Northern Humboldt Union High receives $200K Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Northern humboldt mental health awareness and training grant - Northern Humboldt Union High school district, with local and regional partners, will implement the northern humboldt mental health training project (nhc) across 12 districts in rural northern humboldt county, California, including yurok and hoopa valley tribal lands. Nhc will expand mental health awareness, crisis-response, referral, and clinical consultation capacity for adults, secondary students, and school counselors, psychologists, and social workers serving more than 5,000 tk–12 students, particularly native american, low-income, and rural youth affected by trauma and limited access to care. Sources of strength, crisis prevention institute, prepare, and applied suicide intervention skills training will reach 550 adults and 2,100 students in grades 7–12. Annual professional development, project echo telementoring, and biweekly case consultation with university of California, san francisco (ucsf) psychologists and psychiatrists will support school-based clinicians. Nhc will expand the humboldt bridges to success referral protocol and develop sustainable contracting templates. Trainings will begin within 4 months of award, and biweekly community of practice consultation will begin by october 31, 2026. Nhc will increase students receiving mental health services by 10% annually and 50% by project end from the 2025–26 baseline, implement contracting templates by june 2027, and complete a community of practice sustainability plan by august 2029.