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Board directs county departments to boost outreach, telehealth and food delivery for immigrants after enforcement actions
Summary
By a 5-0 vote the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed multiple departments to study local impacts of heightened immigration enforcement and to expand remote and grassroots outreach, food delivery and guardian designation guidance for families.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to direct county departments to assess and respond to recent increases in federal immigration enforcement and the “chilling effect” it has had on immigrant access to county health and social services.
The motion from Supervisor Hilda Solis, coauthored by Supervisor Lindsay Horvath, asks the Departments of Health Services, Mental Health, Public Social Services, Children and Family Services, Aging and Disabilities and others to report back with plans to expand telehealth and virtual services, deploy multilingual grassroots messaging, support food delivery and prepare materials about guardian designation for parents who may be detained.
The motion was prompted by reports from health providers and supervisors that enforcement actions this month disrupted outreach and services in MacArthur Park…
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