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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-15463 with Gonzales Unified School District, for the provision by County of mental health services to students, to revise the payment provisions and add additional services, for the same total MOU amount not to exceed $110,173, for the same term 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-15463 with Gonzales Unified School District, for the provision by County of mental health services to students, to revise the payment provisions and add additional services, for the same total MOU amount not to exceed $110,173, for the same term August 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Gonzales Unified 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 and adds Program 2: Interconnected Systems Framework to provide Mental Health Student Services Act (MHSSA) grant funded mental health support services.
This work supports the following Monterey County Health Department 2018-2022 Strategic Plan Initiative: 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 provisions of health care when otherwise unavailable.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of the County Counsel and Au...
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