Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health, and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative for the Kapwa Kultural Center and Cafe
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative for the Kawpa Kultural Center and Caf?, for the term of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $1,017,699.
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BACKGROUND:
The Kawpa Kultural Center and Cafe, is an approved 5-year Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Innovation (INN) pilot project to develop a social enterprise business model supporting the sustainability of youth-focused services, including youth development, culturally specific education and arts, and linkages to behavioral health services as needed. This project will provide services targeting at-risk Filipino/a/x transitional age youth (16-24 years) from northern San Mateo County.
DISCUSSION:
The original pilot project was proposed by the Filipino Mental Health Initiative and informed by a needs assessment of northern San Mateo County youth and community. Stakeholders were engaged in providing input on the project through the MHSA Steering Committee and the Behavioral Health Commission on November 6, 2019, following a public hearing and 30-day public comment. This Board approved the project as part of the FY 2019-20 MHSA Annual Update on April 7, 2020.
On December 2020, Behavioral Health, and Recovery Services (BHRS) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking an agency to implement the MHSA INN Social Enterprise Cafe pilot project (now known as the Kawpa Kultural Center and Cafe). Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative (Daly City Partnership) was selected to provide these services by an RFP evaluation panel for the term of October 1, 2021, through Jun...
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