CONTRA COSTA COUNTY - File #: 23-604

• File #: 23-604
• Version: 1
• Type: Consent Item
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/4/2023
• In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
• On agenda: 10/17/2023
• Final action: 10/17/2023
• Title: APPOINT Chinue Fields, Zelon Harrison, Sheryl Lane, Janet Miller Evans, Philip Arnold Jr., Alfonzo Edwards, Desirae Herron, Jacqueline Smith, Vanessa Blum, Ashley Green, Rohana Moore, Taylor Sims, and Patt Young to the Steering Committee for the African American Holistic Wellness Hub Feasibility Study, as recommended by the Equity Committee of the Board of Supervisors.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/17/2023	1	BOARD OF SUPERVISORS	approved	Pass

To: Board of Supervisors
From: Equity Committee
Report Title: Appointments to the Steering Committee for the African American Holistic Wellness Hub Feasibility Study
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee


RECOMMENDATIONS:

APPOINT the following individuals to the ad hoc African American Holistic Wellness Hub Feasibility Study Steering Committee:


Name
District of Res.|10
10|Fields, Chinue
D. 1|1010|Harrison, Zelon
D. 1|1010|Lane, Sheryl
D. 1|1010|Miller Evans, Janet
D. 2|1010|Arnold Jr., Philip
D. 3|1010|Edwards, Alfonzo
D. 3|1010|Herron, Desirae
D. 3|1010|Smith, Jacqueline
D. 3|10 10|Blum, Vanessa
D. 4
10
Green, Ashley
D. 5
11
Moore, Rohana
D. 5
12
Sims, Taylor
D. 5
13
Young, Patt
D. 5



FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact is anticipated from the appointment of individuals to the Steering Committee.

BACKGROUND:

During the FY 23-24 County Budget Hearings, on April 24, 2023, the Board of Supervisors designated that $80,000 of Measure X funding be allocated for the purpose of studying the feasibility of an African American Holistic Wellness Hub in Contra Costa County. The findings and recommendations of the Feasibility Study will provide guidance to the Board of Supervisors in its decisions regarding next steps in the development of an African American Holistic Wellness Hub for Contra Costa County. The Hub, which may include multiple sites, is intended t provide space for culturally appropriate and community-defined services that will welcome, support, heal and empower the African American community in Contra Costa County.

At their July 31, 2023 meeting, the Equity Committee directed staff to pursue the establishment of an ad hoc Steering Committee for the Feasibility Study of an African American Holistic Wellness Hub for Contra Costa County. The Board of Supervisors took action at its August 15, 2023 meeting to establish the Steering Committee as a 13-member ad hoc committee with a mission to "guide the Fea...