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Tri‑County Community Action Partnership introduces services, plans to expand in Trinity County
Summary
A representative of Tri‑County Community Action Partnership briefed the Board of Supervisors about services now available in Trinity County, including community health workers, transportation and enhanced care management through Partnership Health Plan and Medi‑Cal’s CalAIM reforms.
Lauren Wong, representing Tri‑County Community Action Partnership, introduced the nonprofit and its current and planned services in Trinity County during public comment at the Oct. 7 Board of Supervisors meeting.
Wong said the nonprofit, formed in 2017 and staffed since 2021, provides community health worker services, transportation and — starting this winter — enhanced care management in Trinity County. “Currently in Trinity County, we have our first staff who is a community health worker providing differential response services, and we anticipate expanding into our enhanced care management services starting hopefully in November,” Wong said.
Wong said the organization recently contracted with Partnership Health Plan to provide transportation as a billable service and that the agency bills for enhanced care management and community health worker services under Medi‑Cal CalAIM reforms. She said Tri‑County CAP also receives grant funding and donations, and that the group plans to hire local Trinity County staff and seek office space in the county.
Wong described transportation as a major local barrier and said the organization is establishing a local dispatcher and drivers to connect residents to health appointments. She left a handout for board members describing enhanced care management and invited supervisors to contact her with questions.
The board thanked Wong for the presentation; no board action was taken. The organization’s outreach represents an expansion of county service capacity funded through billable Medi‑Cal benefits and grants, Wong said.
