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MINUTES OF THE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE October 23, 2023 AUDITORIUM Present: Councilmembers Kepple, Marx & Rader Also present: Councilmember Baker, Councilmember Bullock, Councilmember Shachner, Law Director Vargo, Development Director Leininger, Human Services Director Berry, Human Services Assistant Director Laura Jaissle, Kate Ingersoll (Executive Director, Healthy Lakewood Foundation), Mark Walters (Director of Community and District Activities, Lakewood Public Schools), Kristen Broadbent (President and CEO, Three Arches Foundation), Council staff Call to Order: 6:19 p.m. Approval of the minutes of the Health & Human Services Committee held June 26, 2023. Motion by Vice President Kepple, seconded by Councilmember Rader to approve the minutes of the June 26, 2023 meeting of the Health and Human Services Committee. All members voted in favor. Minutes approved. Communication from Assistant Director Bass regarding the Community Health Action Team (CHAT) – Interim Report.(referred to HHS 09/18/23) Vice President Kepple introduced the evenings topic and stated that Kate Ingersoll will be filling in for Assistant Director Bass this evening. Director Ingersoll began the presentation by providing background on the interim report and introducing the seven core organizational members of the Community Health Action Team (CHAT). She explained that they are required to provide an annual report, but since the team prioritizes transparency and is so excited about the work they have been doing, they decided to provide a six-month interim update. She then reviewed the presentation materials and explained how the suggested interventions were narrowed down and refined within the Social Determinants of Health framework. She said that the next steps will be to form sub committees to work on interventions for the five focus areas; housing, community information strategy, out of school time/enrichment, healthy food access, access to physical/behavioral health. The subcommittees will be formed in November and begin meeting in January, and the annual report to the administration and Council will be in March. Councilmember Rader pointed out that some of this work will involve legislative action, and he asked if Director Ingersoll could speak to the arc of the work and how that might be addressed. She replied that they have not yet developed guidelines around how policy would be recommended through this group. She explained that they viewed the recommendations as a forum for exploring the issues and as a platform to bring in issue experts to educate the subcommittees on the topic. She said they hope Councilmembers will also participate in that learning process to better understand what would really be impactful for the community. Councilmember Bullock commented that this is a very ambitious process and he wondered if they have identified key metrics that can be used to measure success. Director Ingersoll replied 1