Specifications include, but are not limited to: Contractor shall operate a school-based behavioral health program focused on serving middle school students regardless of insurance status, hereafter known as clients. Services shall be provided in the North Coastal region of the County and aligned with Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) Planning Area. Utilizing the Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) Framework, the program shall include, at minimum, the following four components for all schools that have chosen to implement the Countyselected screening tool: 1. Prompt review and stratification of school-administered behavioral health mySAEBRS student screening results to guide student engagement efforts. 2. Provision of Tier 2, small group interventions on participating school campuses. The Contractor shall use screening results, when available, to identify students who would benefit from Tier 2 interventions. 3. Limited care coordination activities for students requiring Tier 3 treatment interventions. Contractor shall work with available data to connect identified students with school-based and/or community-based providers appropriate to each student’s needs. 4. Utilize the Promotora model to support and engage the parents/caregivers of the students. Contractor shall serve regional planning areas in which Contractor maintains relationships with key community stakeholders, including, as appropriate, tribal, and multi-cultural representation. Services shall adhere to Children’s System of Care (CSOC) principles and be community based, with services provided at designated school sites, as well as leveraging telehealth as appropriate. Contractor shall provide school-based services at designated school sites during school hours and after hours as agreed upon between Contractor and school administration. Contractor shall communicate and coordinate with school staff to ensure seamless integration into the school day. To this end, Contractor shall maintain a regular service and onsite schedule agreed to by each school served. Contractor shall maintain student data electronically and ensure that appropriate school staff have timely access to such data. Data sharing shall be subject to applicable provisions of both the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). To increase parent participation at the designated public schools and support the Screening to Care Initiative, the contractor shall utilize Promotora based on the Promotora model to enhance Family, Community, and School partnerships. The Promotora model employs a parent (utilized broadly as a term for all caregivers) from the community to serve as a bridge between schools and the communities. The Promotora have had or have children at the designated schools and reflect the diversity of the families within the community, including language, ethnicity, gender, and age diversity. The Promotora work with parents, school and the community to determine prevention needs and provide resources and or connection to services that focus on family wellness, strengthening resilience, reducing disparities in accessing substance use and mental health services, reducing stigma and discrimination, and helping families make connections with the schools and otherservices/supports in the community. These services primarily provided to the parents aim to increase the protective factors and resilience of the family unit, reduce family isolation, and increase parent engagement with the schools. Possible community outreach activities and education may include but not be limited to building effective parenting skills, information about child development and managing early signs of child struggles, information, and support in working with the school, psycho-educational groups, stress reduction through yoga, physical activity, or art, music and movement and assistance in accessing community resources.
