Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Tamarra Jones, Director, Public Health, Policy, & Planning
Subject: Agreements with El Concilio of San Mateo County, Puente de la Costa Sur, and Youth Leadership Institute for Community Health Assessment Community Engagement Strategy Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing agreements with trusted messenger organizations El Concilio of San Mateo County, Puente de la Costa Sur, and Youth Leadership Institute, to provide expertise in engaging the community for the upcoming Community Health Assessment (CHA) for the term November 17, 2026 through December 31, 2028 in an amount not to exceed $102,518 per agreement, an aggregate not-to-exceed amount of $307,554.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Mateo County Community Health Assessment (CHA) is a systematic, multi-year process of collecting, analyzing, and reporting data to identify health needs, strengths, and assets of residents in San Mateo County.
In 2024, the Department of Health Care Services updated its Population Health Management Policy Guide to include requirements for Managed Care Plans (MCPs) to meaningfully participate in the Local Health Jurisdiction (LHJ) CHA and Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP). To support the alignment of planning, MCPs are required to support CHA/CHIP-related activities. In San Mateo County, the MCPs are Health Plan of San Mateo (HPSM) and Kaiser Permanente. A total of $400,000 was received from the MCPs to support these activities.
The CHIP Steering Committee is the planning body convened to support implementation of CHA and CHIP activities and has identified funding recommendations to carry out such activities. On October 23, 2025, the CHIP Steering Committee approved $255,000 of the $400,000 available for its trusted messenger agreements.
On June 26, 2026, San Mateo County Health, Public Healt...
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