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Leon County School Board: all federal awards · Department of Health and Human Services: spending

LEON PROJECT AWARE - LEON AWARE WILL BUILD A UNIFIED, DISTRICTWIDE THREE-TIERED FRAMEWORK FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION, SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION, AND EARLY INTERVENTION ACROSS ALL 38 LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS, REACHING APPROXIMATELY 31,000 PREK–12 STUDENTS. TIER 1 PREVENTION WILL REACH ALL STUDENTS, WHILE TIER 2/3 SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND CLINICAL LINKAGE WILL TARGET ELEVATED-NEED STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IN GRADES 6–12, INCLUDING THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND CO-OCCURRING CONCERNS. STRATEGIES INCLUDE A DISTRICTWIDE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, STANDARDIZED SCREENING AND REFERRAL PROTOCOLS, SBIRT BRIEF INTERVENTION, WARM-HANDOFF NAVIGATION, AN MSW WORKFORCE PIPELINE, CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TECHNICIAN TRAINING, SUICIDE-PREVENTION TRAINING, AND THE FAMILY WELLNESS ACADEMY. BY THE END OF YEAR 2, 100% OF THE 38 SCHOOLS WILL OPERATE UNDER ONE DOCUMENTED THREE-TIER FRAMEWORK. WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF AWARD, LEON AWARE WILL SEAT THE ADVISORY BOARD AND EXECUTE MOUS WITH ALL IDENTIFIED TIER 2/3 PROVIDERS; THE STRATEGIC PLAN WILL BE ADOPTED BY MONTH 8. BY YEAR 5, TIER 2 SCREENING WILL INCREASE BY 25%, SBIRT-BASED BRIEF INTERVENTION BY 85%, MEAN TIME FROM IDENTIFICATION TO FIRST SERVICE CONTACT WILL DECREASE FROM 90 TO 30 DAYS, AND CONFIRMED REFERRAL CONNECTION THROUGH WARM HANDOFFS AND FAMILY NAVIGATION WILL REACH 100%. BY YEAR 5, LEON AWARE WILL PLACE 12–16 SUPERVISED MSW INTERNS ANNUALLY; ANNUAL STAFF COMPLETION OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LITERACY TRAINING WILL REMAIN AT LEAST 95%.

Project Grant (B) · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · to Leon County School Board (UEI DB4BLG1YSUU1) · data as of 2026-10-22

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