HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07102012 - C.28RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of County, Grant Award
Agreement #28-824-3 with the State Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), to pay County
an amount not to exceed $14,325 for the Mental Health High School Health Career Training Academies Project in
Contra Costa County, for the period from June 18, 2012 through June 18, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in a total amount of $14,325 from the State Office of Statewide Health
Planning and Development to develop a mental health concentration in high school health career training academies
in Contra Costa County, through June 18, 2013. No County funds are required.
BACKGROUND:
In 2008, Contra Costa Mental Health (CCMH) conducted a workforce needs assessment and through the stakeholder
process that involved school personnel and other educators, this group expressed interest in the development of
mental health course work in existing high school
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/10/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Suzanne Tavano
(957-5134)
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 10, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Carrie Del Bonta, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, D Gary
C. 28
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:July 10, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award Agreement #28-824-3 with the State Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
health academies across the County. Based on the assessment, and various integrations of health in high schools in
the County, CCMH did not find a high school academy in all regions that has a core mental health component,
program, or curriculum. The goal of this program is to create mental health career options for economically,
educationally, disadvantaged, and or under represented students as they pursue a career in health professions and also
to potentially increases the mental health workforces. On April 17, 2012, the Board of Supervisors approved Grant
Application #28-824-2 to allow County to apply for funding to support the Mental Health High School Health Career
Training Academies Project in Contra Costa County, for the period from June 18, 2012 through July 18, 2013.
Approval of Grant Award #28-824-3 will allow the County to continue to receive funding to support the Mental
Health High School Health Career Training Academies Project in Contra Costa County through June 18, 2013,
including agreeing to indemnify and hold harmless the State for claims arising out of County’s performance under
this Agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, the County will not receive funding to support the Mental Health High School
Health Career Training Academies Project in Contra Costa County.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable.