LTC 315-2025 Nurse Enhancement Initiative Behavioral Health Services Summary Report and Provider Update.,., Docus(gn Envelope ID: 08CDDAC9-1 EF6-478E-8663-86CF1BCA5F15
MIAMI BEACH
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
NO. LTC #315-2025 LETTER TO COMMISSION
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
Honorable Mayor Steven Meiner and Members of the City Commission
Eric T. Carpenter, City Manager � �
July 25, 2025
SUBJECT: Nurse Enhancement Initiative Behavioral Health Services Summary Report and
Provider Update
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to update the Mayor and City Commission on the status
of our Nurse Enhancement Initiative dedicated to improving youth behavioral and mental health
support from August 2024 through May 2025 for North Beach Elementary, Miami Beach South
Pointe Elementary, Miami Beach Fienberg Fisher K-8, Biscayne Beach Elementary, Treasure Island
Elementary, Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center, Miami Beach Nautilus Middle School, and
Miami Beach Senior High School.
Mental health support was sustained in 2025 with 252 youth receiving a total of 1,370 sessions, up
from 131 youths and 779 sessions in the previous year. Several schools received telehealth
services through a partnership with Hazel Health. The table below indicates the number of
sessions provided to youth at on-site at select Miami Beach feeder schools receiving services
during the 2024-2025 school year through a partnership with neighboring municipalities, Borinquen
Medical Centers, The Children's Trust and the Miami Beach Chamber Education Foundation:
School Name
Miami Beach Senior High School
North Beach Elementary
Treasure Island Elementary
Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K-8 Center
# Students
205
17
7
23
# Sessions
930
172
52
216
The enhanced behavioral services provide on-site access to a licensed clinical social worker to
provide services including, but not limited to, the following:
■Academic Issues •Disruptive Behavior
■Attention Issues ■Depression
■Anger Management ■ Stress Management
■Anxiety ■Family Issues
■Attention Issues
For the 2025-26 school year, The Children's Trust has selected Jesse Trice Community Health
Services as the provider for the Miami Beach public schools. As such, the city will execute
agreements with the Miami Beach Chamber Education Foundation and our neighboring
municipalities to continue these much needed and heavily utilized mental health services with our
new provider.