Request for Committee Action
A briefing memo explaining the purpose, background, and impact of the requested action.
Uncompensated care grant for mental health services at the Health Department's School-Based Clinics (RCA-2024-00597)
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
To Committee(s)
| # | Committee Name | Meeting Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Public Health & Safety Committee | June 5, 2024 |
Action Item(s)
| # | File Type | Subcategory | Item Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Action | Grant | Accepting a grant from Hennepin County, in the amount of $28,000, to continue mental health services at the Health Department's School Based Clinics through December 30, 2024. |
| 2 | Action | Contract/Agreement | Authorizing an agreement with Hennepin County for the grant. |
| 3 | Resolution | Appropriation | Passage of Resolution approving appropriation of funds to the Health Department. |
Previous Actions
2019-00929 - Grant from Hennepin County for Mental Health Services
Ward / Neighborhood / Address
| # | Ward | Neighborhood | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | All Wards |
Background Analysis
The Health Department’s School Based Clinic (SBC) Program requests permission to accept up to $28,000 of additional funding to cover uninsured mental health clients from Hennepin County. This amendment provides an additional $7,000 to our current contract thru June 30,2024 and adds $21,000 to new current contract thru December 2024. The goal with this funding is to cover the cost of school based mental health services to uninsured MPS high school students at Henry, Roosevelt, South, Southwest and Washburn.
We have received funding for uninsured mental health clients from Hennepin county for the past 10 years. They will be issuing an RFP for a new funding cycle to begin January 2025.
Currently over 70% of adolescents receiving SBC MH services are black, indigenous, Latino or other non-white ethnicities or identities. The students, families, and communities we serve were challenged by significant health, educational and financial disparities before COVID 19 which have intensified these disparities and is showing to disproportionally impact communities of color. SBC mental health care is available to all MPS students attending the high schools listed above. Currently approximately 25-30 % of our clients are not insured. For all these reasons it is even more than ever critical to address the significant mental health needs of young people in the Minneapolis high schools.