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10.

FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	02/27/2023
Subject: 2023 Family and Human Services Committee Workplan
Submitted For:	FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	N/A
Presenter:	Danielle Fokkema	Contact:	Danielle Fokkema, 925-622-2047

Information

Referral History:

Family and Human Services Committee (Committee) Referrals:
During the 2022 calendar year, the Committee heard a total of 19 reports for the following 13 Committee referrals:

Referral #5 – Homeless Continuum of Care Plan for the Homeless / Healthcare for the Homeless
Referral #20 – Public Service Recommendations of the County’s Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Services Grant Action Plan
Referral #45 – Adult Protective Services and Challenges for Aged & Disability Populations, Including the Status of the Master Plan on Aging
Referral #61 – HIV Prevention/Needle Exchange Program
Referral #78 – Community Services Bureau/Head Start Oversight
Referral #82 – Secondhand Smoke Ordinance
Referral #93 – Youth Services Report, Including the Independent Living Skills Program
Referral #103 – SNAP/CalFresh (formerly known as Food Stamp) Program
Referral #107 – Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program (Laura’s Law)
Referral #109 – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Referral #110 – Innovative Community Partnerships
Referral #111 – Family Justice Center & Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
Referral #112 – Policy Options to Protect Youth from Tobacco Influences in the Retail Environment

Due to scheduling conflicts, vacancies in leadership positions, and/or the ongoing demands of the County’s COVID-19 response, the Committee did not receive reports in 2022 for the following referrals:

Referral #44 – Challenges for EHSD (Continuum of Care Reform)
Referral #56 – East Bay Stand Downs for Homeless Veterans / Stand Down on the Delta
Referral #81 – Local Child Care & Development Planning Council Activities
Referral #92 – Local Planning Council – Child Care Needs Assessment
Referral #114 – Impacts of Technology on Access to Public Benefits
Referral #116 – Public Mental Health Care Systems, Including Psychiatric Services to Children and Youth

The Board of Supervisors, at is May 24, 2022, meeting referred to the Committee the topic of Healthy Options at Point of Sale (HOPS) and provided direction for Health Services Department Public Health Division staff to collaborate with HOPS youth advocates to look further into the issues presented and to prepare policy or ordinance recommendations that this Committee could forward on for the full Board's consideration. This referral has been added as Family and Human Services Referral No. 122 and is entitled, Policy Options for Healthy Options at Point of Sale (HOPS).

Standing Committee Schedule and Format:
The Committe's 2023 standing meeting date and time is set for the fourth Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. Due to scheduling conflicts, four meeting dates are proposed as follows:

Cancel the March 27th meeting and set a special meeting for that month on Thursday, March 23rd at 10:30 a.m.
Cancel the April 24th meeting and set a special meeting for that month on Friday, April 28th at 10:00 a.m.
Cancel the July 24th meeting and set a special meeting for that month on Monday, July 31st at 10:30 a.m.
Cancel the December 25th meeting due to the County holiday, and if the need to hold a meeting in December is determined later in the year, a special meeting can be scheduled by staff

Effective March 1, 2023, the Board's standing committees have been directed by the Board to use a hybrid meeting format that will enable the public to continue to participate in meetings electronically from remote locations. Under new legislation, Committee members may attend meetings remotely for limited "just cause" or "emergency" reasons no more than two times nor more than 20% of the regular meetings per calendar year, as long as at least one Committee member (a quorum) participates in person. Additionally, the Brown Act and County's Better Government Ordinance permits remote participation of a Committee member under these rules:

At least a quorum of the Committee (one member) must participate from a location in the county.
Each telephone conference location and the meeting location must be shown on the agenda for the meeting. In addition, the agenda must provide an opportunity for members of the public to give public comment from each teleconference location.
In addition to the usual agenda-posting agenda locations and the County website, an agenda must be posted at each teleconference location 96 hours in advance of the meeting.
Each teleconference location must be open and accessible to members of the public. All votes taken during a teleconference meeting must be by roll call.

A hybrid format would consist of either a two-way audiovisual platform, or a two-way telephonic service and a live webcasting of the meeting, so that the public may remotely hear and visually observe the meeting, and remotely address the body. The Board's standing committees are scheduled to meet in Conference Room 110 at the County Administration Building, 1025 Escobar Street, Martinez. This room is equipped to host hybrid meetings.

Referral Update:

Based on the actions taken by the 2022 Family and Human Services Committee and the Board of Supervisors, the following FHS referrals will continue in 2023, unless otherwise directed by the Committee:

Referral #5 – Homeless Continuum of Care Plan for the Homeless / Healthcare for the Homeless
Referral #20 – Public Service Recommendations of the County’s Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Services Grant Action Plan
Referral #44 – Challenges for EHSD (Continuum of Care Reform)
Referral #45 – Adult Protective Services and Challenges for Aged & Disability Populations, Including the Status of the Master Plan on Aging
Referral #56 – East Bay Stand Downs for Homeless Veterans / Stand Down on the Delta
Referral #61 – HIV Prevention/Needle Exchange Program
Referral #78 – Community Services Bureau/Head Start Oversight
Referral #81 – Local Child Care & Development Planning Council Activities
Referral #82 – Secondhand Smoke Ordinance
Referral #92 – Local Planning Council – Child Care Needs Assessment
Referral #93 – Youth Services Report, Including the Independent Living Skills Program
Referral #103 – SNAP/CalFresh (formerly known as Food Stamp) Program
Referral #107 – Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program (Laura’s Law)
Referral #109 – Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
Referral #110 – Innovative Community Partnerships
Referral #111 – Family Justice Center & Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
Referral #112 – Policy Options to Protect Youth from Tobacco Influences in the Retail Environment
Referral #114 – Impacts of Technology on Access to Public Benefits
Referral #116 – Public Mental Health Care Systems, Including Psychiatric Services for Children and Youth
Referral #112 – Policy Options for Healthy Options at Point of Sale (HOPS)

The recommended 2023 referrals include all 2022 referrals, with the exception of Referral #61 – HIV Prevention Needle Exchange Program since that report is a biennial report to this Committee on even years and a biennial consent report directly to the Board of Supervisors on odd years. Additionally, the 2023 referral recomendations include the new referral on the topic of Healthy Options at Point of Sale.

Attached for the Committee's review is the proposed meeting schedule and work plan for hearing each of the 2023 referrals.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

APPROVE the proposed 2023 Family and Human Services Committee meeting schedule, referral workplan, and meeting format, or provide direction to staff regarding any changes thereto.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact.

Attachments
Proposed 2023 FHS Workplan