Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** under the gusnip covid relief and…

Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current administration.** under the gusnip covid relief and response (GUSCRR) program, the LOS angeles county department of public health (DPH) will expand its current gusnip produce prescription project in LOS angeles county to include clinic sites from an additional low-income health center system, the venice family clinic (VFC). The university of california, SAN francisco, vouchers 4 veggies - eatsf voucher program will provide the voucher incentives. The expanded goals and objectives of this project (GUSCRR PRX) will include the addition of more than 800PATIENT participants recruited from three clinic sites over three years (2021-2024) at the VFC: simms/mann health and wellness center, rose clinic, and irma colen health center. Eligibility criteria for the PRX will include patient enrollment in medicaid (medi-CAL in california), patient having screened positive for food insecurity, and have either prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. VFC is a non-profit, federally qualified health center that operates 10 healthcenters, primarily serving low socioeconomic status patients enrolled in medicaid. The patient population is ethnically diverse and includes 54% hispanic, 25% white, 9% african american, 3% asian, 1% pacific islander, and 8% other. VFC is well positioned to support the PRX project as IT will enhance their snap-ED funded work to provide nutrition education, screen patients for food insecurity, and build referral pathways to snap and other nutrition assistance. Where feasible, other low-income clinics/health centers may be considered for this project. The goals and objectives for this project will remain the same as the original award, including increasing daily fruit and vegetable intake among participants and helping them manage their health conditions. Working with ntae, DPH will conduct process and outcome evaluation for the PRX project.