By Ruth Dusseault. Bay City News.
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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved more than $1 million in funding packages from the county's Measure K fund.
Measure K is a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2016 that provides local funding for local needs.
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte receive nearly $400,000 to ensure access to local reproductive health care. The PP initiative, approved 5-0, would purchase a new inventory system and pay for staff training.
The organization, which serves about 13,000 residents a year, operates three clinics in San Mateo County that provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, behavioral health and family medicine services.
Supervisors also allocated $190,000 to Smiles Dental Health, a nonprofit dental center serving low-income residents.