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MINUTES - Draft ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH May 27, 2020 the Agreement Addendum (AA) is to provide training for agencies and communities to increase cultural and linguistic competence through adoption of the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. OCHD is now in the second and last year of this pilot project. While COVID-19 interrupted a lot of the plans for year two, there were many great outcomes for our staff and community partners. Below are highlights of the presentation. • The service period for the AA was from June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2020. There was an award of$28,000 received. • The Health Department (HD) staff leading the AA efforts are Beverly Scurry, Susan Clifford and Donna King. • There was an increase of 13 individuals and 9 organizations from year one for a total of 35 individuals representing 23 community organizations and county departments on the Health Equity Council (HEC). • Year one highlights include: 0 25 staff and partners attended the 40t" Annual Minority Health Conference. o Trainings provided by the Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHHD) were attended by 60 staff and community partners. o A community forum that featured a Gallery Walk was held. • Year two highlights include: o There were some deliverables that were interrupted by COVID-19 which caused plans to change and events cancelled. o In lieu of in-person trainings, OMHHD sent 10 webinars to assist with attendance in attaining the percentage (which was lowered from 20% to 10%) of OCHD staff participation. Webinar topics included Perinatal Health Equity, Health Equity and Food Security and Building Communities through Faith Partnerships. o Management Team, frontline staff, HEC members and BOH members attended Racial Equity Institute Phase I training. • Year three next steps include: o HEC will create an action plan to address the health equity top priority identified in the Community Health Assessment. o OCHD will have a fall UNC Capstone Team from the Health Behavior and Health Equity, Social Justice and Human Rights MPH concentrations at the UNC Gillings School of Public Health that will focus on the Equity Data Index as well as other items from the OCHD's Racial Equity Strategic Plan. The BOH members had questions that were addressed by Ms. Scurry. B. 2019 Community Health Assessment Presentation Ashley Rawlinson, Healthy Carolinians of Orange County (HCOC) Coordinator, gave an update on the 2019 Community Health Assessment (CHA) which enables public health officials to address health disparities and identify needs of populations who are most disadvantaged. Below are some highlights. • Community data was collected via community opinion surveys (in-person and online), focus groups and community input sessions. BOH members were present at each session to facilitate community discussions. • The top 10 issues that were presented at the community input sessions that residents voted on were Access to Care, Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Physical Activity and S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2020 Agenda &Abstracts/ May Page 2