St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund

26 respondents indicated that their relationships with the CBOs with which they collaborated pre-existed the fires. 86% indicated that their relationships were strengthened as a result of wildfire collaboration and 90% felt that communication was clear. A smaller percentage (79%) reported that they felt roles and responsibilities in these relationships were clear, while other suggested improvements such as: • More defined and clear roles and responsibilities for who would do what, who is in charge, who is handling which priorities, etc. • Pre-planning • Better communication and frequency of communication CBOs also indicated a high level of partnership and collaboration with government agencies too, albeit less than with other CBOs. The most commonly indicated local government agencies with which CBOs partners or collaborated were the County of Sonoma, City of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County Behavior Health, Napa Sheriff's Department, Napa County Department of Health and Human Services, Sonoma County Office of Recovery and Resiliency. More CBO-local government relationships were built as a result of fire response then CBO-CBO relationships. 60% of survey respondents indicated that these relationships existed prior to the wildfires. Similarly, the strength, clarity of communication and roles and responsibilities with government agencies were slightly lower for CBO-local government than CBO-CBO. 83% of respondents indicated that relationships were strengthened as a result of wildfire collab- oration. 71% stated that communication was clear and 64% stated roles and responsibilities were clear. Top things that could have improved the effectiveness of the relationships with government include communication, planning and preparation, and a better understanding of systems, the government's ability to offer support, roles and responsibilities in responding to disaster, service delivery expectations, etc. As for CBO relationships with the St. Joseph Health Hospital System, for those who had one, the majority (73% of those who had one) expressed that it was "very effective". 40% of respondents did not report a relationship with the hospital ministry. Table 10: Effectiveness of Collaboration with St. Joseph Health Hospital Effectiveness of Collaboration Relationship with St. Joseph Health Hospital Ministry (n=30) 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Very effective Not effective Somewhat effective N/A 43% 40% 10% 7%

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