Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mato County Health
Stephen Kaplan, Interim Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Jefferson Union High School District for Mental Health Services and Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Jefferson Union High School District for mental health services, outpatient mental health services authorized by the Mental Health Plan, and alcohol and other drug prevention services for the term July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $655,180.
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BACKGROUND:
Jefferson Union High School District (JUHSD) operates the Daly City Youth Health Center (DCYHC), which provides youth with outpatient mental health services in Pacifica, Daly City, Colma, Brisbane, and parts of South San Francisco. JUHSD provides mental health services to all Medi-Cal eligible individuals through outpatient service centers and a network of community agencies and independent providers, enabling integrated mental health services to be provided in a health care setting.
DISCUSSION:
Through this agreement, JUHSD will provide mental health services to DCYHC youth and other JUHSD school campuses. In addition, the contractor will provide outpatient mental health services, authorized by the County's Mental Health Plan (MHP) to Medi-Cal eligible clients, covered by the Healthy Families Healthy Kids Program, for whom the MHP has assumed responsibility. Lastly, JUHSD will be the lead and fiscal agency for the community-based partnership by providing alcohol and other drug (AOD) related prevention services in the Northwest Community Service Area, while continuing to reduce access to and availability of AOD to youth.
The Resolution contains the County's standard provision allowing amendment of the County's fiscal obligations by a...
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