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In the Matter of RESOLUTION NO.2001/519
SUPPORTING AND RECOGNIZING ASIAN PACIFIC PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICEAND ITS COMMITMENT
TO PROVIDE THE ASIAN PACIFIC IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN CONTRA COSTA
COUNTY WITH CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLYAPPROPRIATE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE
ABUSE SERVICES
WHEREAS,Asian Pacific Psychological Servicesis anon-.pro€it,community based,mental health agency serving
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East Bay communities in Contra costa and.Alameda Counties :arid
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WHEREAS,Asian Pacific'-PsyehologicalServices opened its firsfoffice iri'1-996'in'0akl'arid'before serving Asian
children and youth'-InContra Q.0 ta-County.in 1997,and thereafter-,--' ned-a`clinic in SanPablo in 1999;and
WHEREAS,_tlie mission,of Asian T'acific Psychological Services is to serv0disaduantaged}iri "grant and refugee
families whi`'have liruted or no access to mental health care;andK7 =
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WHEREAS,access`to adequate mental health care'can contribute- to a better,qualify of life;and":" `-`tip
WHEREAS,Asian Pacific Psychological Services provides about 200 to 250-chil-rent�and young adults hand 200
adults'"i Contra Costa.and Alameda Counties combined- mental:11e"' h;:;sul sfmc-&ab e, and domestic
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WHEREAS Asian,:Pac>fie Psychological Services_;works::elosely with the Contra Costa County„Probation
Department to hel ""S utheast Asian teens with their substance abuse,problems in the Juvenile`Drug, rt
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WHEREAS;As.iari Pacific Psych'o19g-icaI Services Provides AsiaAFpa_rents;with educatron-on=effectiveparenting
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WHEREAS,`Asian Pacific.Psycholo :cal.Services strives fo..;proi ofe tl1`e m6taa health of the Asian`community in
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order to foster positive child'delopm�ent strengthen ind Niduals'tinct fam�hes;and'16," npro�e:the all public
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE.IT'RESOLVED that the Board'of'Su�r•`ervisors•,;of.Contra'Costa County does
hereby support and:recognize..the commitment Asian Pacific_psych-ological'Services'has demonstrated
in Contra Costa Coun
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PASSED by a unanimous dote of th&Bdar"d;ofSupervisors;.members present this
GAYLE B. ILKEMA
Chair
• District II Supervisor
JOHN GIOIA DONN&ERBER
0 District I Supervisor District III Supe sor
MARK DeSAULNIER FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor
Witness my hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this 6th
Day of November 2001
John Sweeten,Clerk of the Board of
Su rvisors and County Administrator
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By gL
Deputy
Introduced by Supervisor John Gioia