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Supervisors Approve Prevention Infrastructure Model to Transform Life Outcomes for Residents

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors July 25 unanimously approved Supervisors Holly J. Mitchell and Lindsey P. Horvath’s motion to adopt an inaugural Brown Act body comprised of county department leaders. 

This Brown Act is a countywide vision — for prevention and to establish the infrastructure through the prevention and promotion systems governing committee — for department leaders to collaborate to improve the conditions necessary to foster well-being for Angelenos and solve risk factors that lead to individuals engaging in government systems like foster care, justice and public social services.

The motion dedicates an initial investment of $5 million to establish the infrastructure committee that will include Los Angeles County Departments of Public Social Services, Child and Family Services, Homeless Initiative, Mental Health —  and other relevant departments and partners —  tasked with aligning the county’s prevention strategies into a well-coordinated model equipped to: catch residents before they fall into the county’s safety net, lessen the time and negative effects residents experience within government services and programs and demonstrably improve outcomes for communities through a transparent process for public input and accountability.

A prevention services task force was assembled in 2021, through a Board of Supervisors directive calling for bold recommendations to address racial disparities and prevent harm within the county’s government systems — which account for the largest foster care and jail system in the world. Today’s motion to establish a shared prevention vision and infrastructure model is one of the key calls-to-action provided by the taskforce along with additional recommendations reflected throughout the ten directives of the motion.

 

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