County of Santa Clara
Supervisorial District One
Board of Supervisors: Sylvia Arenas, Betty Duong, Otto Lee, Susan Ellenberg, Margaret Abe-Koga Page 1 of 3 County Executive: James R. Williams
DATE: December 9, 2025
TO: Children, Seniors, and Families Committee
FROM: Sylvia Arenas, Supervisor
SUBJECT: Joint meeting on children and youth
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Direct Administration to:
1. Refer to the Board of Supervisors' first meeting in January with a request that the Administration return before March with:
a. Options to prioritize and expand pilot site locations in San Jose and Countywide, in alignment with the Board’s approved Child and Youth Services Master Plan (CYSMP) direction and the Latino Health Assessment.
b. Options to develop a sub-working group to develop the standardized application, enrollment and data collection process of each City/County system and a future collaborative framework to support the pilot and future sites.
2. Request the Administration return to CSFC with additional information on gaps in services in priority areas in existing Project Hope Locations and SJ YEA Hotspots such as: Hoffman Viamonte, Edenvale/Roundtable, Cadilac/Winchester, Mt. Pleasant, Welch/Overfelt Area/Valley Palms, Meadowfair/Silver Creek/Brigadoon; services that exist in pilot locations but are not currently available in these other critical neighborhoods.
3. Request the Administration provide bi-monthly verbal reports at CSFC on the San Jose Child and Youth Services Master Plan implementation and relevant county contracts, inclusive of the pilot locations, as well as work more broadly towards coordinated system of care and no wrong door approach for children over 5 citywide and countywide, in alignment with previous Board Direction.
4. Update the Children, Seniors, and Families Committee workplan to agendize a followup meeting in the Spring of 2026 and make this joint meeting officially annual and Board of Supervisors: Sylvia Arenas, Cindy Chavez, Otto Lee, Susan Ellenberg, S. Joseph Simitian Page 2 of 3 County Executive: James R. Williams
recurring.
5. Additionally, report out to CSFC with verbal reports on next steps for three referrals approved by the Board of Supervisors on December 8, 2025:
a. Request the Administration report to the Board with a detailed report on the implementation of County’s Child Care and Early Education Infrastructure Grant Program, as well as related programs to expand the childcare. Report should include updates on implementation and steps to update the County’s assessment of childcare provider capacity and the impact of our grant outcomes. b. Direct the Administration to prepare Latino Health Assessment Action Plan project lists by jurisdiction, to allow policy makers in each city and school district to have a quick guide to Action Plan recommendations that provide opportunities for partnership with the County.
c. Direct the Administration to make the NSE/CSFC LHA presentation, with substantial focus on Action Plan implementation, available to be presented to the San Jose City Council, and provide offers of comparable presentations to other cities where Santa Clara County’s Latino community is heavily represented, including Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and Mountain View
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REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION
Santa Clara County and San Jose deeply shared interests and goals in supporting the needs of children and families. Today’s meeting continues the history of joint meetings between the Children, Seniors, and Families Committee of the Santa Clara County and the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee of the City of San Jose.
This joint meeting has quietly become the only ongoing and regular meeting between the San Jose City Council and the Board of Supervisors. It is a vital lifeline of collaboration in a time when that collaboration can be too infrequent and ad-hoc.
It is also telling that where we have been able to sustain this collaboration is in the area of the needs of our most vulnerable residents – and particularly for our children.
Today, we have the opportunity to convene and discuss some of the most important joint efforts between the jurisdictions. One report directly focuses on the jointly funded Child and Youth Services Master Plan (CYSMP). The other focuses on the County’s Latino Heath Assessment and the Cost of Gun Violence study – efforts that directly relate to our shared work in the Policy Team at San José Youth Empowerment Alliance and many other joint efforts.
Many of the recommendations above seek to sustain the Master Plan and support efforts to move towards a wider adoption, as has always been intended. In times of budgetary challenges, this may be a particularly challenging effort, but one that is absolutely critical.
Additionally, there are opportunities for better partnership on critical issues related to childcare and other areas of shared interest and investment. This in mind, this memo calls for addition steps to keep these items front and center, and calls for a future joint meeting in the next calendar year.