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FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	11/23/2020
Subject: Innovative Community Partnerships
Submitted For:	David Twa
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	#110
Referral Name:	Innovative Community Partnerships
Presenter:	Devorah Levine	Contact:	Devorah Levine (925) 608-4890

Information

Referral History:

On January 6, 2015 the Board of Supervisors referred oversight and receipt of updates on the Employment and Human Services Department's (EHSD) Innovative Community Partnerships to the Family and Human Services Committee (F&HS). On June 7, 2016, the Board approved expanding F&HS Referral No. 110 "Innovative Community Partnerships" to include the subject of Whole Family Services. This change was necessary to incorporate a major EHSD initiative, which refocuses client-facing benefit eligibility to assess the status and needs of the “whole family” while they are also determining benefit eligibility. Key to the new initiative is working with community partners to form a network of family resource centers in current place-based centers such as SIT (Service Integration Team) and SparkPoint sites, Family Justice Centers, First 5 centers, et al.

On May 13 and May 21, 2019, the Family and Human Services Committee and Board of Supervisors, respectively, received the most recent annual report on Innovative Community Partnerships.

Referral Update:

Attached is a status report and presentation on EHSD's Innovative Community Partnerships program.

Contra Costa County Employment & Human Services Department (EHSD) works with numerous County agency partners, community-based organizations, elected officials, community advocates and other stakeholders to provide a diverse range of programs and services that benefit more than 250,000 people annually.

Policy trends at the federal level continue to pose negative impacts and funding cuts to entitlement programs and delays to federal relief to states and local jurisdictions. In addition, there are threats to affordable health care and efforts to penalize immigrants who access public benefits by blocking their pathways to legal permanent residence. All of these factors add urgency to building effective, innovative partnerships and sustainable funding for core programs.

Included in the report are updates on the work of the:

Family Violence Prevention Task Force;
Food and Nutrition Task Force;
Equitable Economic Recovery Task Force;
Children's Well Being Task Force; and
Other COVID Relief Partnerships.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

ACCEPT the attached report on the Employment and Human Services Department’s Innovative Community Partnerships.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact; the report is informational only.

Attachments
Staff Memo
Staff Presentation