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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING <br />THIS UNDERSTANDING ("Understanding") is made and entered into as of April 6, 2018 by and <br />between ELLENSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT #401 and NETWORK PARTNERS. <br />WHEREAS, ELLENSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT #401: 1) is a school district that provides <br />education services to adolescents, transitional aged youth, and their families; and 2) will submit an <br />application to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for an <br />"Enhancement and Expansion of Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional <br />Aged Youth, and their Families" grant; and <br />WHEREAS, NETWORK PARTNERS are agencies and organizations that provide criminal <br />justice, education, employment, family support, housing, mental health, primary care, recovery <br />support, and/or other services to adolescents, transitional aged youth, and their families; and <br />WHEREAS, ELLENSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT 4401 and NETWORK PARTNERS recognize <br />the need for and desire to aid in the development of a comprehensive, coordinated, and integrated <br />service system to meet the complex needs of adolescents, transitional aged youth, and their families <br />with substance use disorders and/or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein and <br />for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, <br />the parties hereby agree as follows: <br />I. SCOPE <br />A. ELLENSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITIES: <br />ELLENSBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT #401, if awarded an "Enhancement and Expansion of <br />Treatment and Recovery Services for Adolescents, Transitional Aged Youth, and their Families" <br />grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, agrees to undertake the <br />following required activities with respect to the Understanding: <br />1. Provide, or contract to provide, a comprehensive, family -centered, trauma -informed, evidence - <br />based, coordinated, and integrated outpatient system of care, which includes early intervention and <br />recovery support services and evidence -based screening, assessment, treatment, and wrap around <br />services. <br />2. Provide, or contract to provide, tobacco use counseling and interventions, including education or <br />brief counseling; tobacco cessation programs, activities, and/or strategies; and augmented, <br />pregnancy -tailored counseling. <br />3. Provide, or contract to provide, screening for alcohol misuse and illicit drug use, brief behavioral <br />counseling interventions, and evidence -based treatment. <br />