target zip codes of 90802, 90805, 90806, 90813, and 90744. With this coordinated service, we identify gaps, coordinate services, eliminate barriers, and enhance the capacity of the community to work together. Our collaborative values of creativity, communication, inspiring others to become involved, commitiment to continuity of services, and committment to the collaborative process/consistency of involvement keep the seven partners woven together. The official contract is through the City of Long Beach. Other collaborative partners include: Long Beach Memorial Medical Center; St. Mary's Medical Center/Families in Good Health; St. Mary's Medical Center/Mary Hilton OB Clinic; and Wilmington Community Clinic.