Introduction
Structurally vulnerable communities (COVID-19 has exacerbated these disparities and highlighted the burdens faced by structurally vulnerable communities in adhering to public health measures. In California, Latinx individuals comprised roughly 39% of the population, but 70% of cases in 2020 [In light of these health inequities, many have criticized the applicability and equity of the conventional public health toolkit for pandemic response (Even when social services are available, existing social science research has shown that willingness to indicate need for and accept social services, or “uptake”, is often low. There is great interest in understanding why public programs like health insurance and food assistance have low uptake rates relative to eligibility and a demand for quantitative research on programs that improve uptake [Beginning January 6, 2021, the Public Health Department of the County of Santa Clara, California, launched a novel “high-touch” model of contact tracing that was integrated with social services to better support structurally vulnerable communities [