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 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 amendment to the agreement with Jefferson Union High School District for mental health services, alcohol and other drug prevention services, and the Daly City Youth Center COVID Youth Resiliency Response Initiative, extending the term through June 30, 2023, and increasing the amount by $954,564 to an amount not to exceed $2,114,182.
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BACKGROUND:
On December 14, 2021, this Board approved an agreement with Jefferson Union High School District (JUHSD) to provide mental health services, alcohol and other drug (AOD) prevention services for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, in the amount of $1,159,618.
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 AOD prevention services to reduce access to and availability of AOD to youth.
DISCUSSION:
Through this amendment, DCYHC will continue to provide AOD prevention services. In addition, DCYHC will also provide brief intervention services to students as an alternative to suspension. DCYHC staff will also review the JUHSD suspension policies and provide feedback and recommendations for strategies to keep students in school.
DCYHC will also 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...
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