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: Measure K: Agreement with Jefferson Union High School District for Mental Health Services, Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Services and the DCYHC COVID Youth Resiliency Response Initiative
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Jefferson Union High School District for mental health services, alcohol and other drug prevention services, and the DCYHC COVID Youth Resiliency Response Initiative, for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $1,159,618.
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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, and alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention services to reduce access to and availability of AOD to youth.
DISCUSSION:
Through this agreement, DCYHC will provide mental health services to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed / System of Care youth in the DCYHC clinic and on JUHSD campuses. In addition, JUHSD will be the lead and fiscal agency for the community-based partnership by providing AOD-related prevention services in the Northwest Community Service Area, while continuing to reduce access to and availability of AOD to youth. Measure K funds will support the DCYHC COVID Youth Resiliency Response Initiative which is designed to assist over 2,000 youth with skills needed to cope with the mental health and physical health challenges they face due to the pandemic.
Effective July 1, 2016, the Community Health Promotion Unit (formerly the Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Unit) of Family Health Services merged with Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS). ...
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