Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Lizelle Lirio de Luna, Director, Family Health Services
Subject: Grant from the California Department of Public Health for the San Mateo County Oral Health Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the Chief of San Mateo County Health, or designee, to execute a grant from the California Department of Public Health to provide funding for the San Mateo County Oral Public Health Program for the term of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $1,156,660.
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BACKGROUND:
Data from 2013-2015 show that 40% of three-year-olds in the San Mateo County Head Start program had untreated dental decay. Children identified as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian American and other minority race had higher levels of decay than White children. Many pregnant women and elderly lacked dental resources and services. The most affected regions of the County were: Daly City and Brisbane; central San Mateo; East Palo Alto, Redwood City and East Menlo Park; and coastal areas of Half Moon Bay, El Granada and Miramar.
To address these issues, the San Mateo County Oral Health Coalition began to work with consultants to develop a local needs assessment and strategic plan starting in FY 2015-16. The San Mateo County Oral Health Strategic Plan of 2017-2020, which included an amendment to also include 2021, has five main objectives: 1) to increase access to dental services and oral health education for children and pregnant women; 2) to increase access to dental services and oral health education for adults; 3) to build oral health provider capacity; 4) to increase awareness of the importance of oral health; and 5) to establish an oral health infrastructure and oral health surveillance system.
Funding for the Oral Public Health Program (OPHP), made availab...
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