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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

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 Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(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. The SAMH counselor 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 .