Fremont City Council Meeting: 09/20/22 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Human Services Department Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Agreements and Contracts
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STAFF REPORT (ID # 4697) DOC ID: 4697
Updated: 9/14/2022 3:02 PM by Susan Gauthier Page 1
TASK ORDER HSD-16 TO FUSD JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT - Authorization to Execute a Task Order to the Joint Powers Agreement with Fremont Unified School District. Task Order HSD-16 for the Provision of Mental Health, Family Support Services, Parenting Support, Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services, Youth Development and Alternative to Suspension Services; as well as collaborate with the FUSD Wellness Centers to innovate and deliver services, and explore opportunities to assist homeless parents and their youth.
Contact Persons:
Name: Annie Bailey Suzanne Shenfil
Title: Youth and Family Services
Administrator
Director
Div/Dept: Human Services Department Human Services Department Phone: 510-574-2111 510-574-2051
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to recommend that the City Council approve and authorize the City Manager or her designee to execute a Task Order for FY 2022/23 under the existing Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with Fremont Unified School District (FUSD).
Task Order HSD-16, in an amount not to exceed $113,563 is for the Youth and Family Services (YFS) and Fremont Family Resource Center (FRC) divisions of the Human Services Department (HSD) to provide the following services to FUSD:
A) Healthy Choices School-Based Mental Health Counseling from YFS at the schools indicated in Attachment B;
B) Staff Mental Health Counselor (LMFT from YFS) at Kennedy High School; C) Mental Health Stigma Reduction Project (funded by Kaiser Permanente) to address and reduce stigma associated with mental health concerns and increase help- seeking behaviors among Junior High and High School Students and Parents using a public awareness campaign, educational presentations and community health and education related events;
D) WHY TRY® Cognitive Behavioral Groups for At-Risk students and as an Alternative to Suspension for on-campus offenses including marijuana and tobacco product use;
E) Substance Use Disorder Outpatient Treatment Services at Robertson and Kennedy High Schools (SUD Intervention Specialist from YFS) and YFS Clinic located at FRC; F) Family Support Services based at the FRC providing family support and COST consultation for FUSD COST teams and families as referred by FUSD
BACKGROUND: For many years, the City of Fremont HSD has provided a variety of services to FUSD. The City and FUSD have an existing JPA, which acknowledges these services and allows for additional implementing task orders.
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Task Order No. HSD-16. HSD will provide five programs in FY 2022/23. The first two programs are funded through the task order for a total of $113,563. Three additional programs are provided for in the task order but funded solely through contracts with other entities.
First, the Healthy Choices School Counseling Program will serve ten Fremont schools in FY 2022/23, to provide mental health counseling services, parenting support and consultation. The City will receive a maximum payment from FUSD of $67,500 for Healthy Choices Counseling Interns in FY 2022/23. Healthy Choices Counseling will provide direct clinical intervention to approximately 200 students by utilizing volunteer clinical interns or trainees in the process of completing their required supervised practice hours to work at schools. Language capacity of the interns in FY 22/23 includes Spanish, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi, Gujarati, and Arabic.
Second, at the request of Kennedy High School, one YFS licensed staff mental health counselor will provide mental health counseling, consultation, crisis support an d coordination of services at Kennedy High School for one and a half days per week or twelve hours per week during the school year. The City will receive a maximum of $45,063 for these services. These funds cover the costs associated with staff salary, benefits and overhead.
In addition to the above services, which are provided and funded through Task Order No. HSD-16, the following projects and services are included in the Task Order but funded through outside contracts.
A) WHY TRY Groups for at-risk Middle and High School aged youth using the evidence based “WHY TRY” program as a framework are funded by Alameda County Health Care Services Agency in the amount of $11,479. Groups will focus on improving critical decision-making skills, building resilience, improving anger management and healthy relationships with family and peers. Groups will be facilitated by YFS clinicians skilled at working with youth from diverse cultural backgrounds who are demonstrating risky behavior. This program will be offered by FUSD as an Alternative to Suspension for students who have committed Tobacco or Marijuana related offenses on campus.
B) The Adolescent Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment Program will provide a value of $$39,657 of SUD services at Robertson Alternative High School and Kennedy High School through a fee for service contract with Alameda County Behavioral Healthcare Services (ACBHCS) v. A Certified SUD Counselor will be on campus two days per week during the school year at Robertson, and one per week at Kennedy. The SUD Counselor will coordinate services with YFS Counseling, FRC Family Support Services, and FUSD staff. Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services will reimburse the City for all services provided to students at the High Schools. In addition, YFS will provide screening, education, consultation, and treatment and recovery services if needed, and as program capacity at the YFS clinic allows for FUSD students 12 to 18 years, who are referred for substance use concerns.
C) Fremont Family Resource Center Family Support Services – FRC Family Support Specialists will provide support services and Coordinated Services Team (COST) Staff Report (ID # 4697) Meeting of September 20, 2022 Updated: 9/14/2022 3:02 PM by Susan Gauthier Page 3
consultation for FUSD COST team and families as referred by FUSD. Alameda County Health Care Services Agency will fund this service as part of a larger contract of $176,308.
In addition, the YFS, FRC and HSD Homeless Services Divisions will work together with FUSD to identify opportunities and ways to incorporate the use of Family Partner to support students and parents, in particular to address the needs of homeless parents and their children.
Fremont Unified School District JPA - Task Orders’ Services & Amounts
Task
Order No. Service Funding Source
FUSD Other*
HSD-16
Healthy Choices School Counseling & Family Support
Services
$67,500
Licensed YFS staff mental health Counselor $45,063
WHY TRY Groups $11,479
Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services
Robertson High School
$39,657
FRC Family Support Services $176,308
Total Task Order HSD-16 Funding: $113,563 $227,444
*Funding included for informational purposes.
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: HSD has a growing body of data from the Family Development Matrix (Matrix) and the Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Assessment tools demonstrating the benefits of these school-site services. The Matrix and CANS are assessment tools that FRC Family Support Specialists and YFS Counselors use at the beginning and end of services to assess the status of student/family needs and strengths.
Analysis of the Matrix and CANS data shows that children receiving counseling services are making statistically significant gains in social and emotional health, education and development, and pro-social behavior. Families who receive family support services report improvements in family stability related to housing, improved employment, and food and clothing outcomes. Students in these families show improvements in emotional status (confidence, motivation and ability to get along with others and their families).
Fremont’s ongoing partnership with FUSD is consistent with the national best practice models for community schools. A community school is both a place and a set of partnerships among the school, local government and other community resources. Its integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement leads to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities.
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FISCAL IMPACT: Task Order HSD-16 provides $113,563 in fees from FUSD for staff, supplies and other service costs. This funding is augmented by other grants from Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services, as well as Medi-Cal Insurance and administrative activities reimbursement. In anticipation of this funding, the City Council appropriated sufficient funds to cover the activities described above, as part of the 2022/23 Adopted Budget.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Approval of the task order is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines sections 15378 and 15061, as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the authorized activities may have a significant effect on the environment.
ATTACHMENTS: None.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve and authorize the City Manager or her designee to enter into Task Order HSD-16 to the Joint Powers Agreement with Fremont Unified School District in an amount not to exceed $113,563 for Youth and Family Services Division to provide School-Based Mental Health Counseling; Why Try Cognitive Behavioral Group Counseling as an Alternative to Suspension program for At-Risk youth; Substance Use Disorder Treatment services for Adolescents at Robertson and Kennedy High Schools; and the Family Resource Center Division to provide Family Support Services (Case Management) for the 2022-2023 school year (August 16, 2022 through June 15, 2023).