LAACHA Committees
To provide structure for LAACHA's New Direction and propel next steps, the LAACHA Steering
Committee formed four working committees: Capacity & Resource Development, Innovation,
Outcomes & Evaluation, and Racial Justice. With guidance and support from the Steering
Committee, staff, and subject matter experts, the four committees are able to help clarify and
communicate LAACHA's new vision, and provide members with opportunities to engage and
provide input on goals and
objectives.
Capacity & Resource Development Committee
Purpose:
The purpose of the Capacity & Resource Development Committee is to create and enhance membership competences.Responsibilities:
- The Capacity & Resources Development Committee works to:
- Assess capacity building needs
- Identify capacity building overall priorities
- Identify and/or develop tools to support capacity building efforts
- Identify educational, training, and technical assistance opportunities
- Develop an action plan with short, mid, and long term recommendations
Innovation Committee
Purpose:
The purpose of the Innovation Committee is to identify, support, and promote emerging community informed processes and practices that positively impact older adult health and wellbeing by reducing costs and improving access, quality of care, and individual and population health.Responsibilities:
The Innovation Committee works to:- Assess community needs
- Identify innovative community informed solutions
- Develop strategies to support and promote innovative solutions
- Develop an action plan with short, mid, and long term recommendations
Outcomes & Evaluation Committee
Purpose:
The purpose of the Outcomes & Evaluation Committee is to help reduce disparities and improve older adult health outcomes across racial/ethnic groups through outcome identification, tracking, and reporting.Responsibilities:
The Outcomes & Evaluation Committee works to:- Identify potential areas for improvement of the health and wellbeing of older
- adults/caregivers
- Develop valid, reliable outcome measures
- Identify strategies to help reduce disparities through performance measurement
- Develop an action plan with short, mid, and long- term recommendations.
Racial Justice Committee
Purpose:
The purpose of the LAACHA Racial Justice Ad-hoc Committee is to lead and support the development and implementation of LAACHA’s Racial Justice and Health Equity efforts. The following are the objectives established by the Committee.Responsibilities:
The Racial Justice Ad-hoc Committee works to:- Review data (LAACHA Survey data and any other relevant data available) pertaining to coalition members’ and clients’ needs and assets to ensure racial justice and health equity
- Assess how racial justice and health equity can be incorporated into other pertinent topic areas (e.g., Social Isolation, Capacity building/Funding, Partnerships-Collaboration) and/or in the LAACHA Committees
- Propose next steps for how LAACHA can take specific actions to support its members’ efforts— and keep identification/awareness and addressing/confronting issues of racial justice and health equity—at the forefront.
Technology & Digital Inclusion Subcommittee
Purpose:
Bring together community stakeholders, digital inclusion practitioners and policymakers in a unified voice, advocating for broadband access, devices, digital skills training, and tech support for unconnected and under-connected diverse older adults and family caregivers in Los Angeles region.Responsibilities:
Working collaboratively to advance Digital Equity for older adults and family caregivers, the Technology & Digital Inclusion Committee works:- To assess digital inclusion needs.
- To identify and/ or develop strategies to support and promote digital inclusion.
- To inform and educate community stakeholders, digital inclusion practitioners and policymakers about policy priorities that impact digital inclusion for older adults and family caregivers.
- To identify and engage elected official (s) as Older Adult Digital Inclusion Champion (s).
- To identify and engage policy makers and digital inclusion practitioners as partners.
- To assist and support LAACHA efforts to identify, promote and /or implement tech- supported solution.
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