HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-28-2017 - Attachment C - Orange County Mental Health Collaboration Information Mental Health Collaboration between the Schools and the County
The Board of County Commissioners authorized funding for a Behavioral Health Systems of Care Analysis
in the FY2017-18 Budget. The funding will be used to hire a consultant to prepare the analysis and make
recommendations on system improvement and will focus on services available to residents up to 25
years old. A Request for Proposal (RFP) has been developed to solicit proposals from consultants with
three primary deliverables:
1. Create an inventory of existing resources for mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual
and developmental disabilities in Orange County serving ages 0-25.
2. Create a systems map of the existing mental health (including substance abuse, intellectual and
development disabilities) resources for residents ages 0-25, identity areas of strength and
weakness, and make recommendations for improvements to gaps in services, access to care,
quality of care, ease of referral, etc.
3. Work with both the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) and Orange County Schools (OCS)
in developing Behavioral Health Systems of Care assessments and scheduled implementation of
programming as deemed necessary by the assessments over a multi-year time frame.The
implementation phase could be piloted in the Family Success Alliance zones 4 and 6 in Year 1 of
the program.
In developing the RFP, the County engaged both school districts to review and provide input on the RFP
document in early September. The proposals are due in early October, and school district staff(Janet
Cherry—Systems of Care Director for CHCCS and Sherita Cobb—Director of Student Support for OCS)
have been invited to serve on the proposal review committee.
Outside of the RFP process, the Health Department has also worked with representatives from both
districts on the Cardinal Innovations Mental Health Collaborative where school based mental health has
been a priority focus this year. The agencies partnered on direct mental health service provision at A.L.
Stanback for children and families using Family Success Alliance funding and non-profit providers such as
El Futuro and Boomerang and on coordinating care for children of immigrant patients attending CHCCS
schools who were experiencing bullying, language barrier issues, and bus safety concerns.