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: Third Amendment to the Agreement with The John W. Gardner Center for Planning and Evaluation Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing a third amendment to the agreement with The John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education to continue to plan and evaluate the Federal Justice Assistance Grant Community Wellness Crisis Response Team Program, linking police officers with mental health clinicians, increasing the amount by $89,857 for a new not-to-exceed amount of $1,066,997, and extending the term through September 30, 2027.
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BACKGROUND:
In order to address the ongoing need for immediate mental health services in the field within local communities, the Daly City, Redwood City, San Mateo, and South San Francisco Police Departments have collaborated with San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) to develop a co-response model that partners sworn law enforcement officers with a licensed mental health clinician within a first-responder framework. A key goal of these partnerships involves the combined expertise and resources of both disciplines to best serve the public in a timely manner.
The model, now referred to as the Community Wellness Crisis Response Team (CWCRT), calls for one mental health clinician to be embedded in each of the four city law enforcement agencies previously mentioned. This clinician serves as a supplement to law enforcement’s response to calls for service involving individuals experiencing a mental health crisis.
In February 2021, this Board approved an agreement with The John W. Gardner Center for Youth and their Communities of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education (The Gardner Center...
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