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Children’s Trust and Alachua County briefed on literacy needs assessment and $600,000 youth‑health RFP with community health worker component
Summary
The Children’s Trust and Alachua County heard that the county issued an RFP (closes May 30) for a youth‑health program with a community‑health‑worker component and $600,000 allocated; trustees also received a Lassinger Center presentation on a countywide comprehensive literacy needs assessment intended to span ages 0–18.
Alachua County’s Children’s Trust and county commission received updates Tuesday on two initiatives the board called complementary: a youth health request‑for‑proposals that includes community health workers and a countywide comprehensive literacy needs assessment led by the Lassinger Center.
County staff said the youth‑health RFP (closed May 30) includes $600,000 and explicitly encourages proposals that incorporate community health workers (CHWs), mobile health services and partnerships that serve both Gainesville and rural communities. Commissioner Prizzi and other board members said the pilot funding currently comes from revenue‑recovery dollars…
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