January 11, 2022 - City Council Implementation Upd | Page 10

4.1 . A Create dedicated city staff position of Chief Equity Officer to implement and monitor strategies targeted to erase disparity in healthcare for residents of Arlington . This position would report directly to the Arlington City Manager and work in collaboration with health care providers .

4.2 . A Leverage relationships with trusted providers to enable and support efforts in care delivery .
4.3 . A Support a mobile health care program to provide basic primary care , mental health care and referral by exploring funding sources and convening stakeholders to implement .
City Facilitator – CMO , Fire and Housing Timeframe - Short term ( 6-12 months ) – IN PROGRESS Partners – Tarrant County Public Health
• Work on recruitment of the Chief Equity Officer began in October 2021 .
• Chief Equity Officer will work with Fire to track key health data .
• City is meeting with Tarrant County Public Health , JPS , THR and MCA to increase health resources available to Arlington residents .
• JPS CEO Robert Early met with the City Council to discuss JPS services and associated opportunities on October 12 , 2021 .
City Facilitator – CMO Timeframe - Medium term ( 1-2 years ) - PENDING Partners – JPS Hospital , Texas Health Resources , non-profit agencies
• Chief Equity Officer will convene a working group of health care providers and non-profit agencies that provide healthcare to explore this recommendation .
City Facilitator – Fire and CMO Timeframe - Medium term ( 1-2 years ) – IN PROGRESS Partners – JPS Hospital , Texas Health Resources
• Meetings with Texas Health Resources and JPS have been held to discuss possible solutions .
• The newly hired public health nurse and the AFD public health team will connect with various agencies including JPS , TCPH , THR , MCA , Mission Arlington and UTA to facilitate creative healthcare opportunities for underserved communities .