Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health, and Recovery Services
Subject: Authorizing the Chief of San Mateo County Health or Designee to Execute Agreements with Three Local Community-Based Organizations to Continue Innovation Programs
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Chief of San Mateo County Health or designee(s) to execute agreements and amendments with three local community-based organizations to continue Innovation programs, for terms specified in Attachment A, where two programs are for the term of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, and one for the term of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, for a combined aggregate amount not to exceed $1,450,682.
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BACKGROUND:
On July 17, 2023, this Board approved executing agreements for the provision of the following Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Innovation (INN) project services:
1) Adult Residential In-home Support Element (ARISE): The ARISE program created a model for residential in-home services to support clients with a serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorder (SUD) who are at risk of losing their housing. Residential in-home support workers-approved in-home support services providers-were provided with specialized training for working with SMI and/or SUD clients in collaboration with peer support staff and occupational therapists.
2) Mobile Behavioral Health Services for Farmworkers: The program provided direct mobile behavioral health services and wraparound resources in Spanish to farmworkers and their families. It integrated cultural arts practices as a pathway for engaging farmworkers and their families with formal clinical behavioral health services spanning prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery.
3) Music Therapy for Asians/Asian Americans: This project provided music ther...
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