To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Los Medanos Health Advisory Committee Recommendations for the 2025-2027 Los Medanos Area Grants
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the Los Medanos Health Advisory Committee (LMHAC) recommendations for the Los Medanos Health Area Grants for 2025-2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of these actions would allocate no more than $2,934,000 from the Los Medanos Health Area property tax revenues to community programs within the health area boundaries. There is no fiscal impact to the County General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Los Medanos Health Advisory Committee is tasked with soliciting proposals from service providers that are interested in participating in the Los Medanos Area Health Plan Grant Program (the "Grant Program") and are capable of addressing the priorities outlined in the adopted plan. Funding for grants will be provided from (i) a special fund established by the Auditor Controller, at the direction of the Board of Supervisors, that is used to segregate the property tax revenue received by the County as a result of the dissolution of the District, and (ii) any other funds made available to the grant program (e.g. through restricted donations, grants, etc.).
The Los Medanos Health Advisory Committee has developed five priority areas for the Los Medanos Health Area. On October 2, 2023, staff reported to the Los Medanos Healthcare Operations Committee on the health priorities and the Grant RFP process.
The LMHAC’s Grant Program will support activities that meet one of the program goals listed below.
1) Improve the availability of and/or access to affordable healthcare services (e.g., elder care, health related clinics, and linkage to care).
2) Provide mental health awareness, education, and prevention programs (e.g., depression, anxiety, stress, and suicide prevention).
3) Provide awareness, education, and prevention programs targeted at chronic disease (e.g., cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, food insecurity).
4) Provide service or access programs for the unhoused, prioritizing families and children.
5) Provide substance use awareness, education, and prevention programs (alcohol, drugs and tobacco).
On April 18th, 2025 staff received 66 proposals for review by the advisory committee. On June 17th and 18th 63 proposals were publicly presented by each agency to the advisory committee. On June 24th, 2025, the advisory committee, approved a recommendation of 28 grants for health service programs in the Los Medanos Health Area.
On September 9th, 2025 at a regularly scheduled meeting the Advisory Committee approved 3 additional agencies for grant consideration.
On October 6, 2025 at a regularly scheduled meeting the Advisory Committee presented their recommendations to the Los Medanos Healthcare Operations Committee. The Operations Committee approved the recommendation and are forwarding it to the Board of Supervisors for final review and approval.
Below are the Community Based Organizations recommended under this action and their proposed contract limits:
|
Agency |
Program Name |
Amount Requested |
|
18 Reasons |
Cooking Matters and Food as Medicine |
$100,000.00 |
|
Bridge Builders to the New Generation |
Change the Narrative: A Healing Centered Mental Health and SEL Program |
$100,000.00 |
|
CC Family Justice Center |
Telecare Program |
$100,000.00 |
|
Center for Human Development |
Healthy Eating Challenge |
$100,000.00 |
|
City of Pittsburg |
Senior Mental Health Services |
$100,000.00 |
|
City of Pittsburg |
Twilight Hoops |
$100,000.00 |
|
Cypress Resilience Project |
Mental Health Education and Crisis Intervention |
$99,998.00 |
|
Dentists On Wheels |
Sustaining Smiles: Strengthening Volunteer-Led Care with Dental Staffing |
$100,000.00 |
|
Family Harvest Farm |
Family Harvest Farm Youth Apprenticeship |
$50,000.00 |
|
Food Bank of CCS |
Community Produce Program |
$100,000.00 |
|
Full Circle of Choices |
Be Well Initiative |
$51,286.00 |
|
Healthy Hearts |
Community Healing and Resilience |
$100,000.00 |
|
Her Story is Mine |
Healthy & Thriving Initiative |
$100,000.00 |
|
Hijas del Campo |
LHMA Promotora de Salud |
$85,276.00 |
|
John Muir Health |
Improving Access to Preventative Care |
$100,000.00 |
|
La Concordia Wellness Center |
La Concordia Comprehensive Care Initiative |
$100,000.00 |
|
Loaves & Fishes CC |
Nourishing lives in East CC |
$100,000.00 |
|
MDUSD - Bel Air |
Health Education |
$26,384.55 |
|
MDUSD - Delta View |
Health Education |
$24,721.49 |
|
MDUSD - Rio Vista |
Health Education |
$29,939.33 |
|
MDUSD - Riverview |
Health Education |
$43,899.08 |
|
MDUSD - Shore Acres |
Health Education |
$27,707.80 |
|
Monument Impact |
Mentes Positivas en Accion |
$100,000.00 |
|
NAMI |
Building Mental Health Friendly Faith Communities |
$100,000.00 |
|
Opportunity Junction |
Health Career Pathways |
$100,000.00 |
|
People Who Care Children Assoc. |
Therapeutic Journey |
$100,000.00 |
|
St. Vincent de Paul |
Free Clinic |
$100,000.00 |
|
St. Vincent de Paul |
Free Food Pantry |
$100,000.00 |
|
Stand for Families Free of Violence |
Violence Intervention & Prevention @ Pittsburg High School |
$100,000.00 |
|
Stand for Families Free of Violence |
Nonviolence program Breaking the cycle of domestice violence |
$100,000.00 |
|
The Bay Compassion |
Clean Start Homeless Outreach |
$100,000.00 |
|
Ujima Family Services |
Substance Use Awareness and Early Intervention Program |
$100,000.00 |
|
United Latino Voices |
Staying Strong & Healthy: LatinX |
$94,787.00 |
|
White Pony Express |
Food Rescue Program |
$100,000.00 |
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this action is not approved, the Community Based Organizations listed herein will not be able to provide the proposed health related services and programs to residents of the Los Medanos Health Area.