The Marin County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 14 to accept the Health & Human Services (HHS) Department’s 2025–2028 strategic plan, a three-year roadmap the department said centers racial equity, expands place-based services and commits to data-driven performance measures.

County Executive Derek Johnson and HHS staff described the plan at length and said the department designed the strategy with substantial community and staff input. HHS leadership said the plan emphasizes five priority pillars: advancing racial equity; improving community conditions and services; fostering community partnerships; optimizing the workforce; and boosting data collection and analysis.

Dr. Lisa (HHS director) and HHS leads described an extensive outreach process that included a strategic advisory committee, steering committee, community resilience teams and dozens of key-informant interviews and focus groups. HHS staff said they sought to “meet people where they are” by holding meetings across the county, providing translation and offering stipends and gift cards for focus-group participants.

The plan establishes implementation steps and a monitoring approach. HHS officials said operational work plans will identify division leads and timelines, and the measurement, learning and evaluation (MLE) team will compile quarterly outcome reports. The department also said it intends to post regular updates on a strategic-plan webpage and hold annual community update meetings.

Supervisor questions stressed operational details and measurable outcomes. Supervisor Stephanie Moulton Peters asked how the plan would be operationalized for targeted communities such as Marin City; HHS staff said each pillar includes activities with named leads and that quarterly reporting and results-based accountability will track progress. Supervisors and commenters urged the department to include city and town elected officials in outreach and to continue focusing on homelessness prevention and supporting farmworker and immigrant communities.

Action and vote
- Motion to approve the Health & Human Services 2025 strategic plan. Mover: Supervisor Milton Peters; Second: Supervisor Eric Lukin. Outcome: approved (ayes). Vote tally: 5–0.

What the plan emphasizes
- Lead priority: “advancing racial equity” with race-focused performance metrics for each division.
- Place-based services expansion: mobile and brick-and-mortar clinics and monthly county services hubs in outlying areas.
- Workforce support: recruitment, retention and leadership development to sustain HHS staffing.
- Data and accountability: implement results-based accountability (RBA) and quarterly reporting to measure outcomes.

Next steps
HHS will finalize operational work plans, assign division leads for each activity, and begin quarterly reporting. Staff indicated the department will provide annual public updates and maintain a strategic-plan page and an HHS strategic planning email for inquiries.