FY2024 Adopted Operating and Capital Budgets

FY2024 Adopted Budget Organizational Budgets

Division of Health Services

School Health Program The Frederick County Health Department School Health Program is a collaborative effort with the Frederick County Public School (FCPS) System. The goal of the program is to prevent and identify student health related problems and to intervene to modify or remediate these problems. The comprehensive School Health Program includes delivery of health services and health education that directly contributes to the student's educational success as well as the health of the family and community. School Health Program staff provide the health services in the 68 health rooms of FCPS schools. Mental Health Services Program The Mental Health Services Program (MHS) provides mental health treatment services to Frederick County adults with mild to severe mental illness. MHS pursues the provision of services to those in our community who have traditionally been underserved. Services include psychosocial evaluations and mental health therapy performed by licensed mental health clinicians, as well as medication evaluations and medication management conducted by licensed psychiatric medical professionals. MHS practitioners actively collaborate with other Frederick County service agencies on behalf of clients. Linking clients and their family members to ancillary community services, in addition to their mental health treatment, is critical to their mental health recovery. The Program is proud to have been accredited for three years by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). MHS is supported through fee for service revenue, Frederick County Government, and a grant from the Local Behavioral Health Authority. Strategic Goals

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