>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT
IS 9:36 A.M. I AM CHAIR OF THE
COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE
THAT COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE IS
JOINING US TODAY.
>> CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH ,
COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE . SORRY,
ONE MORE TIME. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE.
>> SHE IS RAISING HER HAND, SO.
SHE IS RAISING HER HAND. THAT
IS ARE PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
>> HERE
>> VICE-CHAIR WOO
>> PRESENT
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA .
>> PRESENT.
>> THANK YOU. THERE IS ONE ITEM
OF BUSINESS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING
NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS
ADOPTED. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC
COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS
WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS
COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW MANY
SPEAKERS I SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE CURRENTLY HAVE ZERO
IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP
AND THERE IS ONE REMOTE
SPEAKER.
>> THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE
MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT
PERIOD IS UP TO 20 MINUTES.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE
CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH
THEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START
WITH IN PERSON FIRST ALTHOUGH
TODAY WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN
PERSON SO WE WILL START WITH
ONLINE. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A
TIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT
OF THEIR TIME. THE PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN.
>> THE FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER IS
ALL OVER. -- OLIVER.
>> SPEAKER, PLEASE PRESS STAR
SIX. WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT,
YOU HAVE BEEN AND MUTED.
-- UNMUTED.
>> PLEASE NOTE, COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE'S MICROPHONE IS NOT
WORKING.
>> OKAY, WILL THE SPEAKER
PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. WHEN YOU
HEAR THE PROMPT, YOU HAVE BEEN
UNMUTED. TO THE SPEAKER, I'M
SORRY, WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE
BIT OF DIFFICULTY HEARING YOU.
WE ARE WORKING IT OUT.
>> APOLOGIES, SPEAKER. WE ARE
HAVING A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY.
>> PETER, I APOLOGIZE. PLEASE
SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS TO
SEATTLE.GOV. I REALLY APOLOGIZE
TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO
GETTING YOUR COMMENTS VIA EMAIL
IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, OR YOU ARE
ALSO WELCOME TO CALL MY OFFICE.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, CLERK, WILL THE
CLERK PLEASE READ TODAY'S FIRST
AGENDA ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, AN OVERVIEW
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EARLY
LEARNING AND EDUCATION OF THE
$4.5 MILLION MENTAL HEALTH
PILOT INVESTMENT.
>> THANK YOU. THIS ITEM HAS
BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD. FOR
THIS ITEM OF BUSINESS, WE ARE
JOINED THIS MORNING BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING DIRECTOR DWANE
CHAPPELLE A DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING
STAFF. THEY WILL INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES HERE IN A MINUTE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I
WILL SAY, COLLEAGUES, THIS
PRESENTATION TODAY WILL BE
FOCUSING ON THE $4.5 MILLION
MENTAL HEALTH PILOT INVESTMENT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
HOW THE INVESTMENTS HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED SO FAR, AND HOW
THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN WAS
PUT INTO PLACE. THE PILOT
FUNDED FROM BOTH THE FAMILY
EDUCATION PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE
LEVY AND THE GENERAL FUND IS
CURRENTLY AT SEVEN PUBLIC
SCHOOLS. IT WAS PROMPTED
INITIALLY BY CONCERNS OVER THE
PANDEMICS EFFECT ON CHILDREN'S
MENTAL HEALTH AND EXPANDED IN
SCOPE AFTER THE SHOOTINGS AT
INGRAM AND GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL. TODAY'S PRESENTATION
WILL SHOW WHAT PLANNING AND
RESEARCH WENT INTO CREATING
THIS PILOT PROGRAM, WHAT WE
HAVE LEARNED SO FAR FROM THE
PILOT AND HOW WE CAN TRACK
RESULTS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK
YOU, DIRECTOR CHAPELLE, AND
YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES FOR
THE RECORD AND YOU CAN BEGIN
YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> OKAY. AGAIN, GOOD MORNING,
COUNCILMEMBERS. I AM DR. DWANE
CHAPPELLE, PROUD DIRECTOR OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND
EARLY LEARNING. MY TEAM AND I
ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY .
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO SPEAK WITH YOU. I WOULD LIKE
FOR EVERYONE TO INTRODUCE
THEMSELVES AND I WILL START
WITH YOU.
>> DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL
AFFAIRS.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
CHRIS ALEJANO, POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATION DIRECTOR.
>> I AM AMELIA MARK, STRATEGY
AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WITH
DEEL.
>> AND IT IS DR. CHRIS ALEJANO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. HE JUST
RECEIVED HIS DOCTORATE FROM
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SO
JUST HAD TO WASH -- ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT. IF WE CAN PULL THE SLIDES
UP, I WILL WALK US THROUGH.
>> CLERK, PLEASE LET THE RECORD
REFLECT , COUNCILMEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH HAS JOINED
ONLINE. THANK YOU.
>> MY APOLOGIES. IT SAYS I AM
SCREEN SHARING, BUT IT IS NOT
SHOWING UP ON SCREEN.
>> FOR FOLKS VIEWING,
APOLOGIES. WE ARE HAVING A
NUMBER OF TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES THIS MORNING. ALL
RIGHT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
PRESENTATION IS UP. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT
WITH THAT. TODAY, YOU WILL
RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON DEEL'S
INVESTMENTS IN STUDENT MENTAL
HEALTH. IN THIS PRESENTATION WE
WILL DISCUSS HOW WE ARE HELPING
TO PREVENT THE NEED FOR MENTAL
HEALTH SERVICES AS WELL AS
SUPPORT STUDENTS WHO ARE
EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION OR
OTHER CONCERNS AND SYMPTOMS.
YOU WILL ALSO HEAR ABOUT
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS AS
WELL AS DIRECT INVESTMENTS IN
SEVEN SCHOOLS . WE WILL SHARE
SOME PROMISING RESULTS FROM OUR
INVESTMENTS, AS WELL AS ABOUT
OR MORE THAN 30 YEAR
PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY, WHICH
BEGAN WITH THE 1990s FAMILIES
AND EDUCATION LEVY THAT FUNDED
SEATTLE'S FIRST SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTER AT RAYNER BEACH
HIGH SCHOOL. WE WILL ALSO WALK
YOU THROUGH HOW WE SELECTED THE
SCHOOLS . WE ARE ALREADY
RUNNING PROGRAMS IN, AND WE
WILL EXPLAIN HOW WE WILL BE
EVALUATING THAT MODEL. THESE
INVESTMENTS ARE ALREADY
REDUCING DISCIPLINARY ACTION IN
SCHOOLS, AND GIVING STUDENTS A
GREATER SENSE OF UNDERSTANDING
OF THEIR EMOTIONS. I TRUST AT
THE END , THAT AT THE END OF
OUR DISCUSSION TODAY, YOU WILL
FEEL THE SAME CONFIDENCE AS I
DO IN THE INTENTIONALITY OF OUR
INVESTMENTS AND ALSO, THE NEED
FOR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR
SEATTLE'S YOUTH ACROSS A RANGE
OF STRATEGIES. SO, THE
WASHINGTON STATE HEALTHY YOUTH
SURVEY IS ADMINISTERED IN
SCHOOLS STATEWIDE EVERY TWO
YEARS TO COLLECT DATA FROM
STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIORS
THAT IMPACT THEIR HEALTH,
SAFETY AND SUCCESS. DATA SHOWN
IN THIS CHART IS FOR KING
COUNTY, AND IS LOOKING AT YOUTH
EXPERIENCING DEPRESSIVE
FEELINGS. THIS MENTAL HEALTH
INDICATOR SHOWS DATA FROM 2010
FOR BOTH EIGHTH AND 10th
GRADERS. AS YOU CAN SEE, FROM
2010 TO 2021 , YOUTH MENTAL
HEALTH PROBLEMS INCREASED AND
WERE EXACERBATED DUE TO THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC. MENTAL
HEALTH OUTCOMES, HOWEVER, ARE
IMPROVING. DESPITE THESE
IMPROVEMENTS, ONE IN FIVE YOUTH
STILL EXPERIENCE DEPRESSIVE
FEELINGS AND THIS IS SOMETHING
WE SEEK TO ADDRESS. GOOD MENTAL
HEALTH IS A PROTECTIVE FACTOR
FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE , AND IS A
KEY INGREDIENT IN THEIR FUTURE
SUCCESS. AS MY TEAM SHARES OUR
WORK IN THE MENTAL HEALTH
INVESTMENTS, OUR FOCUS FOR THIS
WORK WAS TO SERVE A LIMITED
NUMBER OF SCHOOLS. THERE ARE
SCHOOLS THAT DEMONSTRATE NEED
THAT WERE NOT SERVED, AND THAT
REMAINS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
ADDRESS. I WILL PASS THIS OVER
TO DR. CHRIS ALEJANO TO TAKE
THIS FROM HERE.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO START US OFF
BY PROVIDING A GENERAL OVERVIEW
OF WHERE WE WERE TO WHERE WE
ARE NOW AND WHAT WE HAD IN THE
COMING SCHOOL YEAR AS FAR AS
MENTAL HEALTH INVESTMENTS GO ,
SO BACK IN NOVEMBER 2021,
COUNSEL ALLOCATED $500,000
INVESTMENT TO BE USED IN THE
2022 BUDGET YEAR TO ADDRESS THE
IMPACT OF COVID ON STUDENTS .
THOSE FUNDS PROVIDED STUDENT
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS . THOSE
SERVICES AT THOSE SCHOOLS BEGAN
IN JANUARY 2023 . IN NOVEMBER
OF 2022, AROUND THE SAME TIME
INGRAM EXPERIENCED THAT DEADLY
SHOOTING, COUNSEL ALLOCATED AN
ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION TO BE
USED IN 2023 2024 BUDGET YEARS.
THOSE FUNDS PROVIDED STUDENT
MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS AT
INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL THAT STARTED
IN FEBRUARY OF 2023 AND
GARFIELD IN CLEVELAND THAT
STARTED IN JANUARY OF 2024. THE
UPCOMING 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR WILL
REPRESENT THE SECOND FULL YEAR
OF REPRESENTATION THAT AKI
KUROSE , RAIN GEAR, DENNY AND
YOU'LL SEE UNDERNEATH THE
TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES AND
ACTIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING
ALONG THE WAY AND WE WILL SPEAK
TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN
FUTURE SLOTS.
>> THANK YOU AND COLLEAGUES, WE
SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT WHEN DEEL
WAS GIVEN THIS FUNDING IT IS A
NEW LINE OF BUSINESS FOR THEM
AND SO I KNOW YOU WILL TALK
LATER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
WORK FORWARD -- HOW TO GET
THERE BUT THAT EXPLAINS WHY THE
INVESTMENT STARTED IN 2023 EVEN
THOUGH SOME OF THIS FUNDING
CAME FROM 2021 AND 2022. THANK
YOU.
>> I WANTED TO QUICKLY MAKE
MENTION BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY
IMPORTANT AND BUILDS OFF OF
WHAT DR. CHAPELLE MENTIONED
EARLIER IN TERMS OF OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY, WE HAVE
BEEN ARM IN ARM, ELBOW TO ELBOW
WITH THEM ALL ALONG THE WAY
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING .
BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY IN HELPING TO
OVERSEE AND COORDINATE THE
RESOURCES THAT GO TO
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS,
THEY WERE AN IMPORTANT PARTNER
AND EXPERT IN THE FIELD TO HELP
US MOVE THESE INVESTMENTS
ALONG. SO, THIS SLIDE PROVIDES
A GENERAL BUDGET OVERVIEW. I
TOUCHED A LITTLE BIT ON THAT IN
THE FIRST SLIDE IN TERMS OF THE
BUDGET AMOUNTS AND WHAT
CALENDAR YEARS THOSE RESOURCES
WERE INTENDED TO BE USED, SO
YOU WILL SEE IN 2022 THAT THE
$500,000 ALLOCATION IN THE FUND
SOURCE , SIMILARLY YOU WILL SEE
THE 2023-24 ALLOCATION COMBINED
ADD UP TO THE 4 MILLION SO THAT
WAS INTENDED TO BE SPREAD
ACROSS THOSE TWO CALENDAR YEARS
TO ADD UP TO THE 4.5 YOU SEE IN
TOTAL. SO, AS THE TEAM WAS
WORKING TO GET THE INITIAL
MENTAL HEALTH INVESTMENT AND
PILOT LAUNCHED, WE WERE
SIMULTANEOUSLY CONDUCTING A
NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WOULD
HELP INFORM WHICH ADDITIONAL
SCHOOLS WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AS WELL
AS LAYOUT A GENERAL FRAMEWORK
TO HELP GUIDE FUTURE
INVESTMENTS FOR STUDENT MENTAL
HEALTH OF THEY WERE TO COME
AVAILABLE. THIS EVOLVED THE
LANDSCAPE OF EXISTING RESEARCH
THAT YOU CAN SEE INCLUDED
REPORTS FROM PUBLIC HEALTH KING
COUNTY, CDC DATA TRENDS,
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH,
ET CETERA. IT ALSO INVOLVED
LISTENING SESSIONS AND SPEAKING
WITH STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCES IN SCHOOL. IT ALSO
INVOLVED GATHERING LESSONS
LEARNED FROM THE LEARNING
COMMUNITIES THAT WE CONVENED
WITH PILOT SCHOOLS ,
PRINCIPALS, SCHOOL STAFF,
STUDENTS AND THE LIKE ,
PARTNERS WHO WERE PROVIDING
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AT THE
SCHOOLS TO FURTHER INFORM THE
FRAMEWORK AND THE NEEDS
ASSESSMENT THAT WE WERE
CONDUCTING AND THEN FINALLY OF
COURSE, WE ARE DOING THIS ALL
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COLLEAGUES
AT PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE KING
COUNTY AS WELL AS COLLEAGUES AT
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOL
CENTRAL OFFICE TO MANAGE THE
STUDENT SERVICES AND WORK
CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC HEALTH
SIMILARLY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE
BASIC NEEDS AND MEDICAL NEEDS
ARE BEING MET. ONE LAST THING.
I BELIEVE THE ASSESSMENT REPORT
WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL
IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING SO I
WOULD CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE YOU
IF YOU WANT TO DIG A LITTLE BIT
DEEPER INTO THE CONTENT OF THAT
TO EXPLORE THAT AND CERTAINLY
BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AND
DISCUSS MORE QUESTIONS
REGARDING THAT AT ANOTHER TIME.
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A GENERAL
OVERVIEW OF THE INVESTMENT
STRATEGY AND PRIORITIES THAT WE
HAD IN TRYING TO PROGRAM THESE
RESOURCES, SO ONE , CLEARLY WE
ARE ATTEMPTING TO EXPAND
STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
IN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE
CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD AT THE
TIME THAT THE IMPACT OF COVID
HAD THE GREATEST IMPACT ON
STUDENTS OF COLOR , SO
PRIORITIZING CULTURALLY
SPECIFIC AND RESPONSIVE
APPROACHES FOR BIPOC YOUTH WAS
A PRIORITY AND ALSO WE WANTED
TO MAKE THE MOST OF LIMITED
RESOURCES AT THE TIME BY
PROVIDING A CONTINUUM OF
STUDENT SUPPORTS GROUNDED IN
RESEARCH AND EFFECTIVE
STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING YOUTH
MENTAL HEALTH, SO YOU CAN SEE
THE THREE BLUE BOXES THERE
INDICATE THE MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT CONTINUUM WE
ESTABLISHED THAT RANGES FROM
DIRECT CLINICAL CARE, WHICH
INCLUDES LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH
CLINICIANS AND THAT TYPE OF
SUPPORT TO MENTAL HEALTH
SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS. THAT
SOMETIMES LOOKS LIKE STUDENT
AND FAMILY RE-ENTRY CASE
MANAGEMENT. THE CONDUCTING OR
FACILITATION OF THE STRENGTHS
AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE,
OR AT TIMES THERE IS ANOTHER
SCREENER, SCREENING AND BRIEF
INTERVENTION TO SERVICES, AND
FINALLY ON THE PREVENTATIVE
SIDE, TRYING TO BOLSTER SOCIAL
AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING
PROACTIVELY BY WORKING WITH
STUDENTS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY
TO ACQUIRE AND APPLY THE
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ATTITUDES
TO DEVELOP HEALTHY IDENTITIES,
MANAGE EMOTIONS AND ACHIEVE
PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE GOALS,
THE KINDS OF PREVENTATIVE HOPE
PROGRAMMING WE WERE HOPING THE
RESOURCES WOULD SUPPORT. THIS
SLIDE PROVIDES YOU WITH THE
GOALS OF THE INVESTMENT. WE
WANTED TO FIRST WORK ON
REDUCING THE RATES OF ANXIETY,
DEPRESSION AND POSTTRAUMATIC
STRESS WITH STUDENTS. WE
SIMILARLY WANTED TO STRENGTHEN
MENTAL HEALTH PROTECTIVE
FACTORS, SO WE JUST SPOKE TO
THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILL
DEVELOPMENT, WANTING TO MAKE
SURE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO
TRUSTED ADULTS AND IMPROVING
THE SCHOOL CLIMATE OF THE
SCHOOL AND THEN FINALLY WE WANT
TO MITIGATE RISK FACTORS THAT
WE KNOW CONTRIBUTE TO POOR
MENTAL HEALTH, SO THAT HIS
SUBSTANCE USE OR ABUSE ,
ISOLATION DISENGAGEMENT FROM
SCHOOL , FOOD AND HOUSING AND
SECURITY IS JUST EXAMPLES. I
JUST WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER QUICK
NOTE THAT ALL OF THESE GOALS
HAVE DATA AVAILABLE TO TRACK
BASELINE AND FUTURE PROGRESS,
AND WE CAN LOOK AT DATA BY
SCHOOL LEVEL TRENDS USING DATA
SOURCES AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE
, HEALTHY YOUTH SURVEY, CLIMATE
SURVEYS AND ATTENDANCE DATA.
THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE SCHOOL
SELECTION CRITERIA THAT WE USE
IN WHICH SCHOOLS AGAIN ARE
BROUGHT INTO THE INVESTMENT
WORK . IN THE FIRST YEAR , THE
$500,000 INVESTMENT WITH
$500,000 INVESTMENTS , THEY ARE
SELECTED BY AKI KUROSE, CHIEF
SEALTH, DENNY AND INGRAM WAS
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE FIRST YEAR
OF THE PILOT. DATA SOURCES ON
THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE WERE USED
TO IDENTIFY SCHOOLS OF GREATEST
NEED ONCE THE ADDITIONAL $4
MILLION INVESTMENT WAS
IDENTIFIED. ALL OF THE YEAR ONE
PILOT SCHOOLS WERE IDENTIFIED
AS HIGH NEED AND THEREFORE
CONTINUE THEIR INVESTMENT INTO
THE SECOND YEAR. ONCE WE HAD
IDENTIFIED A LIST OF SCHOOLS
AND THE LEVEL OF NEEDS THAT
THEY HAD, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR
SCHOOLS FOR A PRIORITY
INVESTMENT AND RAN A
COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS
TO THEN SELECT TWO SCHOOLS IN
CLEVELAND AND GARFIELD TO JOIN
THE PILOT IN YEAR TWO. THIS
PROVIDES US A BIT OF INSIGHT
INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION MODEL
THAT WE USED TO ROLL OUT THE
RESOURCES. FIRST OFF YOU KNOW,
ALL SCHOOLS RECEIVED
INFORMATION ON EFFECTIVE
STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE MENTAL
HEALTH OUTCOMES WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES AT PUBLIC HEALTH
SEATTLE KING COUNTY AND THEN AS
WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR
INVESTMENTS, SCHOOLS THEN
CENTERED WHAT THEY WERE HEARING
FROM STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO
FUND THE STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE
MOST IMPACTFUL FOR THE SCHOOL
COMMUNITIES THEY ARE SERVING SO
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE
STUDENTS WERE CENTERED ON THE
DECISIONS AND STRATEGIES THEY
WERE EMPLOYING AND ONCE THOSE
PROPOSALS WERE DEVELOPED, DEEL
THEN REVIEWED THEM TO MAKE SURE
THEY MET ALL THE CRITERIA
REQUIREMENTS THEY HAD FOR THE
FUNDS AND THE STRATEGIES THEY
WERE PLANNING TO IMPLY WERE
ALSO ALIGNED WITH RESEARCH AND
BEST PRACTICES THAT WE SAW. THE
THREE BOXES IN TERMS OF FISCAL
ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVERSIGHT
PARTNER COORDINATION EVALUATION
AND PLANNING , IN A LOT OF
WAYS, OUR BODIES OF WORK THAT
WE DO IN OUR NORMAL EVERYDAY
WORK NOT JUST IN THE MENTAL
HEALTH SPACE, BUT IN OTHER
CONTRACTS AND INVESTMENTS THAT
WE OVERSEE, BUT IN THIS CASE
YOU KNOW, WE WERE CONDUCTING
QUARTERLY BUDGET AND
IMPLEMENTATION CHECK-IN'S USING
OUR STAFF AND WHO ARE WORKING
WITH SCHOOLS CONDUCTING SITE
VISITS , DOING ONGOING BUDGET
MONITORING. WE WERE SIMILARLY
WORKING WITH PARTNERS AND
COORDINATING WITH THEM THROUGH
QUARTERLY CONVENING'S WITH ALL
OF THE PILOT SCHOOLS. I
MENTIONED FACILITATING LEARNING
COMMUNITIES WITH THEM TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY WERE SHARING
BEST PRACTICES, ALSO CHALLENGES
SO THAT WE CAN AVOID SOME OF
THOSE STUMBLES IF THOSE WERE
OCCURRING AT ANY ONE OF THE
SITES, AND THEN OF COURSE, IN
TERMS OF EVALUATION AND
PLANNING , MONITORING,
REPORTING PLANS CUSTOMIZED TO
MEET THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF
THEIR PARTICULAR CAMPUS, AND
THEN CERTAINLY EMPHASIZING THE
SECOND OR RATHER THE 23-24
SCHOOL YEAR THAT THE
IMPLEMENTATION WAS DONE WITH
FIDELITY AND HIGH QUALITY, AS
WELL. SO, TODAY , WE RECENTLY
JUST RECEIVED SOME DATA POINTS
THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHARE HERE
IN A LITTLE BIT BUT TALK ABOUT
OUTPUTS THAT WE SEEN IN TERMS
OF THE QUANTITY OF PROGRAM
ACTIVITIES A NUMBER OF STUDENTS
SERVED THUS FAR. WE PLANNED TO
CONDUCT A TWO-YEAR EVALUATION
REPORT, HAVE AN EVALUATION
REPORT THAT WILL BE READY JULY
OF 2025 ONCE ALL OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION HAS CONCLUDED .
THIS SLIDE PROVIDES YOU ALL
WITH A BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET
ALLOCATION BY STRATEGY , SO
FIRST OFF , ON AVERAGE THERE IS
ABOUT $200-$225,000 ALLOCATED
TO SCHOOLS ANNUALLY . 44%, AS
YOU CAN SEE, ON THE PIE GRAPH
THERE FUNDED DIRECT MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELING , AND THE
BALANCE OF THAT, 56% SUPPORTED
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND
COORDINATION AND PREVENTATIVE
ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES I
SPOKE TO EARLIER. THE NEXT
SLIDES ARE GOING TO JUST AGAIN
-- DIG IN ABOUT STRATEGIES WE
EMPLOYED . THIS IS WHERE I WILL
PASS IT ON .
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M
EXCITED. WE ARE GOING TO DIG A
LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE THREE
MENTAL HEALTH INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES THAT CHRIS DISCUSSED
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO START
WITH MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO
COUNSELING WAS A STRATEGY THAT
ALL SEVEN SCHOOLS FUNDED. YOU
CAN SEE IN THE BOX ON THE LEFT
WITH SOME OF THESE ACTIVITIES ,
THEY INCLUDE IN-PERSON
ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING, GROUP
THERAPY, DRUG AND ALCOHOL
COUNSELING. YOU CAN SEE IN THE
GREEN BOX AT 204 STUDENTS
PARTICIPATED IN MENTAL HEALTH
COUNSELING. THAT IS FOR SIX
SCHOOLS. GARFIELD IS STILL
FINALIZING THEIR PARTICIPATION
NUMBERS, SO THE STUDENTS SERVED
BY THIS STRATEGY AT THEIR
SCHOOL ARE NOT REFLECTED IN
THIS TOTAL, SO IT IS 204
STUDENTS AT SIX SCHOOLS FOR AN
AVERAGE OF 34 STUDENTS PER
SCHOOL . WHILE WE THINK THIS IS
AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS SERVED, AND ALSO AN
APPROPRIATE CASELOAD FOR
PROVIDERS, WE DO WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 204 STUDENTS
SERVED AS A SMALL NUMBER
COMPARED TO THE OVERALL STUDENT
POPULATION AT THESE SCHOOLS AND
WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND PROVIDER
ACCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO THE
STUDENTS SERVED GENERALLY VISIT
THE COUNSELOR MULTIPLE TIMES,
OFTEN WEEKLY . LONGER-TERM
RELATIONSHIPS ARE REALLY
NECESSARY FOR COUNSELING TO BE
EFFECTIVE AND SO SCHOOL QUALITY
MONITORING REALLY EMPHASIZED
RETENTION GOALS BETWEEN THE
STUDENT AND THE COUNSELOR AND
MANY OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS
WERE BROUGHT TO THE SCHOOLS
THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
AGENCIES. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF
THEM LISTED ON THE SLIDE HERE
ON THIS IS REALLY POWERFUL
BECAUSE MANY OF THESE COMMUNITY
PARTNERS HAVE ALREADY
ESTABLISHED TRUSTING PRESENCE
AND RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE
COMMUNITIES AND THEY ALSO BRING
A UNIQUE EXPERTISE PROVIDING
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC AND
RESPONSIVE MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORTS AND WE WILL SEE SOME
OF THAT REFLECTED IN THE DATA
THAT WE WILL LOOK AT. I WANT TO
POINT TO THE QUOTE FROM THE
CHIEF SEALTH SCHOOL
REPRESENTATIVE. I THINK THIS
REALLY SHOWS THE POWER OF
BRINGING THESE PROVIDERS
DIRECTLY UNDER THE SCHOOL
CAMPUS. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT
ALLOWS STUDENTS TO FORM
RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM OR HEAR
ABOUT THEIR SERVICES FROM THEIR
FRIENDS AND PEERS AS WELL AS
OTHER TRUSTED ADULT AT THE
SCHOOL PRIOR TO ACCESSING THE
COUNSELING THEMSELVES, AND THE
LIKE CHIEF SEALTH, MULTIPLE
SCHOOLS NOTED THAT BEING ABLE
TO PROVIDE THIS IN-PERSON
COUNSELING WAS IMPORTANT BOTH
FOR EXPANDING STUDENT REACH AS
WELL AS COMBATING STIGMA AROUND
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. WE DO
WANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL
STUDENTS NEED OR WANT
COUNSELING SERVICES, WHICH IS
WHY INCLUDING SCREENING AND
REFERRALS AND PREVENTION
STRATEGIES IS REALLY EQUALLY
IMPORTANT IN ADDRESSING THE
FULL RANGE OF OUR STUDENTS'
MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
>> DO YOU MIND IF I ASK YOU --
AND COLLINGS -- COLLEAGUES,
PLEASE DO FEEL FREE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AS WE GO ALONG AND I
WILL BE LOOKING TO MAKE SURE IF
YOUR HANDS ARE RAISED THEY CAN
CALL ON YOU. OH, YOU ARE HERE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT COUNCIL
MEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH IS IN
PERSON AND ALSO ONLINE. CAN YOU
JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT --
YOU SAID THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGED
204 STUDENTS COMPARED TO THE
POPULATION IS NOT A LOT. ON THE
OTHER HAND, NOT ALL STUDENTS
NEED THIS PARTICULAR SERVICE
BUT ALSO WHEN YOU SAID ABOUT
EXPANDED SERVICES, IS THAT
BECAUSE -- ARE YOU ALL GETTING
DATA THAT THERE ARE MORE
STUDENTS ASKING FOR THIS THEN
YOU ARE ABLE TO SERVE? WHAT IS
THE INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THAT
WE NEED MORE?
>> ABOUT 10% OF YOUTH ARE
DISPLAYING TIER TWO OR THREE
NEEDS, ARE DISPLAYING SUICIDAL
IDEATIONS, CLINICAL DEPRESSION,
ANXIETY THAT WOULD REQUIRE THIS
TYPE OF CLINICAL SUPPORT , AND
AGAIN, WE WILL GET INTO SOME
SPOTLIGHTS SOON, BUT IF WE DO
THE MATH, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS
THAT WE ARE SERVING, WE ARE NOT
HITTING THAT 10% IN TERMS OF
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES,
SO WE KNOW THE NEED IS THERE.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MORE
QUESTION. VICE-CHAIR WOO.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR
THIS PRESENTATION. ARE THESE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
AVAILABLE YEAR ROUND, EVEN IN
THE SUMMERTIME?
>> NOT FOR OUR PILOT. I WILL
SAY THOUGH, THE COMMUNITY
PROVIDERS ARE BROUGHT ONTO THE
SCHOOL CAMPUS BUT OFTEN THEY
OPERATE OUT OF THE SCHOOL
CAMPUS AND SO THEY DO -- ALSO
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS IN
SCREENING AND REFERRAL --
OFTENTIMES, THE SCHOOL IS MORE
OF A SHORT-TERM LIKE MAYBE
EIGHT TO 10 COUNSELING SESSIONS
AND THEY WILL REFER TO
OUTPATIENT OR LONG-TERM CARE
THAT WILL TAKE PLACE OVER THE
SUMMER. IT'S JUST NOT
NECESSARILY FUNDED THROUGH OUR
PILOT.
>> THAN THE $20 MILLION, IS
THIS PART OF THE PLAN, OR IS
THIS SOMETHING SEPARATE?
>> NO, THIS IS THE 4.5 MILLION
THAT WAS GIVEN FROM COUNSEL TO
DEEL FROM GENERAL FUND. THE 20
MILLION IS A SEPARATE
INITIATIVE, SEPARATE BODY OF
WORK.
>> VICE-CHAIR WOO, THIS IS THE
INITIAL MONEY GIVEN TO DEEL FOR
THE INITIAL SERVICE BACK IN
2021. THEY WERE GIVEN 4 MILLION
SO EQUALING THE 4.5 MILLION IN
TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS ON THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT 4.5
MILLION. THAT IS WHAT DEEL IS
CURRENTLY WORKING ON. DID THAT
HELP?
>> YES, JUST WONDERING. IT
SEEMS LIKE THE MAYOR IS DOING
SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. I WAS
WONDERING IF THERE WAS MUCH
INTERACTION WERE INTEGRATED
PLANNING GOING FORWARD ON YOUR
FINDINGS, AND HOW THAT HELPED
THE MAYOR'S PLAN, PERHAPS.
>> IN TERMS OF THE MAYOR , I
WOULD SAY THAT HE RECENTLY MADE
AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND IT CAME
WITH REPORT FROM THE INNOVATION
AND PERFORMANCE TEAM AND PART
OF THAT REPORT WAS LEARNING
FROM THIS PILOT TO AND FROM
THAT WORK.
>> IT REALLY IS VITAL IN
ENSURING THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE
RECEIVING THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL
OF CARE. ALSO MAKING SURE THAT
WE UNDERSTAND STUDENT NEEDS,
AND HELPING TO MAKE STUDENTS
AND FAMILIES AWARE OF THE
SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO
THEM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IT
WAS FUNDED AT SIX OF THE SEVEN
SCHOOLS REACHING 312 STUDENTS
AND FAMILIES. INCLUDE STAFF WHO
MANAGE OUTREACH, TRIAGE,
STUDENT REFERRALS AND
CONNECTION TO SERVICES. AS WE
JUST DISCUSSED, ALL STUDENTS
DON'T WANT OR NEED COUNSELING
SERVICES, SO SCREENING AND
REFERRAL PROCESS ALLOWS US TO
TRIAGE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS AND PAIR THEM ACCORDINGLY
WITH APPROPRIATE INTERVENTION.
IT ALSO ENSURES THAT STUDENTS
WITH THE GREATEST NEED OR BEING
CONNECTED TO CLINICAL SERVICES.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER MOORE HAS A
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> VERY MILDLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU HEAR ME
NOW?
>> STILL VERY MILDLY.
>> IS THAT ANY BETTER?
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU VERY
LIGHTLY. IF YOU ASK THE
QUESTION, I WILL REPEAT IT.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION
. I'M SORRY I DID NOT JUMP IN
SOONER . I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
SERVICES , THE MENTAL HEALTH
SCREENING AND REFERRALS. YOU
SAY THERE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC
FAMILY OUTREACH, AND I'M JUST
WONDERING HOW THAT IS BEING
ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NORTH END ,
SPECIFICALLY AT INGRAM , SO
THAT IS MY FIRST QUESTION AND
THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS
RELATING TO SLIDE NINE. YOU
LOOKED AT THE SPD CRIME MAP
DATA TO DETERMINE WHAT SCHOOLS
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE
PILOT, AND I NOTICED THAT
ROBERT EAGLE, WHICH IS A MIDDLE
SCHOOL, WAS NOT INCLUDED AND
THEY ARE A BLOCK FROM AURORA .
THEY ARE EXPOSED TO A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CRIMINAL
ACTIVITY. IN FACT, THERE WAS A
SHOOTING NOT FAR -- THERE WAS
AN ENCOUNTER WITH JUST A BLOCK
FROM ROBERT EAGLE AND A
SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED THERE,
AND STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO WALK
PAST ALL OF THAT WHILE IT WAS
BEING CORDONED OFF, SO I'M JUST
CURIOUS HOW THEY DID NOT GET
MADE PART OF THIS PROJECT, AND
IF THEY CAN NOW BE MADE PART OF
THE PROJECT.
>> TO THE FIRST QUESTION ABOUT
OUTREACH SPECIFIC TO THE NORTH
END, I CAN'T SPEAK BROADLY TO
THE NORTH END BUT I KNOW AT
INGRAM HIGH SCHOOL
SPECIFICALLY, THIS OUTREACH WAS
DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER AND
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNER NAMED
HOLLOWELL, WHO HAD DEEP
CONNECTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY SO
REALLY THROUGH -- AGAIN, I
DON'T WANT TO SPOIL ANYTHING
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GET TO
INGRAM SOON, BUT THEY REALLY
WENT THROUGH PRETTY INTENSIVE
-- THEY DEVELOPED A WHOLE
PROTOCOL WHERE THEY COULD
IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE AT
GREATEST NEED, AND THEN
LEVERAGED COMMUNITY
PARTNERSHIPS TO REACH OUT TO
FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS
CULTURAL DIVERSITY, LINGUISTIC
DIVERSITY, AND BE ABLE TO MEET
FAMILIES AND BROADEN THEIR
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE
RESOURCES WERE THAT WERE
AVAILABLE TO THEM. FOR THE
ROBERT EAGLE STAFF QUESTION, IN
THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, IN THE
NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THAT WAS ONLY
INCLUSIVE OF HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS
WAS IN RESPONSE TO RESEARCH AND
EVIDENCE THAT SHOWED THAT HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE THE
GREATEST NEED IT I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE GREATEST NEED. WE
UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEED IS
DEEP ACROSS THE BOARD.
INITIALLY, WE HAD GONE WITH
PAIRS OF FEEDER SCHOOLS WHICH
IS WHY WE DO HAVE DENNY AND AKI
KUROSE IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
PRESENTS BUT WHEN WE CONDUCTED
THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT,
ESPECIALLY IN KING COUNTY, WE
SEE YOUTH BETWEEN THE AGES OF
14 AND 18 HAVE THE HIGHEST
RATES OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AND
SO WE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON HIGH
SCHOOLS, SO THEY ARE NOT
REFLECTED IN THE NEEDS
ASSESSMENT.
>> GREAT. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU ALL WORKED WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BECAUSE
THESE ARE THE SCHOOLS WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IN THE SCHOOLS
THEN YOU WORKED WITH THE
SCHOOLS, YOU WORKED WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH. YOU WORKED WITH
STUDENTS ET CETERA, BUT IT IS
THE ACTUAL SCHOOL THAT IS
IMPLEMENTING, SO COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT HOW
THIS IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED, THE
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC AND THE
SCHOOLS, IT'S GOING THROUGH
THE SCHOOLS, NOT DEEL
NECESSARILY AND ALSO, YOU RAISE
A REALLY GREAT QUESTION THAT I
ALSO HAD AN I TALKED TO DEEL
ABOUT, WHICH IS THAT I'M NOT
SURE HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE
COMMUNICATING WITH THE STUDENTS
ABOUT THE SERVICE AT THE
SCHOOLS BECAUSE FOR INSTANCE, I
HAVE TWO KIDS AT INGRAM, AND
NEITHER OF MY KIDS WERE CLEAR
AS TO THIS SERVICE AT THE
SCHOOL, SO THAT IS A REALLY
GREAT QUESTION FOR THE SCHOOLS,
AND ONE THAT I HOPE TO AT SOME
POINT HAVE WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS WHEN
I'M ABLE TO HAVE A MEETING
WITH HIM. I DO HAVE THE SAME
QUESTION.
>> THANK YOU. YOU CAN KEEP
GOING.
>> THANK YOU. NOW WILL WILL
MOVE ON TO PREVENTION AND
EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES REALLY
POINT TO PREVENTION EFFORTS AS
REDUCING NEED FOR INTENSIVE
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AND
INSTANCES OF CRISIS. YOU CAN
SEE HERE THAT WE CLASSIFY
INTERVENTIONS IN THE PREVENTION
CATEGORY THAT HELP TO IMPROVE
SCHOOL CLIMATE , THAT PROMOTE
STUDENT BELONGING, BUILD
POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN
STUDENTS AND ADULTS THROUGH
STAFF AND PEER TRAINING AS WELL
AS MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, AND
THAT PROVIDE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
LEARNING THROUGH DEDICATED TIME
IN THE SCHOOL DAY. YOU CAN SEE
IT WAS FUNDED AT FIVE SCHOOLS
WITH 544 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
IN THE PREVENTION SERVICES. THE
PREVENTION STRATEGY WAS
PARTICULARLY EMPHASIZED AT
DENNY AND AKI KUROSE, OUR
MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTNERS, WITH
THE INTENTION THAT THIS
DECREASED NEED FOR CLINICAL
SUPPORT LATER IN HIGH SCHOOL. I
WANT TO POINT TO THE QUOTE BY
THE RAINIER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL
REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE THIS
ALSO SHOWS THAT OUR HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE ALSO CALLING FOR
THESE TYPES OF SERVICES OUTSIDE
OF TRADITIONAL THERAPY AND
EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
MENTORSHIP AND RELATIONSHIPS
WITH TRUSTED ADULTS IN
STRENGTHENING PROTECTIVE
FACTORS THAT CAN MITIGATE
ADVERSE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES,
SO THESE THREE STRATEGIES,
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING,
SCREENING AND REFERRAL, AND
PREVENTION WORK TOGETHER TO
CREATE AN INTEGRATIVE MODEL OF
MENTAL HEALTH CARE ACROSS THE
SCHOOL, AND WE ARE GOING TO
UNPACK A LITTLE MORE WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE WITHIN THE SCHOOL
BUILDING IN THE NEXT FEW
SLIDES. STARTING WITH AKI
KUROSE, YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE
BOXES ON THE LEFT SHOW HOW THEY
USE THESE FUNDS TO ENHANCE THE
COUNSELING SUPPORTS ,
SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS OF
COLOR AND LGBTQ+ YOUTH. THEY
ALSO EXPANDED THEIR PREVENTION
STRATEGY . THEY DIVERSIFIED THE
RANGE OF SUPPORTS THAT WERE
AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS THROUGH
EXPANDED ARTS, SPORTS AND
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS WITH
SEATTLE PARKS AND REC. THEY
ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE GOOD
FOOT ARTS COLLECTIVE TO ADDRESS
VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND
BUILDING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
THROUGH A SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
LEARNING CURRICULUM. THE QUOTE
FROM THE AKI KUROSE
REPRESENTATIVE REALLY
EMPHASIZES HOW THE DIFFERENT
MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGIES ACROSS
THE CONTINUUM CAN WORK TOGETHER
IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING TO BUILD
AND ENHANCE A COHESIVE SYSTEM
OF SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS, AND I
THINK THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
AKI'S APPROACH IS SHOWN IN THE
DATA HIGHLIGHTS WITH 66
STUDENTS, OR ABOUT 9% OF TOTAL
ENROLLED STUDENTS ENGAGED IN
COUNSELING SERVICES FUNDED
THROUGH THIS PILOT , AND AS I
SHARED EARLIER, 9% IS IN LINE
WITH WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS IN
TERMS OF STUDENTS WITH THE
GREATEST NEED OF RECEIVING
THESE CLINICAL SUPPORTS.
RESEARCH ALSO SHOWS THAT
REDUCING STIGMA AND INCREASING
STUDENT UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL
HEALTH IS KEY IN PROMOTING
POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES
IN YOUTH, AND 84% OF
PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE IN THE
SATURDAY ACADEMY INDICATED AN
INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF
MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS AN
INCREASED SENSE OF BELONGING
AFTER THEIR PARTICIPATION IN
THESE WORKSHOPS. I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT EACH SCHOOL
COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT, AND I
THINK BASIL YOU CAN SEE HERE ON
THE SIDES THAT THE DIFFERENT
APPROACHES THAT SCHOOL LEADERS
TOOK TO IMPLEMENT
EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS
THAT WERE MOST RESPONSIVE TO
THE NEEDS OF THEIR OWN SCHOOL
COMMUNITIES POINTING TO THE
QUOTE FROM THE INGRAHAM
REPRESENTATIVE, YOU CAN SEE
THAT INGRAHAM'S APPROACH IS
VERY TARGETED. IT FOCUSED ON
DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL TO
IDENTIFYING STUDENTS AT THE
GREATEST RISK AND CONNECTING
THEM TO STUDENT SERVICES. THESE
INCLUDED THE SOCIAL WORKER
IDENTIFYING AND REFERRING
STUDENTS TO RECEIVE MENTAL
HEALTH COUNSELING THAT WAS
PROVIDED BY CBO PARTNER HOLLY
WELL WHO THEN WORKED CLOSELY
WITH THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
TO DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT
PLANS FOR STUDENTS. THE SCHOOL
SOCIAL WORKER ALSO REFERRED
STUDENTS TO RECEIVE SUBSTANCE
ABUSE COUNSELING THROUGH CBO
PARTNER CENTER FOR HUMAN
SERVICES WHO ALSO WORKED TO
CONNECT STUDENTS TO LONG-TERM
CARE. INGRAHAM'S' DATA
HIGHLIGHTS SHOW THAT 48
STUDENTS ENGAGED IN COUNSELING
AND THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 580
THERAPY SESSIONS DURING THE
SCHOOL YEAR. DATA HIGHLIGHTS
ALSO SHOW THAT ALTHOUGH ALL
STUDENTS MAY NOT DIRECTLY
RECEIVE THESE CLINICAL
SERVICES, THEY DO BROADLY
IMPROVE THE OVERALL SCHOOL
CLIMATE. THIS IS SHOWN IN THE
POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE DATA AS
WELL AS THE 33% DECREASE IN
DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
>> AND THIS IS PART OF MY
QUESTION, TOO, BECAUSE ONLY 48
STUDENTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF
STUDENTS THAT INGRAHAM AND
EVERY STUDENT AT INGRAHAM
EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES, IN FACT MOST RECENTLY
DUE TO ANOTHER TRAGIC SITUATION
AT GARFIELD, ANOTHER TRAGICALLY
LOST A LIFE , THOSE STUDENTS AT
INGRAHAM HAVE EXPERIENCED PTSD
AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I
HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
BECAUSE WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL, AND
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THEY ALL
NEED THERAPY, BUT THERE ARE
MORE STUDENTS OUT THERE, SO
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE
COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE GOING
ON WITH STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE
THEY'RE ALL BEING OFFERED
SERVICES, BECAUSE JUST LIKE AT
GARFIELD, ALL OF THE STUDENTS
ARE IMPACTED, SO EVERYONE NEEDS
TO BE OFFERED SERVICES,
FOLLOWED UP WITH, AND I'M NOT
CLEAR HOW THIS INVESTMENT IS
DOING THAT AT THE SCHOOL.
>> THANK YOU FOR THOSE
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER. WE
HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE THAT WE ARE
GOING TO MOVE TO.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT
BECAUSE THERE ARE CHALLENGES,
SO WE WILL TALK THROUGH A FEW
OF THOSE . AS PART OF THEIR
REPORTING, SCHOOLS TOLD US
ABOUT SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
, SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE
SUCCESSES HERE. SCHOOLS
REPORTED AN INCREASED USE OF
SERVICES SPECIFICALLY FOR BIPOC
STUDENTS IN ACCESSING
COUNSELING. THIS IS CREDITED IN
PART TO THE ADDED FUNDING FOR
IN-PERSON COUNSELING DELIVERED
BY CULTURALLY AND
LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE
COUNSELORS AND THROUGH
RESOURCING AND STAFFING BOTH
CASE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH,
SCHOOLS REPORTED IMPROVED
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS ,
COMBATING STIGMA. THIS IS DONE
BY BOOSTING CAPACITY TO PROMOTE
MENTAL HEALTH OPPORTUNITY AND
EDUCATING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
. STILL ABSOLUTELY WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE NOT ALL STUDENTS
ARE AWARE OF SERVICES AVAILABLE
TO THEM, AND CONTINUED
INVESTMENT AND OUTREACH DOES
NEED TO OCCUR SO THAT AWARENESS
CONTINUES TO INCREASE FOR
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES. SCHOOLS ALSO
REPORTED IMPROVED ATTENDANCE
AND SCHOOL CLIMATE RESULTING
FROM CASE MANAGER RELATIONSHIPS
AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING ENRICHMENT, BRINGING
US TO SOME CHALLENGES. THERE
WAS DELAYED STAFFING AND HIRING
OF COUNSELORS AND STAFF, SOME
LAGGING CONTRACTING PROCESSES
WITH CBO PARTNERS, BUT NOW THAT
ALL, AS CHRIS SAID EARLIER, ALL
SEVEN SCHOOLS ARE ENTERING THE
NEXT SCHOOL YEAR WITH
IMPLEMENTATION EXPERIENCE, THEY
HAVE APPROVED PROPOSALS AND
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS AND MANY
OF THESE EXISTING CONTRACTS ARE
ALREADY IN PLACE. WE ANTICIPATE
THESE DELAYS LESSENING , BUT
SCHOOLS ALSO POINTED TO THE
CHALLENGE OF HAVING TO PIVOT
AND SERVICES ARE EXPERIENCING
REDUCED CAPACITY DURING
INCIDENTS OF VIOLENCE TO BE
RESPONSIVE TO THE EMERGING
NEEDS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES
DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES,
AND THAT DOES REMAIN A
CHALLENGE AND PARTNERS ARE
EXCITED FOR THE ADDITIONAL
INVESTMENTS THAT ARE COMING, SO
THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THESE
EMERGING NEEDS.
>> THANKS, AMELIA. THESE LAST
FEW SLIDES WILL TRY TO HELP
ANSWER THE PICTURE OF HOW THESE
MENTAL-HEALTH INVESTMENTS ARE
BEING COORDINATED WITH EXISTING
INVESTMENTS AND HEALTH CENTERS
AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A
PRIMER FOR THOSE MEMBERS THAT
MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THE
LEVY ON THE INVESTMENTS THAT
SUPPORT SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTERS TO GIVE YOU ALL A
GENERAL SNAPSHOT AND
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE
INVESTMENTS DO, AS WELL. I
GUESS FIRST OFF, AS A
DEPARTMENT, WE REALLY VALUE OUR
ROLE IN BEING STEWARDS OF CITY
RESOURCES , YOU KNOW, SO
BUILDING AND GRADING BOTH THE
FUNDING AND EXISTING
PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH
THE INSTITUTION'S OR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND
YOU KNOW, SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTERS AND WORKING WITH PUBLIC
HEALTH IS NO DIFFERENT IN THAT
RESPECT, SO YOU SHOULD KNOW
THAT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS THAT
HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PILOT
HOUSE A SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTER AND THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF THE
SCHOOL'S ABILITY IN THE HEALTH
CENTERS ABILITY TO SERVE AS A
COORDINATOR AND CONNECT
STUDENTS TO SERVICES THEY CAN
RECEIVE ON CAMPUS OR WOULD IT
MAKE SENSE TO FUND RESOURCES
AND SUPPORT OFF-CAMPUS.
SIMILARLY , YOU KNOW, PART OF
THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER
CHARGE AND WHAT PUBLIC HEALTH
TRIES TO DO IN THEIR DAILY WORK
THROUGH THE CENTERS IS TO
PROVIDE MORE CULTURALLY
SPECIFIC AND RESPONSIVE
HEALTHCARE AS WELL AS HIRING
PRACTICES IN THEIR WORK, SO
AGAIN, ALL VERY MUCH ALIGNED
WITH WHAT IT IS THAT WE WERE
DOING IN TRYING TO IMPLEMENT
THROUGH OUR MENTAL-HEALTH
INVESTMENTS. AGAIN, JUST A
GENERAL STRATEGY OVERVIEW OF
OUR SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTERS. YOU CAN FIND EVEN MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION IN THE
LEVY IMPLEMENTATION AND
EVALUATION PLAN IF YOU WANT BUT
HOPEFULLY, THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU
ENOUGH OF A SENSE OF WHAT THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS
CHARGE IS , YOU KNOW. THEY
PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL
AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE
SERVICES, EVIDENCE-BASED
PRACTICES, CULTURAL
RESPONSIVENESS. SIMILARLY, PART
OF THE INVESTMENT INCLUDES
RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT SCHOOL
NURSES ON CAMPUS , SCHOOLWIDE
AND TARGETED HEALTH EDUCATION,
HEALTH INFORMATION ENROLLMENT
SUPPORT . THERE ARE ALSO DENTAL
SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH
CENTERS AND AGAIN I THINK DR.
CHAPELLE HAD MENTIONED
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS
BACK TO THE ORIGINAL EDUCATION
LEVY IN 1990, SO AGAIN, OVER
THE YEARS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
EXPAND FROM A FEW TO THE 29
HEALTH BASED CENTERS THAT EXIST
NOW IN SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NO INCOME REQUIREMENT TO GET AN
APPOINTMENT AT THE SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTER AND THEY ARE
SUCCESSFUL DURING SCHOOL HOURS.
THIS PROVIDES EVERYONE JUST A
SNAPSHOT OF DATA FROM SCHOOL
YEAR 2023 . THAT IS HER
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER SO I
MENTIONED THERE ARE 29
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS RUN
BY A TOTAL OF SEVEN PROVIDER
AGENCIES THAT YOU WILL SEE IN
THE NEXT SLIDE , SPECIFIC ONES
THAT WE WORKED WITH, THAT
PUBLIC HEALTH CONTRACTS WITH
OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL
YEAR. A LITTLE OVER 17,000
MENTAL HEALTH CARE VISITS WERE
CONDUCTED . 14,500 WERE FOR
MENTAL HEALTH CARE VISITS AND
THEN I'M SORRY, THE 17,000
WERE MEDICAL HEALTHCARE VISITS
IN THE 14,000 WERE MENTAL
HEALTH CARE VISITS, AND THEN
ALSO I SPOKE TO THE DENTAL
SERVICES PROVIDED IN THAT
FIGURE AND THIS SHOWS THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS RIGHT THERE.
HERE ARE THE PROVIDER AGENCY
PARTNERS TO YOUR LEFT,
SIMILARLY SEE WHICH SCHOOLS
THEY PARTNER WITH OR THAT THEY
ARE HOUSED IN A CROSS
ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL. HERE IS AGAIN ANOTHER
SNAPSHOT OF JUST THE SERVICES
PROVIDED THROUGH SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS. YOU SEE ABOUT
1539 STUDENTS WERE SERVED WITH
TREATMENT SERVICES AND YOU CAN
SEE DESCRIPTION OF THE KINDS OF
SERVICES TO THE FAR RIGHT OF
THE TABLE. SIMILARLY, 538
STUDENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH
COORDINATION OR PREVENTATIVE
MEASURES ADDRESSING BASIC
NEEDS, ET CETERA. SIMILARLY,
YOU CAN SEE THE DESCRIPTION OF
SOME OF THOSE SERVICES THAT
WERE PROVIDED, AS WELL. AND
JUST BY WAY OF LOOKING AHEAD TO
THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR
APPROACHING, SADLY , AS FAR AS
THE MENTAL-HEALTH INVESTMENTS,
THE SEVEN PILOT SCHOOLS THAT WE
ARE WORKING WITH CONTINUE ON
THEIR WORK INTO THE 2024-25
SCHOOL YEAR. MANY EXISTING
SERVICES THEY ALREADY HAD IN
PLACE WILL CONTINUE ON TO NEXT
SCHOOL YEAR. SCHOOLS CONTINUE
TO EXPAND OUTREACH AND
COORDINATION TO ENSURE
AWARENESS OF SERVICES , TO YOUR
POINT, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. WE
CANNOT JUST TAKE HER FOOT OFF
THE GAS PEDAL AND ASSUME
EVERYONE KNOWS THESE RESOURCES
AND PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE BUT
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE
WORKING WITH PARTNER SCHOOLS TO
CONTINUE TO CREATE THAT
AWARENESS FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND
THEN, EXPAND IMPLEMENTATION AND
FIDELITY TRACKING TO USE
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MEASURES.
WE SPOKE TO SOME OF THE
EVALUATION WORK THAT IS AHEAD
OF US TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
THE DATA TO HELP INFORM OUR
DECISIONS LOOKING FORWARD AND
AS FAR AS SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTERS WE CONTINUE TO BE
PARTNERS WITH THEM, LEAN ON
THEIR EXPERTISE THAT THEY CAN
BRING TO BEAR ON MENTAL HEALTH
NEEDS. WE REALLY CAN PARTNER
WITH THEM TO LEVERAGE THOSE
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE OPTIONS
AVAILABLE THERE, INCLUDING
MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS,
INCREASED RESOURCE COORDINATION
WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
>> I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
THAT IS THE END OF OUR
PRESENTATION FOR OUR TEAM, AND
WE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO
PAUSE AND TAKE QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS.
>> TERRIFIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU
FOR THIS PRESENTATION ON THE
INITIAL PILOT PROGRAM. I WILL
SAY SPECIFIC TO SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS THAT IS
OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PILOT
PORTION. THIS WAS JUST AN
UPDATE ON THE SERVICE THAT DEEL
HAS BEEN ADMINISTERING SINCE
THE 90s AND I WILL SAY I GET
THE PLEASURE OF THE PRIVILEGE
SITTING ON THE FACT FAMILIES
AND EDUCATION PRESCHOOL
PROMISED LEVY OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE THAT IS MADE UP OF
EDUCATION PROFESSIONALS,
COMMUNITY-BASED GROUPS ,
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DEEL
AND THE SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH
CENTERS CAME UP IN THE CONTEXT
OF IT IS A SERVICE THAT IS VERY
UTILIZED IN THE SCHOOLS. THEY
ARE PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT
KIDS WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE
BECAUSE MANY OF THE STUDENTS
THAT USE THESE SERVICES MIGHT
NOT ASK THE PARENTS TO TAKE
THEM TO A DOCTOR, FOR INSTANCE,
AND IF YOU NOTICE, THERE ARE A
LOT OF HEALTH CENTERS AT THE
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL AND SO IT
REALLY IS A SERVICE KIDS CAN GO
TO ON THEIR OWN, AND IT IS
REALLY A BENEFIT. WE HAVE HEARD
FROM PARENTS, STUDENTS,
TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORS ,
THE BENEFITS OF THIS SERVICE,
SO I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR
CONTINUING TO EXPAND ON THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS AND
ALSO , TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
THINGS I'VE HEARD IN TERMS OF
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS, SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. COLLEAGUES,
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU FOR THIS
PRESENTATION. IT WAS REALLY
GOOD WITH THE NUMBERS BECAUSE I
LOVE LIKE FACTS AND DATA AND TO
BE ABLE TO DIVE INTO AND I
WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND ON
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S
COMMENTS. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GO TO ONE OF THE
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS AND
IT WAS PHENOMENAL HOW THEY
INTEGRATED WITH THE SCHOOL, SO
YOU KNOW , AND WORKED DIRECTLY
WITH THE NURSE TO GET REFERRALS
AND JUST TO SEE THAT PROGRAM, I
WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. I HAD NOT
BEEN TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN
A MINUTE YOU KNOW, AND JUST TO
BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE TEACHERS
AND LOWELL IS IN DISTRICT 3 AND
THEY ARE GREAT . SHOUT OUT TO
THE STUDENTS THERE. THEY
ACTUALLY LOST TO THE STUDENTS
IN KICKBALL WHEN I WAS THERE SO
THEY WERE A LITTLE SAD. THE
QUESTION I HAVE IS REGARDING
THE TOTAL NUMBER BASE OF
STUDENTS SERVED, IF MY MATH IS
CORRECT, IS AROUND 2770 ON
SLIDE 23. THE TOTAL COMBINATION
OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
STUDENT-BASED HEALTH CENTERS,
AROUND 2000 AND OF THOSE, THERE
IS LIKE 50,000 STUDENTS IN THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT, MAYBE A LITTLE
LESS, AND SO PERCENTAGEWISE, I
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. MY
MATH IS NOT TOO WELL BUT IS
THERE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE FOR
YOU ARE LIKE HEY, IN THE NEXT
FIVE TO 10 YEARS WE NEED TO
EXPAND TO OFFER THESE SERVICES
TO 20% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE LIKE
A GOAL SET TO LIKE HEY, THIS IS
THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WE WANT
TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THESE
SERVICES TO?
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AS MENTIONED, WE ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING AT DATA TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE THERE IS NEED AND FIGURE
OUT WAYS TO ADDRESS IT.
OBVIOUSLY, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW
IS A LONG TIME BUT SOMETHING WE
ARE GOING TO EXPLORE FOR POLICY
CONSIDERATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND
THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD
IS, AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE THIS
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG
MENTAL-HEALTH PROGRAMMING HAS
BEEN WITHIN SCHOOLS, BUT YOU
MIGHT HAVE YOUR EXPERT OPINION
. THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT
DECLINE IN INVESTMENT IN
AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SPORTS,
MUSIC, ARTS, THOSE THINGS AND
YOU KNOW, THAT TO ME IS
MENTAL-HEALTH, RIGHT? THOSE
PIECES THAT STIMULATE KIDS AND
IF THERE WAS LIKE A CORRELATION
WHEN THOSE FELL OFF AND THEN
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS MORE NEED
FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WITH
YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COUNSELORS.
I KNOW IT IS A RANDOM QUESTION.
>> I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE
REASON WHY WE HAVE CONTINUOUS
SERVICES AND NOT JUST SOLELY
FOCUSED ON DIRECT CLINICAL CARE
SO IT IS AN UPSTREAM STRATEGY
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
THAT OVERSEES THE LEVY HAS A
LOT OF THAT SUMMER LEARNING
COMPONENTS TO ENSURE STUDENTS
ARE ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR.
>> THERE IS ALSO AN INDICATOR
THAT SCHOOLS USE DURING
SCREENING REFERRAL IF THEY SEE
A DECREASE IN PARTICIPATION IN
SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, THAT IS AN
INDICATOR THAT THE STUDENT
MIGHT NEED IF NOT NECESSARILY
CLINICAL CARE, MAYBE SOME CASE
MANAGEMENT, MAYBE CONNECTION TO
A PROGRAM AFTER SCHOOL THAT IS
MORE RELEVANT TO THEIR
INTERESTS, SO IT IS AN
INDICATOR SCHOOLS USE, TOO.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER
HOLLINGSWORTH, THANK YOU FOR
THE GREAT QUESTION. I JUST
WANTED TO ADD, I MEAN , DEEL
HAS WORKED SO HARD ON EXPANDING
PRESCHOOL AND EVEN CHILD CARE
BECAUSE IT IS FROM BIRTH,
RIGHT? THAT IF KIDS ARE GETTING
THE EDUCATION AND THESE
SUPPORTS BY WAY OF SPORTS AND
MUSIC AND ARTS AT A YOUNG AGE,
IT IMPACTS LATER IN LIFE, SO
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TALKED AT A
DIFFERENT COMMITTEE MEETING.
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE
INVESTMENTS IN THE PRESCHOOL
AND CHILDCARE, BUT THAT IS WHY
DEEL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB
REALLY ON ALSO FOCUSING AND
EXPANDING THAT VIA THE LEVY AND
IT GOES TO THE POINT THAT
YOU'RE MAKING AND IN TERMS OF
YOU KNOW, I HAVE EQUAL
QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, BUT I
KNOW ALSO THAT THE CITY IS
MAKING SOME INVESTMENTS THERE .
TEEN NIGHTS, ARTS HAS AN
INVESTMENT IN SCHOOLS BECAUSE
OF FUNDING CUTS AT SEATTLE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE ARTS
SPACE . OUR OFFICE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE HAS AN INVESTMENT THAT
HELPS SUPPORT ARTS IN THE
SCHOOLS OF SEATTLE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS SO THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION. I KNOW THAT DEEL IS
NOT THE ONLY PARTNER IN THE
CITY THAT IS DOING WORK WITH
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND
TRYING TO PROVIDE SUPPORTS TO
STUDENTS, SO I WANTED TO ALSO
FLYING THAT FOR YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THAT IS A GREAT
WAY TO PRIME EXAMPLE IS
WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEY
HAVE AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
THROUGH SEATTLE PARKS
DEPARTMENT AND SO ABSOLUTELY,
AND LOVE THE COLLABORATION WITH
THAT, AND YEAH.
>> REALLY APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION. A QUESTION I HAVE
THAT DEEL IS NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO ANSWER BUT EVEN AT
SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEING A
PARENT, I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF
YEARS AGO THEY STARTED THE
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING
CURRICULUM AT SCHOOLS FOR
STUDENTS STARTING IN
KINDERGARTEN , THEY WOULD HAVE
THE MOOD METER, AND THAT WAS
ALL PART OF SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
LEARNING AND SO THESE ARE ALL
THINGS THAT WE KNOW BASED ON
RESEARCH THAT REALLY HELP KIDS
WITH THEIR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
GROWTH AND THEIR MENTAL-HEALTH
GROWTH, AND IT IS ALL VERY
IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THIS
LATEST THING -- NOT LATEST
THING, BUT LATEST INVESTMENT IN
MENTAL HEALTH IS TO HELP
PROVIDE SUPPORTS AND ONE OTHER
THING I WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE
IT BEARS MENTIONING IS THAT
JUST LIKE THE SCHOOL-BASED
HEALTH CENTERS, STUDENTS --
CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON HAVE HEALTHCARE. IT
IS PROVIDED TO ALL STUDENTS. WE
HAVE PRIORITIZE THAT AS A
COUNTRY, ACTUALLY, BUT
SOMETIMES STUDENTS DON'T HAVE
ACCESS BECAUSE THE PARENTS
DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, OR FOR
VARIOUS REASONS. SOMETIMES
STUDENTS SELF SELECT TO ACCESS
THE SERVICES SO HAVING THIS AT
THE SCHOOLS IS HELPFUL FOR THE
STUDENTS THAT MIGHT NOT
OTHERWISE FEEL COMFORTABLE OR
FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY'RE NOT
GETTING THAT SERVICE THROUGH
THEIR MEDICAL , YOU KNOW,
PROFESSIONAL, OUTSIDE OF THE
SCHOOL, IF YOU WILL, AND SO IT
REALLY DOES PROVIDE THEM ACCESS
THAT THEY CAN GET ON THEIR OWN.
SO ANYWAY, WANTED TO CALL THAT
OUT BECAUSE THAT IS A COMPONENT
OF THIS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, VICE-CHAIR WOO.
>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO AT
LEAST ECHO MY COLLEAGUES IN
THANKING YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND
WELL THOUGHT OUT RESPONSE. I'M
SEEING HERE THE GARFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL WORKING WITH URBAN
LEAGUE I SEE THERE IS YOUTH
LEADER, COMMUNITY TEACHING
ARTISTS. I FOUND THERE IS A
FOOD ARTS COLLECTIVE NAMED IN
AKI KUROSE WITH INITIAL
SERVICES FROM ASIAN COUNSELING
REFERRAL SERVICES, SO THIS IS
VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT, AND YOU
KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND
SCHOOLS WE ALWAYS FIGHT THAT
STIGMA OF SEEKING MENTAL
HEALTH, IS SEEKING THERAPY, BUT
HAVING THE SERVICES AVAILABLE
AND TARGETED TOWARD COMMUNITY
AND CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE WAYS
I THINK REALLY HELPS WITH THAT.
JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR GENERAL
OPINION. DO YOU FIND IT HARD TO
FIND SOCIAL WORKERS, CASE
MANAGERS, CULTURALLY
APPROPRIATE GROUPS , AND DO YOU
FIND IT HARD REACHING OUT TO
STUDENTS TRYING TO GET THROUGH
THE STIGMA, IS THAT AN ONGOING
ISSUE?
>> I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY .
THERE'S A WORKFORCE SHORTAGE
WHETHER THAT IS WITH MENTAL
HEALTH AND YOUTH, OTHER CAREERS
AND INDUSTRIES WHERE
REPRESENTATION IS LACKING, SO
THAT CONTINUES TO PERSIST AND
AGAIN, WITH OUR WORK WITH
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTERS AND
WITH PUBLIC HEALTH YOU KNOW,
THEY HAVE STRUGGLED AT TIMES TO
FIND MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS
IN GENERAL, LET ALONE SOME
CLINICIANS THAT REFLECT THE
POPULATION OF THE STUDENTS
THERE TRYING TO SERVE, SO THAT
CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING THAT
I THINK WILL TAKE A MORE
SYSTEMIC STRATEGY TO ADDRESS
BEYOND JUST THE 4.5 MILLION OR
SMALLER SORT OF INVESTMENTS
LIKE THAT TO REALLY SEE THE
DIFFERENCE. AND THERE WILL BE A
LONGER-TERM STRATEGY, AS WELL,
BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO TURN
OUT PEOPLE FOR THE SAKE OF
TURNING THEM OUT, BUT IT SEEMS
TO BE MORE OF A WORKFORCE
CHALLENGE ON THAT FRONT.
>> I FIND IT INCREDULOUS THAT
THE MAYOR HAS THIS $20 MILLION
PLAN AND THIS PROGRAM SOUNDS
LIKE IT IS DOING VERY WELL AND
IS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND
THAT THERE IS NOT MORE DRAWNOUT
OR MORE COLLABORATION AND
WORKING TOGETHER AND SHARING
THESE FUNDS IN THE PLAN GOING
FORWARD SO I AM KIND OF
INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY
EXPLORING HOW THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE CAN WORK WITH YOU IS
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING TO
COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN THE
MAYOR'S PLAN INCLUDES A LOT OF
TELEHEALTH WHICH IS DEFINITELY
NEEDED BASED ON THE LACK OF
SERVICE WORKERS BUT AT THE SAME
TIME, I AM HEARING FROM
STUDENTS AND PARENTS THAT
PERSON TO PERSON, THAT IN
PERSON MEETING AND CONTACT IS
VERY IMPORTANT SO THANK YOU FOR
THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND I AM
EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU WILL DO
IN THE FUTURE, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER
WOO AND THE MAYOR HAS A
PROPOSAL THAT IS PART OF THAT
NEXT TRANCHE OF MONEY THAT WAS
GIVEN TO DEEL BY COUNSEL POST
THIS INITIAL TRANCHE SO THAT IS
FOR FOLKS WATCHING, COUNCIL
MEMBER WOO IS TALKING ABOUT THE
20 MILLION THAT GOT PUT LAST
YEAR TOWARD MENTAL HEALTH, AND
IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE MAYOR
HAS A PROPOSAL THAT HE WILL BE
SENDING DOWN, AT LEAST, HE HAS
ANNOUNCED PART OF IT, SO
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THAT AND
JUST UNDERSCORING THAT THERE IS
A SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH
PROVIDERS IN GENERAL IN THE
COUNTRY , AND THAT HAS REALLY
HAD AN IMPACT, WHETHER IT IS
THE SCHOOL-BASED INVESTMENT
THAT THE CITY HAS DONE, OR JUST
IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR EVEN, SO
THAT IS JUST A REALITY, AND IT
REALLY HAS AN IMPACT ON THE
ABILITY TO EXPAND PROGRAMS ,
WHICH IS WHY I THINK SOME FOLKS
ARE LOOKING TOWARD TELEHEALTH,
BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH
PROVIDERS IN THE CITY, AND SO
THAT TELEHEALTH IS ABLE TO
PROVIDE THE SERVICE EVEN THOUGH
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH FOLKS IN
THE CITY TO DO THE WORK. SO,
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT.
LOOK FORWARD, LIKE YOU SAID, TO
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
AND DEEL ON THIS NEXT ITERATION
OF WHAT THE INVESTMENT WILL
LOOK LIKE, SO. COUNCIL MEMBER
MOORE.
>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO
CIRCLE BACK TO THE ANSWER ABOUT
THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS . I AM
UNCLEAR , WHEN YOU SAID THAT
THE PROJECTS WERE CHOSEN , I
THINK I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU, AND
YOU SAID THAT YOU CHOSE HIGH
SCHOOLS AND NOT MIDDLE SCHOOLS
HAD NOW I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE
TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS SO HOW DO WE
GET ROBERT EAGLE ADDED TO THIS
PILOTLESS?
>> RETURNING TO THE ANSWER I
GAVE, SO INITIALLY AS KIND OF
CHRIS LAID OUT , THE SCHOOL
SELECTION PROCESS WE INITIALLY
HAD FOUR SCHOOLS, WHICH WE
SPECIFICALLY SELECTED AS FEEDER
PATTERN SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE
WANTED CONTINUITY OF SERVICE
BETWEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH
SCHOOL, SO THAT WAS WHERE AKI
KUROSE AND MINOR BEACH AND
DENNY AND CHIEF SEALTH WAS
SELECTED FOR THE FIRST INITIAL
LAUNCH, WHICH WAS THE $500,000
INVESTMENT OF ONE TIME FUNDING.
THEN, WHEN THE INVESTMENT GREW
WE CONDUCTED A NEEDS ASSESSMENT
KNOWING THAT $4 MILLION AND
500,000 STILL NOT ENOUGH TO
COVER THE WHOLE DISTRICT. PART
OF THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT
SURFACED THAT THE GREATEST NEED
IS IN HIGH SCHOOLS, SO WE MADE
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
HIGH SCHOOLS ONLY AT THAT TIME
TO CONTINUE FORWARD IN THE
PILOT AND THEN, AS CHRIS
SHARED, ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS
THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE PILOT
MET THAT NEED AND SO WE
CONTINUED FORWARD WITH THEM AND
WANTED TO ALLOW DENNY AND AKI
TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THEY
WERE DOING ON THE FEEDER-SCHOOL
SIDE. TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT
ROBERT EAGLE STAFF, HOPEFULLY,
AS WE ARE UNVEILING THIS NEW
PLAN AND WORKING WITH THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE, SERVICES WILL
BECOME AVAILABLE AT MORE
SCHOOLS BUT TO THIS EXISTING
PILOT, WE ARE ENTERING THE
FINAL YEAR OF THE PILOT.
>> I WILL ALSO SAY THAT ROBERT
EAGLE STAFF IS ONE OF OUR
SCHOOL-BASED INVESTMENT
SCHOOLS, SO THEY DO HAVE
RESOURCES. THEY ALSO HAVE A
SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER, AS
WELL, AND ON SLIDE 22, IF YOU
GO BACK TO IT, YOU'LL SEE THAT
ROBERT EAGLE STAFF , THEIR
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IS NEIGHBOR
CARE HEALTH , BUT ALL OF THAT
BEING SAID, WE ARE HAPPY TO
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU REGARDING
ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE
FUND, AND THE SUPPORT THAT IS
HAPPENING AT ROBERT EAGLE FOR
THAT COMMUNITY.
>> THANK YOU, I WOULD
APPRECIATE THAT. IT IS A VERY
CHALLENGING AREA THAT THEY ARE
AT. I HAVE HAD PARENTS REPORT
THAT THEIR DAUGHTERS ARE BEING
SOLICITED BY JOHN'S, YOU KNOW
, JUST A BLOCK OFF OF THERE ON
AURORA AND THAT THEIR SONS ARE
BEING SOLICITED BY COMMERCIAL
SEX WORKERS AND THERE IS AN
ENCAMPMENT THAT REPEATEDLY
SHOWS UP AND SOMEBODY WAS SHOT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRAUMA,
EXPOSURE TO CRIME AND SOCIAL
DISORDER THAT OUR YOUNG
CHILDREN ARE EXPERIENCING AND
AS YOU WELL KNOW, EARLIER WE
INTERVENED, SO I REALLY DO LOOK
FORWARD TO HAVING THAT
CONVERSATION TO SEE HOW WE CAN
BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD OF
THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK
THAT YOU ARE FUNDING. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, AND FOR THE
RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER MORALES
IS ONLINE NOW, AND COUNCIL
MEMBER MORALES, I WANT TO GIVE
YOU A CHANCE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS. NO? ALL RIGHT. OH,
THERE YOU ARE. DID YOU HAVE A
QUESTION? NO? GREAT. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, ANY
FINAL COMMENTS? NO? YES.
>> BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT CAN I
JUST AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND
SHARE THIS GREAT WORK THAT IS
HAPPENING AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK MY TEAM FOR ALL OF THE
WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE, THAT
YOU HAVE DONE BEHIND THE SCENES
NOT ONLY TO SUPPORT THIS
INVESTMENT, BUT ULTIMATELY JUST
GETTING US PREPARED FOR TODAY,
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT AND
WE ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF
OUR PARTNERS FOR THE WORK, AND
THE PARTNERSHIP IN MAKING SURE
THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE WHAT
THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE
SUCCESSFUL, SO THANK YOU ALL
AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU , DIRECTOR
CHAPELLE AND TEAM FROM DEEL FOR
BEING HERE. I'VE SAID IT
BEFORE AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT
AGAIN AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU
KNOW, ANYTIME, HAVING WORKED AT
A DEPARTMENT I KNOW IT THE
CITY, ANY TIME YOU ARE GIVEN
FUNDING TO START AN INVESTMENT
THAT YOU DO NOT -- THAT IS A
NEW INVESTMENT THAT YOU DON'T
DO, IT TAKES TIME TO DO THE
RESEARCH AND WORK WITH THE
EXPERTS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU
ARE DESIGNING A PROGRAM FOR
THAT INVESTMENT THAT WILL BE
THE BEST PROGRAM IT CAN BE, AND
THAT TAKES TIME BECAUSE YOU
HAVE TO WORK WITH THE VARIOUS
FOLKS INVOLVED, AND SO I JUST
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN
THIS MONEY WAS GIVEN TO DEEL,
THEY WENT OUT TO DO THAT WORK
WHICH TOOK SOME TIME. WE KNOW
THAT THE MAJORITY OF THAT
INVESTMENT STARTED EARLY THIS
YEAR , AND WE WILL SEE AS WE
GET GOING , YOU KNOW, HOW WELL
THAT INVESTMENT IS DOING IN THE
SCHOOLS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE
APPENDIX, WHICH WAS NOT
MENTIONED, THAT THE PLANS FOR
THE INVESTMENT IN EACH OF THE
SCHOOLS, THE SEVEN SCHOOLS IS
IN THE APPENDIX, IF YOU WANT TO
LOOK AT EACH PARTICULAR SCHOOLS
PLAN, AS DIRECTOR CHAPELLE
NOTED EARLIER, AND HIS TEAM.
EVERY SCHOOL LOOKS SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS BASED
ON THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE
HEARD FROM THE STUDENTS AT THAT
SCHOOL, AND SO I AM LOOKING
FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ON HOW
THIS INVESTMENT IS GOING, AND
THEN LOOK FORWARD LIKE I SAID
EARLIER TO HEARING FROM THE
MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THEIR
INITIAL 2 MILLION FOR
TELEHEALTH AND OTHER THINGS
THAT HE IS PLANNING AS WE GET
MOVING. SO, THANK YOU, DEEL,
FOR BEING HERE AND THANKS FOR
ALL THE WORK AROUND THIS
IMPORTANT TOPIC.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, IF
THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, ANY
OTHER BUSINESS? ALL RIGHT, THEN
SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS,
THIS CONCLUDES THE JULY 11,
2024 MEETING OF THE EDUCATION
-- EXCUSE ME, LIBRARIES,
EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD
COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS
SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, JULY
25th, 2024 AT 9:30 A.M. IF
THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS,
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, IT
IS 10:53, AND THIS MEETING IS
ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT, THANK
YOU.