TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: June 23, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jenine Miller
PHONE:
472-2341
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Mental Health Services Act Innovation Project: Tech for Trauma, and Authorization for the Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Director to Sign and Submit the Project Plan to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve Mental Health Services Act Innovation Project: Tech for Trauma, and authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Behavioral Health and Recovery Services Director to sign and submit the project plan to the California Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
June 19, 2018, Item 4(al), Approval of MHSA Reversion Plan, including Approval of Innovation Plan Outline; April 9, 2019, Item 5(h), Approval of 2018-19 Annual Innovation Plan Update; November 5, 2019, Item 4(b), Approval of 2019-20 Annual Innovation Plan Update.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Mendocino County has a high proportion of Transitional Age Youth (TAY) between the ages of 16 and 25 who have a diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The Tech for Trauma Innovation Project (initially called Computer Program and Virtual Reality Applications for Services to Youth) has been in development over the course of three years, and aims to bring to Mendocino County a new modality of treatment for PTSD and co-occurring diagnoses of anxiety and depression. Through Tech for Trauma, the County can learn if therapeutic virtual reality may reduce barriers to treatment for TAY, and explore how best to pair virtual reality treatments with traditional modalities in order to reduce stress and suffering...
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