FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: February 10, 2025
Subject: 2025 Meeting Schedule, Meeting Format and Work Plan
Submitted For: Family and Human Services Committee
Department: County Administrator
Referral No: N/A
Referral Name: N/A
Presenter: Danielle Fokkema, Sr. Deputy County Administrator
Contact: Danielle Fokkema, (925) 655-2047
Referral History:
During the 2024 calendar year, the Committee heard a total of 26 reports for the following 20 Committee referrals:
1. Referral #5 - Homeless Continuum of Care Plan for the Homeless / Healthcare for the Homeless
2. Referral #20 - Public Service Recommendations of the County’s Community Development Block Grant and Emergency Services Grant Action Plan
3. Referral #44 - Challenges for EHSD/Including Continuum of Care Reform Report
4. Referral #45 - Adult Protective Services and Challenges for Aged & Disability Populations, Including the Status of the Master Plan on Aging
5. Referral #61 - HIV Prevention/Needle Exchange Program
6. Referral #78 - Community Services Bureau/Head Start Oversight
7. Referral #81 - Local Child Care & Development Planning Council Activities
8. Referral #82 - Secondhand Smoke Ordinance
9. Referral #92 - Local Planning Council - Child Care Needs Assessment
10. Referral #93 - Youth Services Report, Including the Independent Living Skills Program
11. Referral #103 - SNAP/CalFresh (formerly known as Food Stamp) Program
12. Referral #107 - Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program (Laura’s Law)
13. Referral #109 - Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
14. Referral #110 - Innovative Community Partnerships
15. Referral #111 - Anti-Human Trafficking
16. Referral #112 - Policy Options to Protect Youth from Tobacco Influences in the Retail Environment
17. Referral #115 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
18. Referral #116 - Public Mental Health Care System
19. Referral #117 - Mental Health Services Act/SB326/AODS Mental Health Commission Merger
20. Referral #122 - Healthy Options at Point of Sale
Due to scheduling conflicts and/or vacancies in leadership positions the Committee did not receive reports in 2024 for the following referrals:
• Referral #25 - Office of Education Child Care Planning
• Referral #56 - East Bay Stand Downs for Homeless Veterans / Stand Down on the Delta
Dr. Marla Stuart recommends that the committee terminate the following referrals:
• Referral #44 - Challenges for EHSD/Including Continuum of Care Reform Report - The Continuum of Care Reform legislation was signed into law on October 11, 2015. The reform has been fully implemented and there is nothing new to report.
• Referral #78 - Community Services Bureau/Head Start Oversight - Now that there is a Head Start Board Committee, most of the Community Services Bureau (CSB) is covered by that committee. The remaining CSB programs can be addressed in the annual Child Welfare Report.
• Referral #110 - Innovative Community Partnerships - Most of new Innovative Community Partnerships are Measure X funded projects. EHSD already reports to the Board on these projects so reporting to the Family and Human Services Committee would be a duplication of efforts.
Dr. Suzanne Tavano recommends that the committee terminate Referral #115 - Child and Adolescent Mental Health. This information is included in the annual report for Referral #116 - Public Mental Health Care System so reporting to the Family and Human Services Committee would be a duplication of efforts.
The Office of Education recommends that the committee terminate Referral #25 - Office of Education Child Care Planning. The Office of Education has nothing new to report on this item.
Referral Update:
The Committee members have selected the second Monday of each month at 10:30 a.m. as the standing meeting date/time for 2025.
The proposed meeting dates are:
February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8,
October 13, November 10 and December 8, 2025. Family and Human Services Staff recommend cancelling the August 11 and December 8, 2025 meeting dates. Attachment A contains the draft workplan for 2025.
Effective March 1, 2023, the Board's standing committees have been directed by the Board to use a hybrid meeting format that will enable the public to continue to participate in meetings electronically from remote locations. Additionally, the Brown Act and County's Better Government Ordinance permits remote participation of a Committee member under these rules:
• At least a quorum of the Committee (one member) must participate from a location in the county.
• Each telephone conference location and the meeting location must be shown on the agenda for the meeting. In addition, the agenda must provide an opportunity for members of the public to give public comment from each teleconference location.
• In addition to the usual agenda-posting agenda locations and the County website, an agenda must be posted at each teleconference location 96 hours in advance of the meeting.
• Each teleconference location must be open and accessible to members of the public.
• All votes taken during a teleconference meeting must be by roll call.
It is recommended that the Committee members meet remotely from their supervisorial offices using the Zoom platform. The public and staff are now accustomed to this format, and it provides convenient online access to the meeting as well as two physical meeting locations within the county.
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
1. APPROVE the proposed 2025 Committee meeting schedule and meeting format or provide direction to staff regarding any changes thereto.
2. TERMINATE the following referrals: (44) Challenges for EHSD/Including Continuum of Care Reform Report, (78) Community Services Bureau/Head Start Oversight, (110) Innovative Community Partnerships, (115) Child and Adolescent Mental Health and (25) Office of Education Child Care Planning.
Fiscal Impact (if any):
There is no fiscal impact.