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DPH details neighborhood equity strategy and $5.2 million community funding for testing and care
Summary
DPH presenters outlined an equity‑focused approach to testing, case investigation and vaccine outreach targeting Latinx, Black and API communities and described $5.2 million in community prevention and care funding allocated by neighborhood tiers.
DPH equity and neighborhood leads presented the department's community-centered COVID response to the San Francisco Health Commission, describing targeted testing, multilingual outreach and a funding package to support community organizations.
Isela Ford (District 9/Latinx lead), Nyesha Underwood (population equity liaison) and Melinda Martin (API lead) summarized work in neighborhoods with persistently high positivity and death rates. Staff said they use city case and demographic data (snapshot pulled Jan. 22) to…
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