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MENTAL HEALTH STUDENT SERVICES ACT (MHSSA)

The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) awarded the County of Mendocino Behavioral Health and Recovery Services an MHSSA grant in September 2020.

MHSSA funds are used to better bolster and expand existing services to Mendocino County students and their families. This includes linking and strengthening existing mental health services to better meet student's mental health needs and enhance awareness, prevention, and early intervention.

Vision: For all students to have access to the necessary services and supports to become healthy, resilient adults and for schools to provide the nurturing, trauma informed environments that support behavioral health and education outcomes.

Goals: Reduce dropout rates, suspensions and expulsions, and increase suicide prevention awareness and reduce suicide risks by augmenting therapeutic and support services to school sites.

The MHSSA Mendocino County Student Services Partnership is led by Mendocino County Behavioral Health and includes the Mendocino County Office of Education, behavioral health service providers, and school districts. The partnership delivers an array of services to students and their families through therapists, counselors, and other case managers working on-site at schools and through services offered in the community by established behavioral health providers, including the Mendocino County Youth Project, Redwood Community Services, and Tapestry Family Services.

Service providers support the goals, mission, and vision of the partnership through:

Outreach and engagement to students and families to link them to services
Screening for mental health concerns and assessing student needs and strengths
Brief treatment, intervention, and crisis intervention
Providing group mental health services to students
Provide targeted professional learning and capacity building for school based mental health professionals and staff

The Mendocino County Student Services Partnership Steering Committee is responsible for ensuring the MHSSA programs have a viable and sustainable strategy and achieve their intended educational impact and outcomes.

The MHSSA Student Services Partnership Steering Committee meetings are held monthly at 1:30 pm, and Stakeholder Forums are held quarterly from 4:00 - 6:00 pm. See below for upcoming meeting dates and video conferencing login details.

MHSSA Student Services Partnership, Steering, Forums, and Upcoming Trainings

View the 2022 Schedule

2022 Student Services Partnership Steering Committee Meetings
January 10, 2022	Agenda	Minutes
March 21, 2022	Agenda	Minutes
August 29, 2022	Agenda	Minutes

2022 Community Forums
May 16, 2022	Agenda	Minutes
September 19, 2022	Agenda	Minutes

2021 Student Services Partnership Steering Committee Meetings
January 11, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
February 8, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
March 15, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
April 12, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
June 14, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
July 19, 2021	Cancelled	Cancelled
August 9, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
September 20, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
November 15, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
December 13, 2021	Cancelled	Cancelled

2021 Community Forums
May 17, 2021	Agenda	Minutes
October 18, 2021	Agenda	Minutes

Upcoming Trainings
Youth Mental Health First Aid Trainings	September 28, 2022
QPR Suicide Prevention Training	September-December 2022 Flyer January-June 2023
Mental Health First Aid Training	September 2022-June 2023