Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Jim Pacheco, Supervisor, District 1
Josh Pedrozo, Supervisor, District 2
Daron McDaniel, Supervisor, District 3
Lloyd Pareira, Jr., Supervisor, District 4
Scott Silveira, Supervisor, District 5
Yvonnia Brown, Director
Feliza Gray, Deputy Director, Adult and Aging Services
Wendy Campbell, Program Manager, Area Agency on Aging
Jaz Chima, Analyst, Adult and Aging Services
Rachel Hernandez, Staff Services Analyst
Mike King, Project Manager
Sarah Illing, Lead Facilitator
Adourin Malco, Central California Alliance for Health
Barbara Hurtado, Central Valley Regional Center
Bruce Metcalf & Gina Thomas, Merced County Rescue Mission
Christopher Jensen, City of Merced
Edward Skelton, Merced County Veterans Service Office
Erick Serrato, Worknet Merced County
John Ceccoli, Merced City and County Continuum of Care
Kevin Alvey, Valley Caregiver Resource Center
Kristina Gardner, City of Atwater
Linda Smith, Merced County Department of Public Health
Margaret Buchmann-Garcia, Center of Vision Enhancement
Marilyn Mochel, NAMI Merced County
Morgan Leon, Merced County Office of Emergency Services
Paul Thao, Merced Lao Family Community
Serenity Anderson & Mari Bautista, The Bus, Merced's Regional Transit System
Suzanna Gámez & Lynornces Downum-Hanzal, Resources for Independence Central Valley
Tiffany Ho, Merced County Planning Division
Claudia Corchado, Deputy Director
Randu Terrazas, Spanish Interpreter
Cultiva Central Valley, an organization dedicated to creating health equity, provided invaluable community engagement support by outreaching to and transporting their network of Spanish-speaking residents to the Action Plan focus groups. We would not have had nearly as much community participation in the planning process without them. Additionally, Randu Terrazas provided exceptional simultaneous English-Spanish interpretation, as well as the equipment that made it possible. The rest of the Cultiva Central Valley team helped with focus group setup and breakdown, along with everything in between.
Finally, we sincerely thank the 319 Merced County residents who generously contributed their time and expertise to the focus groups that informed the recommendations in this Action Plan. We would also like to thank the following community partners whose facilities, community outreach, and logistical and staffing support made the focus groups possible:
Guadalupe Soto-Sanchez, Planada Community Center
Terri Radney, Merced Senior Community Center
Nikki Pegg, George Washington Carver Center, Dos Palos
Teresa Nava, Los Banos Community Center
Jami Westervelt & Tiffany Vitorino, City of Gustine
Scarlette Melendez, Prusso Center Building, Livingston
Paul Thao, Krista Xiong & Maly Thao, Merced Lao Family Community
Kristina Gardner, Atwater Community Center
Bruce Metcalf, Merced County Rescue Mission
Father Isaque Meneses, Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Hilmar
Sherry Borba, Snelling Resident
Russell Price, Snelling Municipal Advisory Council
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