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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS �� T '�•
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FROM: Sara Hoffman COSTA
Senior Deputy County Administrator COUNTY
DATE: December 16, 1997 s;--------
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SUBJECT: CDBG Public Service Proposal
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the County Administrator, or designee, to submit a proposal to the Contra Costa
County Community Development Department for$30,000 to fund Substance Abuse Counseling services as a
component of the Service Integration Team Program.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S)_:
The Service Integration Team (SIT) Program provides integrated services of the County departments of Social
Services, Health Services, and Probation at sites in Bay Point and North Richmond. Services provided are
Income Maintenance, Child Welfare, Employment Counseling, Public Health, Mental Health, Probation, and
linkage to public schools. This proposal would expand the service collaborative to include Community
Substance Abuse Services of the County Health Services Department in partnership with New Connections, a
substance abuse agency.
Substance abuse services are a missing component of the Integrated Services Team Program. Among the 800
families served by SIT in Bay Point, and the 300 served in North Richmond, an estimated 50 to 75 percent have
problems of substance abuse. These problems spawn other problems in the two communities, notably child
abuse, unemployment, and crime.
The CDBG proposal will provide a full-time Substance Abuse Coordinator to provide Bay Point and North
Richmond SIT families with assessment and short-terra counseling, group counselling, and substance abuse
education. The Coordinator will also provide training and consultation services to SIT staff, multiplying services
to SIT families and the community at a decreasing cost of services per person served.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATURE: Javl�
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR—RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER T
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ON MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact:Nina Goldman,335-1017
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PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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Chuck Deutschman,Health Services '
Jim Bouquin,New Connections BY ,DEPUTY