Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
With this project, PanCare of Florida, Inc. (PanCare) will provide comprehensive, trauma-informed, evidence-based mental health (MH) services to public, non-charter school students impacted by Hurricane Michael in Bay County, Florida. The project will increase awareness of youth MH issues and appropriate referrals, add new trauma-informed EBPs to the system of care, and add summer and afterschool programming grounded in social emotional learning. Project Name: PanCare School-Based Disaster Recovery Services Program. Target Population: The population of focus for the project is public, non-charter school students impacted by Hurricane Michael in Bay County, Florida. There are 28,305 school-age children (5 to 17) in Bay County, comprising 15.3% of the population (Amer. Comm. Survey, Census, 2014-2018). Close to half (48.1%) of 25,109 Bay District School students receive free or reduced-price meals. School children (K-12) in the service area are diagnosed with emotional and behavioral disabilities at twice the rate of students statewide (10.2% vs 5.0%) (Florida DOE, 2019-2020). Strategies and Interventions: This project will allow PanCare to increase access to direct tele-behavioral health services at 6 high need schools, and enhance services for students and families in all 29 non-charter public schools in Bay County by increasing awareness of youth mental health issues and appropriate referrals, adding new trauma-informed, evidence-based practices to the system of care, and adding summer and afterschool programming grounded in social emotional learning. PanCare proposes to use Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) in order to build awareness among school staff and community partners regarding the risk factors, warning signs, and impact of behavioral health problems, as well as common treatment options. PanCare will also implement trauma-informed, evidence-based social emotional learning programs, including MindUP, Bounce Back, and the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), to improve social emotional skills and promote positive social behaviors. Project Goals and Measurable Objectives: The project has established measurable objectives to meet the following goals: 1) Provide access to comprehensive mental health resources, including crisis counseling, for all students in Bay District Schools (BDS), 2) Implement trauma-informed, evidence-based social emotional learning programs in BDS to improve social emotional skills and promote positive social behaviors among students impacted by Hurricane Michael, and 3) Through workforce development and community partnerships, expand the infrastructure of BDS and the community to recognize the signs of mental illness among youth and link students to appropriate services. The project will serve approximately 7,176 individuals in Y1 (815 receiving EBPs and 6,361 students having access to tele-behavioral health services) and 7,626 (1,265 receiving EBPs and 6,361 students having access to tele-behavioral health services) over the 18-month project period.
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