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FROM: Phil Batchelor, Cwtra
County Administrator C�
DATE*. December 13 , 1988 Coin
SUBJECT: FEASIBILITY OF USING DRUG PROGRAM SAVINGS TO FUND DRUG
EDUCATION AND COUNSELING IN JUVENILE HALL
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AM JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept report from County Administrator on the feasibility of using savings
from drug program reorganization to increase drug education and counseling
in Juvenile Hall, in response to Board referral.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
During the 1988-89 adopted Budget Committee hearings, the Board of
Supervisors directed 11 the County Administrator' s Office to explore the
possibility of using'11 savings from the Health Services Department' s
Methadone Program reorganization to fund increases in the Probation
Department' s JuvenilellIHall drug counseling and education program. In
November, 1988, the Alcohol/Drug Abuse/Mental Health Director and his staff
presented detailed plans for using methadone program savings expenditures
on outpatient drug cotinseling and prevention services for Health Services
Department clients. Components of these plans were approved by the Contra
Costa Drug Abuse Advisory Board in July 1987, December 1987, and
January 1988 after a long and complex program development process. In sum,
the Drug Abuse Advisory Board has committed approximately $372,690 for the
provision of drug counseling and prevention services countywide, funded by
$125,000 in Federal "War on Drugs" monies and $247,690 in, savings from the
methadone program reorganization.
Thus, savings from the methadone program reorganization is not a viable
source of funding for drug counseling and education program enhancements in
Juvenile Hall. The Probation Department must identify another source of
funds to provide any Linbudgeted increase in services to the Juvenile Hall
.population.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNT'Y ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE IOTHER
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SIGNATURE(S)'.
ACTION OF BOARD ON —December- 13., 19.88 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES' NOES*. AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
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ABSENT' ABSTAIN' OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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COuntv Administrator ATTESTED DEC 1, 3 1988
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Health. Services Director PHIL BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Stu McCullough, A,/D'1.A/M.H Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
M382/7-83 DEPUTY