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This grant will bring awareness to OC and equip residents with the tools and education needed to become a county where having conversation about suicide is normal and non-judgmental, while also helping residents become familiar with whom to refer individuals to if/when they are in a crisis in a place where this kind of initiative does not currently exist. The Front of the House Food Safety Education grant would provide the local health department with an education intervention that does not currently exist. Environmental Health has assessed this violation and determined there is a definite gap in training resources focused on front of the house staff and servers. The OSWP Calendar grant would provide an educational resource as a guide to homeowners in ways to maintain their wells and help keep their well water safe to drink. It will also offer to decrease the number of non-compliant and malfunctioning septic systems, thus reducing expenses to the Health Department and re-inspection and repair costs to the client. Long term goals include a reduction in the amount of malfunctions, the amount of time until a septic system or well is serviced, and a reduction in Notice of Violations issued due to the self-policing of homeowners. All applicants were notified of the grant decisions. More information on graphic design and a line-item budget for the OSWP Calendars is pending consultation with the health department’s communications specialist. Grant recipients were oriented on purchasing procedures for 2017-2018. The mid-term report is due on December 31st. • Funding for Racial Equity Training for Clinical Staff We received the BCBSNC Training and Equipment Grant. This grant funds $9,500 and allows us to engage an Equity Leadership Team (Open Source Leadership) to guide medical clinic staff through an assessment of current culture and readiness to engage in racial equity work designed to analyze structural racism and tailor interventions to impact social determinants affecting our community. This will be done through a one-day introductory "Leading for Racial Equity" Workshop. The workshop is designed to understand the historical and contemporary construction of race and structural racism and to develop a shared framework and language for racial equity. A brief survey prior to the session assesses knowledge and skill that will tailor content. Then, the team will provide a half-day follow-up "From Theory to Practice": This follow-up is done 1-3 months after initial session to review and revisit the framework and reflect on usage and barriers to implementation. After the sessions, the leadership team will receive on-going coaching on integrating the equity work into practice, policies and culture of the medical clinic. This includes four, two-hour meetings over a determined timeframe to consult and strategize on this integration. Outcomes include: 1. Staff will disaggregate current Orange County population health data via a racial equity lens and track and trend data over next three years. 2. Leadership and staff will examine how existing policies and programs, including fee and eligibility policy, primary care program, and family planning programs positively or negatively impact population heath using a racial equity lens.