HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12152009 - C.39RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee,
to apply for and accept Contra Costa County Department of Conservation and
Development, Redevelopment and Economic Development Division, Community Block
Grant Program funding in an amount not to exceed $30,000 for a two-year period ($15,000
for fiscal year (FY) 2010-2011 and FY 2011 through 2012) to provide substance abuse and
mental health services at the Bay Point and North Richmond Service Integration Team sites
for the period July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
If granted, County to receive $30,000 over a two (2) year period ($15,000 for FY
2010-2011 and $15,000 for FY 2011-2012) for Service Integration Team (SIT) Substance
Abuse and Mental Health services at the Bay Point and North Richmond SIT sites.
BACKGROUND:
The Community Development Block Grant funded Substance Abuse Mental Health
(SAMH) component is an integral part of the Service Integration Team (SIT) model because
many of the clients served by SIT staff have mental health and/or substance abuse issues.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/15/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Paul Buddengen,
313-1793
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 15, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy
cc:
C.39
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Joe Valentine, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:December 15, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contra Costa County Department of Conservation & Development, Redevelopment & Economic
Development Division Community Development Block Grant Program
The SAMH counselor
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
receives referrals from other SIT site staff, such as the CalWORKS, MediCal, Food Stamps,
Employment Specialists, Children and Family Services workers, probation officers, Public
Health nurses and school resource workers. Within the multidisciplinary approach, the SIT
SAMH counselor provides the following services: 1. Assessment and short-term
counseling; 2. Crisis intervention; 3. Clinical case management; 4. Substance abuse
education; and 5. Consultation with SIT staff.
The objective of the SIT SAMH services component is to help at least 70 unduplicated
local residents achieve economic self-sufficiency and improved family functioning by
reducing or eliminating their substance abuse and/or mental health barriers. This project
employs five key strategies: 1. Inter-agency collaboration to increase the efficiency and
effectiveness of service delivery; 2. Early intervention to prevent the need for more
intensive, expensive and restrictive services over a long term; 3. Community based service
delivery to ensure that services are accessible and help build community capacity for
addressing current and future need; 4. Comprehensive integrated services based on the
knowledge that the target population faces multiple barriers and that addressing this broader
constellation of issues will increase chances of success; and 5. Emphasis on the family and
not just the individual, in recognition that each individual exists within a broader family
structure that can undermine or support the individuals's chance of success in any treatment
program.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health services provided at the Bay Point and North
Richmond SIT sites will support all of the community out comes established in the
Children's Report Card: (1) Children Ready for and Succeeding in School; 2) Children and
Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood; 3) Families that are Economically
Self Sufficient; 4) Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing; and, 5) Communities that
are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for children and Families by addressing the
barriers of substance abuse and mental health and by promoting & moving families toward
self sufficiency and supporting the family unit .