CITY OF GONZALES
AND
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
This Agreement, for VIDA Program work, is between City of Gonzales (GONZALES) and the Community Foundation for Monterey County (Community Foundation) from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.
WHEREAS, GONZALES has agreed to continue the Virus Integrated Distribution of Aid (VIDA) program to provide the community information and access to services, ranging but not limited to the following: labor and unemployment rights, education, housing, immigration, and health and human services from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023, in collaboration with the Community Foundation and the County of Monterey.
OBJECTIVES, provide access to services and programs designed to address the needs of community. Objectives include:
• Support the development and delivery of services and programs designed to meet the identified needs of the community either traditional brick-and-mortar resource centers or mobile centers and events or pop-up outreach sites. • Establish community programs and activities that provide the community information and access to services related to, among other things, labor and employment rights, education, housing, immigration, and health and human services. • Partner with trusted organizations in the community to implement effective outreach and service activities.
• Disseminate clear, accurate, and consistent information to target audiences in English, Spanish, and other appropriate languages.
• Reach culturally diverse and historically underserved populations to increase awareness of relevant available services.
• Maintain a database that collects, tracks, and reports outcomes on outreach and service efforts to assess the effectiveness of different outreach and service strategies. • Increase access to existing services for the community by expanding and maintaining the capacity and infrastructure of existing and new community resource centers programs through the:
1. Establishment of new community resource centers activities/programs;
2. Extension of hours of operation; and
3. Improved recruitment and retention of high-quality staff and volunteers.
OUTPUTS, will include using a CHW model from the ZIP Codes (and associated Healthy Places Index or HPI census tracts) with the most significant health disparities. Outcomes will include increasing reach (up to 2,000/month) to impacted ZIP Codes with culturally appropriate education, outreach, and systems navigation supports and reducing reported healthcare access barriers by the community.
DELIVERABLES, GONZALES will provide monthly data summaries and narrative reports of outcomes pertaining to system navigation efforts, increased dissemination of multilingual multi-media materials, improved community-provider health literacy, and weekly insights into access challenges faced by impacted communities. The data and input will be used to direct intensified messaging, modifications to make messaging more effective, and problem-
solve to close food, language, financial hardship and other access and service gaps, including access to health insurance and provider supports for improving community access (e.g., language supports).
Total budget $55,000, GONZALES will invoice the Community Foundation monthly.
GONZALES will provide a monthly invoice along with any backup the County of Monterey requires. The Community Foundation will then submit the invoice to the appropriate department at the County of Monterey and will pay GONZALES within two weeks of receiving the funds.
GONZALES can invoice no more than 1/6 of the total itemized budget monthly for a total of $55,000. If expenses do exceed this monthly amount, GONZALES will notify CFMC and adjust its internal budget for upcoming months accordingly.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is made on August 22, 2023 between GONZALES and the Community Foundation for Monterey County. This Agreement shall be retroactive to July 1, 2023 and shall remain in effect until December 31, 2023.
GONZALES
Executive Director: Dated:
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
President/CEO: Dated:
Dan Baldwin