Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Tamarra Jones, Director, Public Health, Policy and Planning
Subject: Agreement with Redwood City School District to Provide Mental Health Support to San Mateo County Newcomers
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Redwood City School District to provide Mental Health Support to San Mateo County Newcomers and authorizing the Chief of Health or their designee to execute agreements with two additional vendors when negotiations are concluded, for the term of October 21, 2025 through October 21, 2027, in an aggregate amount for three agreements not to exceed $600,000.
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BACKGROUND:
Get Healthy San Mateo County (GHSMC) is a product of the Healthy Communities Initiative launched in 2004. During the last 16 years we have made great progress in preventing diseases and ensuring that all San Mateo County residents have the opportunity to live long and healthy lives. Moreover, rates of preventable chronic diseases like diabetes and asthma and diseases exacerbated by social disconnection such as mental illness and substance use are on the rise, and the health outcomes of residents continue to vary by race, income, level of education, and place of residence.
GHSMC uses policy change to prevent diseases and ensure everyone has equitable opportunities to live a long and healthy life. GHSMC is a local collaborative of community-based organizations, County agencies, cities, schools, and hospitals working together to advance policy change to prevent diseases and ensure everyone has equitable opportunities to live a long and healthy life. The collaborative is facilitated by San Mateo County Health.
On October 28, 2024, San Mateo County Health released the GHSMC Request for Proposals (RFP) with three priority focus areas - Access to Health Care Services, Social Determinants o...
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