RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A POLICY TO DEFINE THE COUNTY’S ROLE, TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT SAN MATEO COUNTY

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, over the past five years, there has been a movement throughout San Mateo County to adopt and develop the model known as “Community Schools,” which is defined as both a place and set of partnerships between a community’s resources and its public schools; and

WHEREAS, the County plays an important role in community schools in supporting the efforts through the school-based family resource centers as well as by locating and contracting for services with neighborhood community-based organizations to address unique health, mental health, and social service needs; and

WHEREAS, there are insufficient resources within San Mateo County to address all the needs in all the communities; and

WHEREAS, this Board has examined the Community Schools Policy, which states:

The County of San Mateo shall partner with local school districts and municipalities in our joint commitment to the development of healthy, successful children and families and vibrant communities. The County endorses the “Community Schools” as a model which strengthens the bonds between families and children with school and community and establishes an infrastructure of support to work together to promote student success. Further, the County believes that all children are to be given the opportunity for success, and its resources are to be distributed equitably with an emphasis on underserved communities.

To the extent possible, the County will integrate its health, mental health, and social services which support children and families on those school campuses in which a city, County, and school district partnership exists. In all other communities, the County will provide its mandated health, mental health, and social services in the most integrated way possible.

In those communities in which County resources are provided, those resources will be linked to academic achievement targets and proven strategies.

It shall be the responsibility of the Assistant County Manager to work with the directors of the Health Department and the Human Services Agency to develop the criteria and process by which additional County resources will be allocated,

and this Board has reviewed and approved this policy as to both form and content:

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors establishes a policy to state San Mateo County’s commitment to the goals of Community Schools and to define the terms of its financial/resource allocation.

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