HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2330A Resolution
SUPPORTING THE ALLIANCE
FOR HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES
No ~ 33 O
WHEREAS an Implementation Team of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Public Health has
carefully evaluated the most effective and efficient mechanisms through which public health
services may be delivered, and
WHEREAS the Implementation Team has developed a Public Health Transition Plan to
be implemented October 1 1997 and
WHEREAS the Implementation Team has recommended the establishment of an
Alliance for Healthier Communities (AHC) to be implemented in conjunction with the Texas
Turning Point Initiative and based on a Healthy Communities model; and
WHEREAS the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County and the JPS Health Network will be
sustaining partners in the AHC' and
WHEREAS other interested groups, organizations providers, and individuals will be
invited to become active participants in the AHC' and
WHEREAS, the Tarrant County Resource Connection is an appropriate coordinating
body for the AHC•
Now therefore, be it resolved that the City of Fort Worth, Tarrant County and JPS
Health Network pledge to give wholehearted support to the Alliance for Healthier Communities
(AHC)
Be it further resolved that the Tarrant County Resource Connection Advisory Board
shall be commissioned to act as the coordinating body for the AHC whose purpose is to
convene community partners in a sustained initiative to study community health needs, identify
available resources, and address public policy issues that impact the health status of
communities in Tarrant County
ADOPTED this _~ day of September 1997
ATTEST
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Alice Church
City Secretary
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Kenneth Barr
Mayor
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CITY OF FORT WORTH