December marked the end of the community planning and engagement phase for North Fair Oaks-Redwood City (NFO-RWC) and South San Francisco. Neighborhood leadership groups in both communities met for a final time to elevate top priority strategies. Initiative staff will circle back to neighborhood leadership group members who have been engaged throughout the process to finalize priority strategies for the plan, so top strategies are not yet finalized. In NFO-RWC, community members were enthusiastic about school-based strategies to improve family health and professional development for school staff in trauma-informed practices. In South San Francisco there was momentum around creating more low- and middle-income pre-school spaces and providing more mental health and behavioral supports in schools. We look forward to finalizing the community plans over the next month!
 
We thank the participants in these two communities for sharing aspirations for their community and their engagement throughout the process. As we work towards implementation we invite continued participation. The work has just begun!