The Board of Supervisors is seeking applicants to fill four seats on the African American Holistic Wellness and Resource Hub Transitional Community Advisory Body (TCAB), a community-driven group guiding the development of a new countywide wellness and support network for vulnerable African American residents.
Created by the Board of Supervisors, the TCAB advises the Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice (ORESJ) on selecting an independent lead entity to manage the hub and identifying community-based organizations to provide rapid-response services.
Applications are due by 5 p.m., Monday, Dec. 15. Applicants will interview with the Board of Supervisors’ Equity Committee, which will recommend candidates for board appointment.
The TCAB includes 13 members and three alternates, all county residents with lived or professional experience serving vulnerable African American communities. The group seeks broad demographic and district representation. Meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m., with additional ad hoc meetings as needed.
Open Seats
Contra Costa County is seeking to fill the following vacancies:
- One TCAB member; and
- Three alternate members.
Alternate members may be designated to fill in for absent members and vote during that meeting.
Role of the TCAB
TCAB members review and provide feedback on:
- Eligibility and selection criteria for the implementation lead entity;
- Eligibility and selection criteria for the Executive Director and Board of Directors;
- Eligibility and selection criteria for the Community Council;
- Eligibility and selection criteria for rapid-response service providers; and
- Outreach and recruitment efforts for all positions and roles.
To avoid conflicts of interest, applicants cannot have professional affiliations or close personal ties with any person or entity seeking to participate in these roles.
Who Should Apply
Residents with lived or professional expertise supporting vulnerable African American communities are encouraged to apply, particularly in the following areas:
- Behavioral Health services, particularly for African American males
- Housing Navigation services and supports, particularly for those at immediate risk and those with young children, including African American males
- Preventative Health Care, check-ups, and screenings, especially for elders and young children
- Infant and Maternal Health care services and supports
- Resource Navigation to enroll in Medi-Cal, Cal Fresh, and other public benefits
- Reentry Support and Restorative Alternatives for those transitioning from incarceration, especially African American males
TCAB members serve without compensation or reimbursement.
The TCAB will dissolve once an independent nonprofit organization, its Board of Directors, and a Community Council are established. Service is expected to last about one year.
Recruitment Timeline
- Dec. 15: Final Day of the Application Period, due by 5:00 p.m.
- Jan. 19: Equity Committee Interviews
- Feb. 3: Board of Supervisors Approve Appointments
- Feb. 9: New appointees attend TCAB Meeting
When applying, under “Board and Interest,” please be sure to select “African American Holistic Wellness and Resource Hub Transitional Community Advisory Body.”
Application forms are available from the Clerk of the Board at (925) 655-2000 or online at https://www.contracosta.ca.gov/3418/. Completed applications can be submitted online at https://contra-costa.granicus.com/boards/forms/321/apply/, emailed to ClerkoftheBoard@cob.cccounty.us or mailed to the Clerk of the Board at 1025 Escobar St., 1st Floor, Martinez, CA 94553.
Surprised they are not looking for anyone with job training/job placement experience. It really improves mental health when people are living independent productive lives. I hope this isn’t a program to help people stay on assistance programs. The overall objectives seem very vague and broad. Not sure how they will measure success.
Say it like it is. The overall objective is to figure out how to stop the feral gangs from rampaging-theft in the stores…without arresting, and re-arresting the poor lost souls.
Poor souls who continue to drag the hopes, reputations and expectations of their own proud and worthy brothers and sisters down into the gutter with them.
Instead of studying to do better, of taking whatever job they can get and the responsibility that goes with it…like you, I, and my kids and yours have had to do for generations… their single teen mothers have taught them to whine and blame their neighbors for their own short comings: “My great great great great grandpa was a slave —so I deserve all this stuff for free…and you should just let me have it!”
Are we turning into Minnesota? Contra Costa County is not Somalia!!
So when do we get the wellness advisory body for our white population, or our Chinese or our Mexican populations? Is the county only concerned with our African American population? Tsk tsk … seems like it is discriminatory in nature.
Welfare and sweet-talk has not fixed their problem in 60+ years…! Target and Ulta Beauty could just stock up extra baby formula, Huggies and “product” — give them the keys to the stores – with restricted access to one day a week, between 10pm and 2am.
No more feral gangs, No more expensive court cases. Problem solved. — except they’d still want “free” access to at least two more stores…
WTH is that designated group it sounds like a BLM offshoot.
Sounds pretty racist to me…
When will the people stop letting the government promote racism?
There is no need for special services designated to any one portion of society.
We are all human beings.
There is no other designation needed.