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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A SYSTEM OF CARE TO SERVE THE SEVERELY EMOTIONALLY AND
BEHAVIORALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
OF BUTTE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Butte County Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Services (ADMH) has entered to
Memorandums of Understanding with. various agencies to better serve seriously emotionally and behaviorally
disturbed children and their families as defined in Section 5868 of the Welfare and Institutions Code:
WHEREAS, the Butte Caunty Board of Supervisors created a Children's Services Coordinating Council
{CSCC) for interagency policy planning pursuant to Section 5866{b) of the Welfare and Institutions Code;
WHEREAS, Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health has established community based counseling centers to
better serve children and families;
WHEREAS, the community based system of care model is aimed at reducing out of home placement
casts and supporting families;
WHEREAS, counties that receive System of Care funding shall demonstrate a maintenance of effort
in children's funding and may reinvest a portion of savings from reduction in out of home placement costs into
children's services; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors supports and
endorses the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Department's proposal to the State Department of Mental Health
to establish a comprehensive System of Care to serve the severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children
and families of Butte County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors on this 25th day of February,
1996 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, Houx, Josiassen and Chair Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None "" r'~''~j . ,' r
FRED C. DAVIS, Chair
ATTEST: JOHN S. BLACKLOCK, Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk to the Board of Siu~ervisars
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