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C. 58

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	January 11, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Award #28-981 from the Department of Health and Human Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/11/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Ori Tzvieli, M.D., 925-608-5267
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 11, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to accept on behalf of the County Grant Award #28-981 with the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to pay the County an amount of up to $125,000, for the Planning Healthy Futures in East Contra Costa Program, for the period from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this grant award will result in $125,000 of funding from the Department of Health and Human Services. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

East Contra Costa County has disproportionately high rates of asthma, obesity and other chronic disease, as compared with other areas of the County and California as a whole. Early childhood is a critical time to prevent these health outcomes and promote optimal social and physical development. Unfortunately, many young children in East County are in an environment with high rates of poverty, low prenatal education attainment, high unemployment exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, high rates of housing insecurity, lack of access to healthy foods, and few safe spaces for physical activity. Children of color and children in low-income or immigrant families experience these social determinates of health at higher rate than their peers.

The purpose of this project is to develop a Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Accelerator Plan to address the root causes of early childhood health disparities in Contra Costa County. In collaboration with the community, a cross-sector leadership team will focus on the built environment, and food and nutrition security. The Health Services Department’s Community Wellness and Prevention Program (CWPP) will lead the planning effort in partnership with Healthy & Active Before 5 to leverage its long-standing relationships with key stakeholders and its track record of convening cross-sector partners in Contra Costa. By working to address key social determinants of health in early childhood we will help improve future chronic disease outcomes and decrease health inequities in East Contra Costa County.

Approval of Grant Award #28-981 will allow for this new Planning Healthy Futures in East Contra Cost Program, through September 29, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, the County will not receive funding to support the Planning Healthy Futures in East Contra Costa County.