Rural Communities Telebriefing
Start off the new year and spend an hour with us! Hear from our panel experts about rural health updates, flooding & sandbags and collaborate with one another!
To sign-up for the virtual event: Click Here
To submit questions for the panel please use the following email: LiveWellCFBO@sdcounty.ca.gov
 New Year Will Bring Expanded Medi-Cal Coverage to People Ages 26-49
“Expanding Medi-Cal to cover younger adults is desperately needed in such difficult financial times. Providing a safety net to our most vulnerable neighbors is incredibly important and builds the opportunity for San Diegans to thrive,” said Rick Wanne, Director of Self Sufficiency Services in the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency.
All Californians under age 26 and over age 50 are already eligible for full Medi-Cal benefits. Some of those who have previously been denied full Medi-Cal are now expected to be eligible.
Read the full article here!
 We've Moved to GovDelivery!
Starting January 11th, 2024, all email communications from the Office of Equitable Communities and other County of San Diego departments will transition to GovDelivery.
Please add sdcounty@service.govdelivery.com to your safe list by January 4th, 2024, to ensure delivery of emails.
 County Launches Community-Driven Initiative to Address Inequity
The County of San Diego is piloting a new Equity Impact Grant (EIG) program in partnership with The Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego (NPI) to address community feedback about the challenges that small, grassroots, and minority-led organizations experience when applying for government contracts and philanthropic funding.
Each year, the EIG program will support 10 qualified San Diego-based social impact organizations/initiatives by with $100,000 in general operating support grants. Throughout the year-long grant period, NPI will provide tailored coaching and resources such as workshops on leadership, nonprofit governance, organizational resiliency and more.
The EIG program will focus on supporting community-driven efforts and community-based organizations working in the social and racial justice fields in the following areas: education (early childhood through higher/continuing education), civic engagement and movement building, arts, media & culture, housing, community development & mobility, public safety & restorative justice, health and healing, financial literacy & economic development, and food systems and environmental justice.
Applications close January 26, 2024. Apply here!
 Site Registration for Love Your Heart 2024 is NOW OPEN!
Love Your Heart starts February 14 and ends February 29, 2024. The event brings together community partners across the U.S. and Mexico to prevent heart disease and stroke, and empowers the public to take control of their heart health, know their blood pressure numbers, and know what they mean.
Organizations from every sector–business, healthcare, education, non-profit, faith-based–are needed to host screening sites and help promote Love Your Heart.
Deadline to complete the LYH Blood Pressure Screening Site Application form is Friday, January 12, 2024.
 Love Your Heart Volunteers Needed!
We are looking for general volunteers, as well as certified medical workers, such as doctors, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, firefighters, paramedics, or other credentialed individuals who are trained in taking blood pressure readings manually.
As a volunteer, you can sign-up to support a Love Your Heart screening site within San Diego County. Most sites are active between 8am-5pm, though shorter shifts may be assigned. Leaders of medical training schools–please let us know if your students would benefit from volunteer hours with this event. Learn more and help spread the word!
If you have any questions, please email the Love Your Heart Team at LoveYourHeartSD@sdcounty.ca.gov.
 County Supports Sustainable, Equitable, and Local Food Sourcing
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to adopt a policy that emphasizes value-based food sourcing for County-provided meals through the continued monitoring of food and beverage data. Spending about $27 million each year, the County is a large buyer of food.
The Sustainable, Equitable and Local Food Sourcing Program and Policy Framework prioritizes locally sourced, equity-informed, organic or regenerative-certified food that is produced with low carbon emissions and has nutritional benefits for both people and the environment.
The policy inherently supports the local economy. It helps local farmers, reduces carbon emissions, and provides healthy food. Local food producers, workers, and businesses owned and/or operated by people in underserved communities are prioritized.
Over the past year, the County served about eight million meals to vulnerable populations. These groups include older adults, foster youth, individuals living with HIV/AIDS and youth and adults residing in public hospitals and detention facilities.
Read the full article here!
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