Humboldt County School District

HCSD Project Aware - Humboldt County School District (hcsd)’s Project Aware Grant Program Scales-up the District’s Existing Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) Infrastructure to Deliver School-based Mental Health Services. the Project Serves Humboldt County, Nevada and Supports the District’s 3,358 Students and 205 Teachers, Serving 3,563 People Annually or 17,815 Over the Life of the Project. Hcsd’s Project Aware Improves Student Mental Health and Wellbeing Through a District-coordinated Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS) That Delivers Equitable Access to Culturally Relevant Mental Health Supports. the Project’s Goals and Objectives Are Outlined Below. Goal 1: Build Capacity to Sustain Evidence-based, Mental Health Programs Across the MTSS. OBJECTIVE1A: HCSD Will Scale-up the District’s MTSS Framework to Deliver Mental Health Interventions by January 30, 2024. Objective 1B: HCSD Will Implement All Three Tiers of the MTSS Framework Across the District (i.e., Every School) With 75% Fidelity by June 30, 2028 as Measured by the Nevada Department of Education’s MTSS Fidelity Monitoring Tool. Objective 1C: HCSD Will Train 100% of Licensed Staff in Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) by September 30, Annually. Goal 2: Improve School Climate Across the District. Objective 2A: Site Service Coordinators Will Case Manage a Minimum of 10% of Each School’s Student Body by January 30, 2024 and Annually Thereafter. Objective 2B: HCSD Will Increase School Climate Survey Results in All Twelve Domains at Every Grade Level to the 60TH Percentile by June 30, 2028 as Measured Through Panorama. Goal 3: Increase Access to Mental Health Services, Especially for Students With Serious Emotional Disturbances or Serious Mental Illness. OBJECTIVE3A: HCSD Will Provide 100% of 9-12TH Grade Students With Ymhfa Training Annually as Measured Through Panorama Records. Objective 3B: HCSD Will Provide a Minimum of 728 Hours of TIER-3 Therapy Services Through the Identified Partners Annually as Measured Through Service Coordinator Case Management Reports and Panorama Records. HCSD Will Achieve the Goals and Objectives Above Through the Following Activities: Expanding the Communities Existing Advisory Committee to Deliver More Robust Mental Health Supports, Completing a Community Needs Assessment, Implementing a Suicide Prevention Policy, Delivering Youth Mental Health First Aid Training to All Staff and High School Students Annually, Providing Integrated Student Supports Aligned to a Multi-tiered System of Support at Each School Through School Site Coordinators, Providing Social Emotional Learning Curriculum at Each District School, Updating the District’s Hazard Vulnerability Assessment, Integrating Family Medical Services to Better Screen for Needs Among High-need Students, Providing Brief Intervention Through School Based Social Workers, and Crisis Intervention Through Community-based Providers.