Community Testing

PUBLIC HEALTH

County Spending Category
3.3 Support the Sustained Public Health Response to COVID-19
Federal Expenditure Category
COVID-19 Testing
Project Launch Date
11/01/2023
Anticipated End Date
12/31/2026
Interpretation Languages
  • Spanish
  • Armenian
  • Cambodian (Khmer)
  • Farsi
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Tagalog/Filipino
  • Thai
  • Mandarin
  • Cantonese
  • Vietnamese
  • Arabic
  • Hindi
  • Japanese
Written Languages
  • Spanish
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Tagalog/Filipino
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Vietnamese

Project Contacts

Indicators & Metrics to Date

  • Vendor Operation Meetings
    11
  • Execute contract(s) with vendor(s)
    2
  • Conduct twice monthly public outreach efforts
    30
  • Conduct survey regarding perceptions of improved health outcomes
    118
  • Percent of survery responders that reported positive health outcomes
    74
  • Strategically place 100 kiosks/dispensing machines in high need communities.
    10
  • Conduct genomic sequencing on 500 positive COVID-19 samples a week.
    6126
  • Distribute COVID-19 antigen tests
    4371408
  • Identify 100% of genomic clusters
    100
  • Analyze and report on 100% of reported SARS-CoV-2 sequencing data from LAC residents submitted via ELR
    100
  • Number of Vaccination Clinics in FY 24-25
    4241
  • Number of Therapeutics Prescribed for FY 24-25
    571
  • Number of Vaccination Clinics in HPI+ areas in FY 24-25
    3098

Target Populations

  • People with Disabilities
  • People Experiencing Homelessness
  • Systems Impacted Individuals
  • Seniors and Homebound

Project Description

COVID-19 continues to have a substantial impact on residents across LA County, with a disproportionate burden on vulnerable communities, including people of color, the elderly, the uninsured, the underinsured, and others. The pandemic exacerbated existing health and socioeconomic inequities, which continue, even as cases, clusters, and outbreaks of the virus have waned. As a vital part of providing ongoing support to our communities, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues a long-standing, wide range of activities that began in early 2020. On April 1, 2023, all DHS community testing services transitioned to Public Health. Public Health has and continues to work closely with county, state, and federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the Emergency Medical Services Agency (EMSA), as well as a broad and strong partnership with community residents and stakeholders. Public Health leverages existing community partnerships to distribute antigen tests to organizations and agencies across 28 sectors and support other modes of COVID-19 testing; provide therapeutic medicines free of charge to those at higher risk of severe illness from the virus; offer vaccination services, supportive services and test distribution to those who are homebound and otherwise unable to access vaccinations and tests; provide access to safe vaccination sites, and education. Supporting a wide range of services with this dedicated funding will strengthen our approach, deepen our reach, and complement the range of services already in place to support those who are most vulnerable. With the Public Health Emergency Declaration ending, Public Health’s services have a particularly important impact given the reduced, no-cost access to testing, vaccines, therapeutic medicines, and masks. Through the opportunity to support ongoing community testing access, vaccination services, therapeutics services, and supportive services with expanded distribution efforts and reach in the hardest-hit communities, we will have a greatly enhanced ability to serve those who have experienced some of the highest rates of COVID-19, with higher rates of mortality, severe illness, and hospitalization than the general population. The locations of access and distribution are positioned to be strategic in response to hardest-hit communities and to particularly target individuals that are most vulnerable.

Goals & Objectives

Goal Description By June 30, 2025, respond to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 by vaccinating, testing and providing COVID therapeutics to neighborhoods and communities with high needs and lack of resources as identified by health, racial, and socioeconomic metrics, including the Healthy Places Index (HPI).

Objective Description To ensure that residents who lack access to free COVID-19 vaccinations, testing, and therapeutics the ability to.

Activity Description Identify and contract with vendors to provide community testing access (including kiosks/dispensing machines) and warehouse services.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
21 Performance Execute contract(s) with vendor(s) 2.00

Activity Description Distribute antigen tests, strategically locate kiosks/dispensing machines for greater antigen test access, and conduct digital marketing efforts to reach the target population.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
10 Service Delivery Strategically place 100 kiosks/dispensing machines in high need communities. 0.00 100.00
14 Service Delivery Distribute COVID-19 antigen tests 5000000.00
16 Service Delivery Conduct twice monthly public outreach efforts 48.00
32 Service Delivery Vendor Operation Meetings 0.00 48.00

Activity Description To conduct whole genomic sequencing on positive COVID-19 samples to help identify variants of interest and share these findings with the public as an early alert measure of the spread of the virus.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
11 Performance Conduct genomic sequencing on 500 positive COVID-19 samples a week. 500.00

Activity Description Identify genomic clusters of SARS-CoV-2 among LA County residents with COVID-19 whose respiratory specimen were sequenced and reported within the past 60 days
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
2 Performance Identify 100% of genomic clusters 100.00

Activity Description Analyze and report SARS-CoV-2 sequencing data from LA County residents reported to DPH via ELR
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
3 Performance Analyze and report on 100% of reported SARS-CoV-2 sequencing data from LAC residents submitted via ELR 100.00

Activity Description By June 2025, 250 Mobile Vaccination Sites will be established
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
1 Performance Number of Vaccination Clinics in HPI+ areas in FY 24-25 750.00
4 Performance Number of Vaccination Clinics in FY 24-25 1000.00

Activity Description By June 2025, 50 Therapeutics will be Prescribed
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
6 Performance Number of Therapeutics Prescribed for FY 24-25 40.00

Outcome Description Increase in reported positive health outcomes in Los Angeles County residents, such as in skilled nursing facilities, homeless shelters, other congregate living facilities, and community member feedback.
Indicators
# Type Name Baseline Target
17 Program Outcome Conduct survey regarding perceptions of improved health outcomes 1000.00
18 Program Outcome Percent of survery responders that reported positive health outcomes 75.00