To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-373-15 with Martinez Unified School District
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-373-15 with Martinez Unified School District (MUSD), an educational institution, in an amount not to exceed $213,154, to provide Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) prevention and early intervention (PEI) for underserved and at-risk students for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual expenditures of up to $213,154 and will be funded as budgeted by the department in FY 2024-25 100% by BHSA funds.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing BHSA PEI services. Contractor has been providing these services since July 1, 2009. The CORE (Community Optimizing Resources for Empowerment) Program is facilitated through MUSD and Vicente Martinez High School (VMHS) to assist Contra Costa Behavioral Health (CCBH) in implementing the CORE Program at Vicente Martinez High School and Briones School provides underserved, at-risk students in grades 9-12 with a variety of integrated experiential and leadership opportunities that promote mental health wellness in ways that are non-stigmatizing and non-discriminatory. These opportunities support social, emotional and behavioral health, career exposure and personal and academic growth while also encouraging, linking and increasing student access to direct mental health services.
This provider was selected in collaboration with community stakeholder advisory bodies and was approved as part of the comprehensive BHSA three-Year Plan as required by State regulation. Providers interested in providing specialized services were invited proactively to participate in program developme...
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