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Highschool outreach for LGBTQ Youth

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In comparison to heterosexual youths and youths who do not experience gender dysphoria, LGBTQ+ youths generally report higher rates of mental health issues such as suicidality, emotional distress, mood disorders, and self-harm. However, a lack of family, environmental, and societal support further inhibits this group from addressing their mental health issues (as cited in Russell & Fish, 2016). In San Diego, the County Health and Human Services Agency has created and funded a program called Our Safe Place in order to provide safe drop-in centers, mental health services, and supportive resources. In central San Diego and East County area, the program is hosted by San Diego Youth Services (SDYS) (SDYS, n.d.). In order to promote its available support system for LGBTQ youths, SDYS frequently partners with local school districts to presents the program. The budget for the program is as followed

Needs statement:

LGBTQ+ youths in the US are more likely to suffer certain mental illnesses such as anxiety, mood disorder, and suicidal behaviors than other groups. As reported in 2018 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 63% of all LGBTQ students surveyed reported feeling sad or hopeless. In addition, 47% of this group reported having suicidal thoughts (CDC, 2018).

Mission statement:

The mission of this outreach program is to present the Our Safe Place program and its available support services to high schools in Central and Eastern area of San Diego County in order to raise awareness and participation of LGBTQ+ youths in the program.

Procedures:

The program manager will reach out to school districts and high schools in the serving areas and plan the integration of the presentation to the school’s existing curriculum. Two personnel will travel to the school and present Our Safe Place to students as scheduled between the manager and school authority. Presentation includes introduction to the program and available services, Q&A sessions, and handing out posters, contact cards, and flyers to the students along with other souvenir items. The program aims for delivering presentation to 8 schools in the area within a month, 2 schools per week with 1-hour allotment for each school (including travel time).

Goals:

1. Increase awareness about mental health in general and mental health among LGBTQ+ youths.

2. Increase number of youths who visit the program locations.

3. Increase number of youths who utilize drop-in centers.

4. Increase number of youths who utilize mental health service provided by the program.

Budget:

Direct cost
Item	Rate	Qty	Time	Total cost
Personnel	$22.50/hour	2	8 hours	$360.00
Travel	$20.00/day	2	8 days	$320.00
Supplies - paper	$4.00.00/ream	1		$4.00
Supplies - flashdrive	$5.00/unit	1		$5.00
Supplies - souvenir pins	$40.00/250-pack	1		$40.00
Equipment - printer	Free - Courtesy of SDYS office
Equipment - computer	Free - Courtesy of SDYS office
Equipment - pin maker	Free - Courtesy of SDYS staff
TOTAL DIRECT COST	$729.00

Indirect cost
Item	Cost
Staffing	Included in the program
Contacting school/school district	Referral from the County
Equipment deterioration	Included in the program
Time for making pins	Shared among staff and volunteers
TOTAL INDIRECT COST	N/A

Budget justification:

For direct cost, most of the budget is allocated to staffing. The program totals 16 hours with 1 hour per school per day, 2 schools per week, 8 schools per month.

Cost of personnel is $22.50 per hour X 2 staff X 6 total hours = $360.00. This rate is the standard wage rate for the program staff as indicated by their employment contract with SDYS.

Cost of travel includes fuel and food for each staff, which is $20.00 X 2 staff X 8 days of traveling = $320.00

Supplies for this plan include paper for printing posters, a flash drive for transporting presentation materials, and pins as souvenirs for students. A ream of paper is $4.00 and a 16GB flash drive is $5.00, both listed at target.com. The parts needed to make pins are sold on Amazon at $40.00 for a 250-pack.

Equipment for this plan includes printer, computer, and a pin maker, all of which are provided for free as courtesy of staff and SDYS.

For indirect cost, staffing (other than sending the staff to school for presentation delivery) and equipment deterioration are all included in normal SDYS operation. The contact between program manager and school district/authorities is provided by the County. Time used to make presentations, posters, flyers, and souvenir pins are shared among program staff and volunteers.

In overall, this 1-month program shall deliver the presentation to 8 schools in Central and Eastern area of San Diego County with the total cost of $729.00.

References:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2018). Youth risk behavior surveillance – 2017. Morbidity and Mortality Report, 67(8). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/pdf/2017/ss6708.pdf

Russell, S. T., & Fish, J. N. (2016). Mental health in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ) youth. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 12(1), 465–487. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-021815-093153