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First Year Cleveland is a community-wide, data-driven initiative acting with urgency to eliminate racial disparities and prevent our babies from dying. Working together, we are making an impact due to our collaboration with a diverse mix of individuals and organizations from throughout Cuyahoga County. They comprise our FYC Community Action Council.
This group of more than 500 parents and parents-to-be, community stakeholders including health care providers, grassroot entities, public and private entities, faith-based organizations and the philanthropic community, are working on interconnected interventions across our FYC Action Teams.
If you are interested in joining the Community Action Council, please contact us.
Dates of future Community Action Council meetings will appear below. We will keep you apprised of all meetings via email. If you are not currently receiving these e-vitations but would like to, please send us an email with your first and last name and email address. All meetings are currently being held virtually via Zoom.
Below you may access Powerpoint decks, presentations and documents referenced during each of the following Community Action Council meetings. Please note that any data related to 2020 and/or 2021 infant births and deaths are preliminary and unaudited.
Listed below are presentations and documents from First Year Cleveland's Community Action Advisory Council meeting held June 22, 2021.
Powerpoint Decks
Complete Powerpoint presentation
2021 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data (Cuyahoga County Board of Health)
Moving Toward Equity (Dr. art james, First Year Cleveland)
Public Policy Committee Update (Advocacy and Communication Solutions)
Evaluation Results for ODM-Funded Community Based Organizations (Government Resource Center)
Referenced Material
The White House – Executive Order on Advancing Racial Equity
American Medical Assn. – Equity Strategic Plan
Cleveland.com – Establishment of Ohio Task Force on Infant Mortality
Joint Organizational Commitment to Anti-Racism and Racial Equity
Recommendations for Addressing Infant Mortality
Ohio Infant Mortality Reduction Plan
Ohio Commission on Minority Health's Infant Mortality Reduction Plan
HPIO: A New Approach to Achieving Equity in Birth Outcomes
Preventing Infant Mortality in Ohio: Task Force Report (2009)
Listed below are presentations and documents from First Year Cleveland's Community Action Advisory Council meeting held March 16, 2021.
Powerpoint Decks
Complete Powerpoint presentation
Bright Beginnings – Update on State and Local Home Visiting Landscape
Better Health Partnership – Update on Cuyahoga County's Community Pathways HUB
Cuyahoga County Board of Health – Unaudited 2020 and 2021 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data
Advocacy and Communication Solutions – FYC Public Policy and Engagement Committee Update
Referenced Material
Better Health Pathways HUB Care Coordination Agencies
FYC and Our Regional Partners' State Budget Public Policy Priorities
Brookings Institute re Reduction in Births Due to COVID
Guide to Wolstein Center's Mass Vaccination Site
Listed below are presentations and documents from First Year Cleveland's final 2020 Community Action Council meeting held November 10, 2020.
Documents:
Slide Decks (pdf files):
2021-2023 Strategic Plan Update
Q3 2020 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data
FYC Action Team 5 Update: Ohio Equity Institute and Neighborhood Leadership Institute
FYC Action Team 2 (PAIL) Report
Year-End Recognition of Rotating Off FYC Action Team Leads:
Listed below are presentations and documents from First Year Cleveland's third-quarter 2020 Community Action Council meeting held August 11, 2020.
Documents:
How Organizations Can Support the Mental Health of Black Employees
Slide Decks (pdf files):
2021-2023 Strategic Plan Kickoff
Q2 2020 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data
OEI - Identifying Opportunities to Improve Birth Outcomes
Child Fatality / Fetal Fatality Report
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Listed below are presentations and handouts from the First Year Cleveland Q2 2020 Community Action Council meeting held May 12, 2020.
Slide Decks (pdf files):
FYC Activities Related to COVID-19
2019 and Q1 2020 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data
FYC Action Team 4 Update – Prenatal Care and Labor & Delivery COVID-19
Racism as a Public Health Crisis
Handouts:
FYC Mobilizes Collective Action During COVID-19
Recommendations to ODM for Protecting Moms and Babies During the Pandemic
Preliminary 2019 County Infant Mortality & Birth Outcome Data
Preliminary Q1 2020 County Infant Mortality & Birth Outcome Data
"It's Time to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis" document
Listed below are presentations and handouts from the First Year Cleveland Q1 2020 Community Action Council meeting held February 25, 2020.
Slide Decks:
FYC Action Team 1 — Update on Year One Deliverables
2019 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data
Handouts:
400 Years of Inequity Movement – Progress to Date and Next Steps
400 Years Action Summit – Attendee Feedback and Event Speakers
CityLab – Best and Worst Cities for Black Women
It's Time to Declare Racism a Public Health Crisis
Cuyahoga County Infant Mortality and Birth Outcome Data 2015-2019
Cuyahoga County 2019 Infant Mortality and Birth Outcome Data
Overview — 10th Cuyahoga County Conference on Social Welfare, March 13, 2020
Flier – Creating a Culture of Equity Symposium, April 15, 2020
Listed below are presentations and handouts from the First Year Cleveland Q4 2019 Community Action Council meeting held December 3, 2019.
Slide Decks:
Neighborhood Navigation Program
Improve Breastfeeding Support with Underserved Population
Next Steps from 400 Years of Inequity Summit
2018 and Preliminary, Unaudited 2019 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data
CWRU Shubert Center Capstone Presentation: Racism is a Public Health Crisis
The Importance and Action to Ensure Cuyahoga County Census Count is Accurate
Handouts:
Listed below are handouts and presentations from the First Year Cleveland Q3 2019 Community Action Council meeting held September 5, 2019.
First Year Cleveland Recent Highlights
400 Years of Inequity: A Call to Action — Nov. 8-9 Summit at Cleveland Public Auditorium
Preliminary 2019 Infant Death and Premature Birth Data
TAKE ACTION — Medicaid Managed Care / House Bill 11
Listed below are handouts and presentations from the First Year Cleveland Q2 2019 Community Action Council meeting held April 8, 2019.
Richard Stacklin, CCBH: Update on Unaudited 2018 and 2019 Infant Birth & Death Data
Cuyahoga County Unaudited Infant Mortality & Birth Outcome Data 2018-2019
Silas Buchanan: Important Work of the Institute for eHealth Equity
FYC Engagement and Public Policy Committee Update
Terry Allan and Action Team 11 Leadership – Mobilization Strategy
These are the handouts and presentations from the First Year Cleveland Q4 2018 Community Action Council meeting held on January 22, 2018.
FYC Cuyahoga County Board of Health Infant Mortality Data Updates Jan 22 2019
December 2018 Monthly IM Update – FINAL 12.20.2018
2017 Monthly IM Update – FINAL
FYC Dr. Arthur James; and Action Team 3 Cortisol Research 012219
These are the handouts and presentations from the First Year Cleveland Q3 2018 Community Action Council meeting held on September 12, 2018.
FYC Q3 2018 Handouts Community Action Council 091218
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