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Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 1 to Memorandum of Understanding A-15466 between Monterey County Health Department, Behavioral Health Bureau (MCBHB) and Salinas Union High School District to add $5,000 of additional mental health services, for a revised total MOU amount not to exceed $1,117,072 and extend the term of the MOU for a revised term of August 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 1 to Memorandum of Understanding A-15466 between Monterey County Health Department, Behavioral Health Bureau (MCBHB) and Salinas Union High School District to add $5,000 of additional mental health services, for a revised total MOU amount not to exceed $1,117,072 and extend the term of the MOU for a revised term of August 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Salinas Union High School District has had a long-standing partnership with the Monterey County Health Department, Behavioral Health Bureau (MCBHB) for MCBHB to deploy Psychiatric Social Workers to provide therapeutic services for students identified as having trouble with their educational goals due to social, emotional, or behavioral issues. This Amendment No. 1 revises Program 1: General Education payment provisions, adds Program 2: Interconnected Systems Framework to provide Mental Health Student Services Act (MHSSA) grant funded mental health support services, and adds Program 3: OSY Mental Health Support.
This work supports the following Monterey County Health Department 2018-2022 Strategic Plan Goal: 3. Ensure access to culturally and linguistically appropriate, customer-friendly, quality health services. It also supports one of the ten essential public health services, specifically: 7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provisio...
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