Julie Leung has been with the Health Department since 2017 and currently serves as the Health Climate Officer. In this role, she works on building internal workforce capacity, developing outreach and educational materials, providing technical assistance, and aligning climate change considerations into Health Department programs.

She recognizes how climate change disproportionately impacts marginalized communities and works closely with the DAFN team to address these concerns. She supports the implementation of the Long Beach Climate Action Plan and builds partnerships with other City Departments and external organizations to strengthen climate resiliency and adaptation. 

Lunch and Learns

The DAFN team has hosted several “Lunch and Learns” to strengthen our PHEM team’s knowledge on mental health and disability during emergencies. If you would like to present during our Lunch and Learns, please contact us.

S.A.F.E. Vehicle Debut

The Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) team debuted its Sensory Area For Everyone (S.A.F.E.) Vehicle at the Long Beach Grand Prix.

The CMIST Framework is a recommended approach for integrating the DAFN community into emergency planning. CMIST is an acronym for the following five categories: 

• Communication
• Maintaining Health
• Independence
• Support and Safety
• Transportation

The CMIST Framework provides a flexible, crosscutting approach for planning to address a broad set of common access and functional needs without having to define a specific diagnosis, status, or label. 

Our team utilizes this framework to review our public health emergency plans to ensure that our response accessible for the whole community.