HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12201983 - FC.5 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Finance Committee Contra
Costa
DATE: December 19, 1983 County
SUBJECT: Requests by Rubicon Programs, Inc.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
After careful review with representatives of Rubicon Programs, Inc. and the
Health Services Department, it is recommended that:
1. No additional funds be reinstated to Rubicon ,Programs,
Inc. for the Garden Center Vocational Services.
2. The request that Rubicon Programs, Inc. be allowed
flexibility to spread the funding deficit of $20,500
to various programs rather than to the Garden Center
be denied.
3. A proposed evaluation of the effectiveness and
utilization of the Rubicon Garden Center be performed
by a committee consisting of staff of the State
Department of Mental Health Bay Services Area Team and
a citizens component comprised of representatives of the
Advisory Boards of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental
Health programs to assure complete objectivity in the
evaluation process.
BACKGROUND
The large deficit in the budget of the Health Services Department precludes
the providing of any funds to reinstate any budget deficit of Rubicon
Programs, Inc. The programs conducted by this contractor are not considered
to be of equal value in the continuum of mental health services . Budget
reductions must focus on program components which are of lower priority to
minimize the adverse impact on quality of care. Therefore, the flexibility
to permit the funding deficit to be spread over various programs to minimize
the impact on the Garden Center should not be permitted.
The request made by Rubicon Programs, Inc. that the evaluation be performed
by an independent task force does not consider that expertise in the area
of mental health is required in order to properly evaluate the effective-
ness of the program and its relationship to other mental health programs.
In order to obtain input from another source, however, and to assure
objectivity it is proposed that a task force composed of members of the
State Department of Mental Health' s Bay Services Area Team plus representa-
tives of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Advisory Boards be
included in an evaluation team.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR XX RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
XX APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) Supervisor T. Torlakson Sueprvisor dg. W. McPeak
ACTION OF BOARD ON 3 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED -.�.r OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ----- > I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: _ NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services Director ATTESTED iii!/-fes✓ X0, I9 "
Rubicon Programs , Inc . J.R. OLSSON, COUNTY CLERK
County Administrator AND EX OFFICIO CLERK OF THE BOARD
Auditor-Controller
M382/7-83 BY DEPUTY "'RR