Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Scott Gilman, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with Youth Leadership Institute for the Mental Health Service Act Innovation Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Youth Leadership Institute to provide peer-led outreach and engagement for behavioral health technology interventions, increasing the amount by $300,000 to an amount not to exceed $1,368,961, with no change to the agreement term.
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BACKGROUND:
On September 6, 2016, your Board approved an agreement with Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) to provide Friday Night Live/Club Live services and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) community-based prevention services, for the term July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2018, in the amount of $528,386.
In January 2017, BHRS issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for community-based partnerships to provide substance use prevention and program evaluation. YLI submitted a proposal and was chosen to provide these services.
On October 31, 2017, the Chief of San Mateo County Health approved an amendment to the agreement for a cost of living increase effective July 1, 2017, increasing the maximum amount of the agreement by $2,325 to $530,711, with no change to the agreement term.
On February 27, 2018, your Board approved an amendment to the agreement for a marijuana education and tobacco prevention campaign, increasing the amount of the agreement by $60,000 to $590,711.
In December 2018, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) released an RFP seeking an agency to provide peer-led outreach and engagement for behavioral health
technology interventions. The goal is to support transition-aged youth in the use of web- based behavioral health interventions, including applications (apps) to engage, ...
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