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 StarVista for Law Enforcement Co-responding Behavioral Health Crisis Services - Cities of East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and San Bruno
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with StarVista for law enforcement co-responding behavioral health crisis services for the cities of East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and San Bruno, for the term of January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $2,017,266.
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BACKGROUND:
For over 20 years, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has contracted with StarVista for mental health services, a mobile crisis response team for youth, Girls' Juvenile Court services, child abuse treatment services, the Early Childhood Community Team, substance use disorder treatment services, and the Community Wellness Crisis Response Team (CWCRT) for community members experiencing mental health crisis.
On January 12, 2020, this Board approved the resolution to enter into the Pilot Program of CWCRT, a partnership among four City Police Departments (Daly City, South San Francisco, San Mateo, and Redwood City) and the County, to embed one mental health clinician in each of those cities' police departments to provide a co-response to crisis calls involving mental health issues. The County expanded its contract with StarVista and its crisis intervention services to include the provision of mental health clinicians for the CWCRTs. Under the Pilot Program, StarVista clinicians assisted in the first response by providing early intervention, crisis de-escalation, 5150 evaluations, involuntary holds, referrals to therapeutic hospitalizations, and guidance to support services for individuals in mental health crises.
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