TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services
REPORT BY: Summer Isham, Contracts Supervisor
SUBJECT: Approval of Review Panel's Recommendations for the Enhanced Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Grant Awards
RECOMMENDATION
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SET MATTER 11:00 AM - MSA Presentation
County Executive Officer and Director of Health and Human Services request approval of the review panel's recommendations for Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) and General Fund (hereinafter, "Enhanced MSA") grant awards.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The need for safety-net services in Napa County continues as we slowly emerge from COVID-19 and its impacts to those most vulnerable in our community. The County's prior commitment to help address this need was evidenced through the past two fiscal years of Enhanced MSA funding amounting to an additional $1.0M, bringing the total fiscal year funding for grant awards to $2.1M in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022.
In March 2022, the Board directed that the County commit to dedicating $3.0M of General Fund operational revenues to the MSA grant process to continue enhanced funding for another three fiscal years through 2024-2025. The ability to commit $3.0M of General Fund is made possible solely due to the Board's dedication of applying American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to otherwise offset General Fund expenses. Distributing the funding in this manner helps to minimize administrative burdens and maximize flexibility of funding for our community-based organizations.
As in recent years, the County prioritized for funding the areas of food insecurity, housing instability, and healthcare (behavioral and physical); a multi-year grant award process; and an ad hoc committee of the Board of Supervisors to serve as the review panel following a process consistent with the prior two years. In response, 24 grant applications were received, and the review panel received panel presentations over two and a half days. Staff a...
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