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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Costa
DATE: October 24 , 1989 °srq_��� �P
County
SUBJECT: Coordinating Human Services Boards and Commissions
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
1 . Request the Human Services Advisory Commission (HSAC) to
develop a process for convening quarterly workshops of County
human services advisory board and committee representatives to
consider:
a) Briefings on the County budget and budget process
including prioritization of human services funding needs;
b) Increasing awareness in the community of human services
needs of their residents and advocacy of resources for
those needs through public relations efforts with
community organizations, service clubs, non-profit
agencies, city councils and business groups;
c) Support of measures to increase revenues for human
services needs, such as the proposed alcohol tax
initiative; and
d) Improving interagency relations to reduce competition
among boards and committees for County funds and to
improve their communications and linkages.
2 . Report back to Board of Supervisors with their recommendations
within 90 days.
BACKGROUND
The Human Services Advisory Commission requested a meeting with the
Board of Supervisors to discuss, among other issues, policy
direction, coordination and linkages with other human services
boards and committees and support and ad voc y of Board human
services policies.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S:
ACTION OF BOARD ON October 24, 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED a'l 19r
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HSAC PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Advisory Boards (via HSAC) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY
M382 (10/88) �'� DEPUTY
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At the request of the Board a meeting of all human services was
held on October 24, 1989 . Those represented were:
Adult Day Health Planning Council
Advisory Committee on the Employment and Economic
Status of Women
Advisory Council on Aging
Advisory Housing Commission
Alcoholism Advisory Board
Contra Costa Health Plan Advisory Board
Developmental Disabilities Board
Drug Abuse Board
Economic Opportunity Council
Emergency Medical Care Committee
Family and Children' s Services Advisory Committee
Family and Children' s Trust Committee
Human Relations Commission
Human Services Advisory Commission
Juvenile Justice-Delinquency Prevention Commission
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board
Mental Health Advisory Board
Private Industry Council
Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board
The Board discussed considering reorganization of the existing
boards and committees citing a need to streamline the committee
process. Committees require administrative costs, compete with
each other for the Board' s priority, seek program funding primarily
from the County, need to be aware of other committees ' interests or
activities, require a foundation in the County' s current budget,
financial, or funding situation, perceive unequal access to the
Board, and may present recommendations to the Board independently
of other' s needs or priorities.
The Board and committee representatives acknowledged each others '
needs and responsibilities and agreed on a beginning process to
help the advisory boards and commissions be more responsive to the
Board and for the Board to provide more direction and assistance to
them.