Title
Receive a preliminary analysis report in response to Board Referral No. 2022.06 seeking an increase in funding allocated to the VIDA Project to maintain operations through December 31, 2022.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive a preliminary analysis report in response to Board Referral No. 2022.06 and:
1) Direct that staff proceed with completion of referral based on description in this report; or,
2) Direct that staff:
i. Proceed with completion of referral based on modifications by the Board; or,
ii. Return to Board with a more comprehensive analysis of referral and anticipated effort for completion; or,
iii. Rescind referral.
b. Provide further direction, as appropriate.
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS:
Referral Summary & Background:
This staff summary is to Board Referral No 2022.06, VIDA Project Extension, seeking an increase in funding allocated to the Virus Integrated Distribution of Aid (VIDA) Project to maintain operations through December 31, 2022. The VIDA project began in December 2020 through a funding allocation of $4,989,651 from General Fund Reserves, and Cannabis Tax fund accounts by the Board of Supervisors to the County Administrative Office to expand and implement a Community Health Worker (CHW) model for the County's COVID-19 pandemic response. VIDA was a response to the need for a holistic and community grounded approach to the inequitable COVID-19 morbidity and mortality outcomes being experienced by the County's vulnerable communities. The CAO's Office and Monterey County Health Department (MCHD) partnered with the Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) as the project's backbone, to engage and oversee 10 Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to conduct a coordinated public health response effort around outreach and education, isolation and quarantine supports, testing and vaccinations. The CHW effort has focused primarily on ZIP Codes that are in the lowest quartile of the Healthy P...
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