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To:	Contra Costa County Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
From:	Joseph Villarreal, Housing Authority
Date:	March 9, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

COVID VACCINE CLINICS AT HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTIES

Action of Board On: 03/09/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Commissioner
Candace Andersen, Commissioner
Diane Burgis, Commissioner
Karen Mitchoff, Commissioner
Federal D. Glover, Commissioner

Contact:

925-957-8028

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: March 9, 2021
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BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATIONS

RECEIVE report concerning the COVID vaccine clinics hosted by the Housing Authority for senior residents of the Authority’s public housing and tax credit units.

BACKGROUND

As the Board is aware, the Housing Authority (HACCC) serves a group of people that have been among the hardest hit by COVID. This is true in terms of race/ethnicity, income levels, age and disability and it is also true that many of the families we serve have difficulty accessing medical systems for a variety of reasons.

BACKGROUND (CONT'D)

Given these facts, HACCC was fortunate to partner with the County’s Health Department (CCHS) and Choice in Aging to provide COVID vaccines at nine different HACCC properties. Most were senior/disabled properties, but three were family properties with significant senior populations. Both CCHS and Choice in Aging administered shots at our sites and so did the San Ramon Valley Fire Department, CVS and the County’s Medical Reserve Corps.

We want to particularly acknowledge Elizabeth Hernandez and Willem Decker from CCHS as well as Debbie Toth from Choice in Aging. These three were our primary coordinating contacts and spent many hours working with our staff.

I also want to thank the following staff from HACCC who helped make the mobile clinics happen: Elizabeth Campbell, Linda Givins, Stefanie Monge, Noor Forsland, Martha Flores, Mario Rinaldi, Jaclyn Ellsworth, Amber Nicholson, Leticia Morales, Kathy Sosa, Tony Ucciferri, Dan Tenorio, Roderick Evans, Victor Carranza, Joe Calcagno, Mike Hervey, Ingrid Layne, Nataline Jindoian, Raven Maier Bell, Emma Casey, Norine Gerald, David Broussard, Charlene Calica, Joseph Villarreal, Edwin Lugo, Forrest Thompson, Karis Charles and Christina Rogers.

At the time of writing this Board Order, we are in the middle of the second round of vaccines and some of our tenants are only now receiving their first shot. To date, 441 individuals have received their first dose of vaccine. By property, here is how many persons received their first vaccine dose:

Casa Del Rio, Antioch: 60
Bayo Vista, Rodeo: 82
Casa De Manana, Oakley: 51
Casa Serena, Bay point: 33
Hacienda, Martinez: 42
Kidd Manor, San Pablo: 34
Alhambra Terrace, Martinez: 35
Elder Winds, Antioch: 73
El Pueblo, Pittsburg: 31

Attached are a list of all of HACCC’s property-based senior housing and demographics for these units. HACCC has been speaking to the County about using our properties as mobile clinics again in order to provide COVID vaccines to our 3,541 seniors in our tenant-based voucher programs. We are hoping this can begin later this month, or sometime in April. Attached is a listing by City of our senior voucher tenants. Demographics for this group are attached as well.

FISCAL IMPACT

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CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION

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