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Under the plan, the county will expand existing programs helping children and adults with mental health issues, and fund community organizations focused on prevention and early intervention services.
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The county will also expedite its planning process on an “innovative” project tackling regional mental health issues. It must get state approval on the project by next year or it will lose the $9 million innovation fund grant from the state.
And under the new plan, $10 million in state funds for prevention and early intervention programs is up for grabs for community-based groups offering care for trauma and adverse childhood experiences, or ACEs.
“Smaller grass-roots organizations that are doing great work in the community that can really use this money,” said Leslie Napper, who serves on the county’s MHSA steering committee.
A potential project that could win state money might be a local group that wanted to train staff members at nearby middle and high schools on how to identify ACEs among students, mental health services director Peter Beilenson told the board Tuesday.
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