Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Chester J. Kunnappilly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, San Mateo Medical Center
Subject: Agreement with Puente de la Costa Sur to Provide Care Coordination Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Puente de la Costa Sur to provide care coordination services for the term of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $511,590.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo County Health has been awarded the Health Care for the Homeless/Farmworker Health (HCH/FH) grant from the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Services and Resources Administration of the US Department of Health and Human Services. The grant funds San Mateo Medical Center's (SMMC) ongoing HCH/FH program, which is designed to assist homeless and farmworker adults, families, and youth with access to and utilization of SMMC's continuum of care and other medical, health and support services. In July 2024, the HCH/FH program completed a Request for Proposals for case management and care coordination services.
DISCUSSION:
HCH/FH requested proposals for a range of case management and enabling services for homeless individuals, farmworkers, and their dependents. These services include 1. street medicine case management and care coordination, 2. intimate partner violence, domestic violence, human trafficking case management, 3. medical care coordination for newly housed individuals, 4. Promotores de Salud, 5. MyChart orientation, 6. health insurance assistance, 7. transportation, and 8. nutrition education.
Puente was elevated due to their deep-rooted experience and commitment to serving the San Mateo South Coast's agricultural community, which includes a substantial population of farmworkers and their families. This community faces significant barriers to accessing healthcare, resulti...
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