H79SM087193

School-Based Trauma-Informed Support Services and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth in Camden County, New Jersey - The Camden County Educational Services Commission (CCESC), in coordination with behavioral health provider Oaks Integrated Care (Oaks), is seeking to develop and implement school-based trauma-informed support services and mental health care in Camden County, New Jersey. These services will serve pre-K through 12th grade students in public, charter, renaissance, nonpublic schools, state facilities, and private schools for the disabled.

CCESC and Oaks provide a variety of overlapping school-based services in Camden County. Therefore, the proposed proactive programmatic services will include all municipalities and educational institutions within the county. Additionally, the proposed targeted reactive programmatic services embedded within various districts will include those municipalities and schools with the highest rates of referrals to the county's crisis center and children's mobile response (CMR) services.

A prominent issue at the forefront of youth mental health treatment in Camden County is school districts defaulting to sending youth to the emergency department (ED) for discharge and clearance to return to school following a mental health crisis. This approach greatly exacerbates any current and future mental health issues and challenges for the student, as treating the school clearance as a simple "check-mark" does not provide the necessary linkage and referral to treatment services. The current system passes liability from one entity to another, resulting in the "revolving door" phenomenon of individuals cycling in and out of the public health system.

The goal of the proposed school-based project is to provide services that address the unmet behavioral and mental health needs of the target population. This will be achieved by increasing accessibility to services and strengthening collaboration between schools, their faculty, families of students, and mental health services providers. CCESC and Oaks aim to serve a total of 125 individuals in year 1 and 250 individuals annually in years 2 through 4, resulting in a total level of service of 875 unduplicated individuals throughout the 4-year project period. These numbers are based on actual trends of referrals and admissions served in Oaks' crisis center and CMR programs.

Camden County Educational Services Commi

NOT APPLICABLE

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Clementon, New Jersey 080213916 United States

Single Zip Code

Cooperative Agreements for School-Based Trauma-Informed Support Services and Mental Health Care for Children and Youth (SM-22-017)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 12/30/26 to 09/29/26 and the total obligations have increased 50% from $1,940,000 to $2,910,000.