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10/23/19 <br /> 6 <br />June <br />• There are two phases planned to expand the reach of FSA <br />that are anticipated by the current strategic plan. <br />1) Phase I will focus on opening FSA up in fall 2019 to <br />families who live in the Zones but their children do <br />not attend Zone Schools. <br />2) Phase II will take place over the next couple of years <br />and will focus on expending the navigator program to <br />other zones within the county. <br />• Coby Austin, Director of FSA, left the program in June. In <br />the interim, Health Director Quintana Stewart will work <br />more closely with staff to support the Family Success <br />Alliance until a new Director is hired. <br />• The navigators will become Health Department Employees <br />starting July 1st. <br />August <br />• Frank Porter Graham Bilingüe Elementary School, this past <br />summer school was awarded FSA innovation grant funds to <br />focus on summer programming. Both summer and after- <br />school programs focused on exploring topics in Identity, <br />Diversity & Racism, exploring how we fit in the community <br />with culture and language and what we feel on the inside. At <br />the end of the summer, children created a public service <br />announcement focusing on anti-racism, where students took <br />an example of an historic event that happened and explained <br />how that was wrong and how they would see things improve <br />in the future. <br />• FSA Expansion - As of September 2019, FSA will have 9 <br />full-time navigators. FSA plans to have 4 navigators working <br />in each zone and the 9th navigator to focus on family <br />connections - work with families who are not eligible for the <br />navigator program. <br />Justice Advisory <br />Council <br />Substance Abuse <br />& Mental Health; <br />Social <br />Determinants of <br />Health <br />Jail/Mental Health Workgroup <br />• In April the Jail/Mental Health Committee hosted a <br />Sequential Mapping Workshop for Orange County. DHHS <br />has received a grant to conduct SIM workshops in interested <br />counties. The workshop is 1 ½ days and is designed for local <br />decision makers to come together, evaluate the flow of <br />people through the local criminal justice system and identify <br />strengths and weaknesses. The county will receive a map <br />showing resources and gaps and an action plan with ways to <br />improve the system. Following the workshop there were <br />give identified priority gaps: <br />1) Crisis Diversion Center and Day Center <br />2) Increased Access to Case Management <br />3) Affordable and Accessible Housing <br />4) Data Collection