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District program presents restorative brief-intervention model, warns core grants will sunset in 2026
Summary
INSPIRE presenters described a four-session, evidence-based brief-intervention program used as an alternative to suspension, outlined prevention and youth-leadership work, and said primary grant funding is sunsetting in 2026; presenters asked the board to consider local funding and agreed to provide budget estimates on request.
Mary Baer, director of the INSPIRE program at the Daly City Youth Health Center, and Miguel (program coordinator) presented an overview of the district’s prevention and intervention work in a board meeting on Oct. 25, 2025.
Baer and Miguel said INSPIRE operates a four-session, evidence-based brief-intervention program (using the Teen Intervene curriculum) as an alternative to suspension for students caught with substances or paraphernalia on campus. "We guide students through a curriculum called Teen Intervene. It is evidence based," Miguel told the board. He said the program emphasizes motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy skills and stages-of-change theory.
The presenters described three referral pathways into brief intervention: discipline referrals (alternative to suspension), staff/wellness…
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