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k_ <br />FUNDING FROM MARTIN COUNTY FOR A SATELLITE PROGRAM. <br />MR. ASHCRAFT STATED THEY WERE. HE NOTED THAT MR. BARBER <br />HAS WORKED OUT BUDGETING BASED ON SERVICES RENDERED, AND HE FEELS HE <br />HAS WORKED OUT A TRULY EQUITABLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR EACH COUNTY.. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IN A SITUATION WHERE A COUNTY DOESN'T <br />FUND THE PROPER AMOUNT, WILL THEY RECEIVE THE SAME SERVICES? <br />MR. ASHCRAFT STATED IN SUCH A CASE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CUT <br />BACK SERVICES IN -THAT COUNTY, BUT NOTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING <br />PRESENTATIONS IN EACH COUNTY THE SAME AS THEY ARE DOING HERE TODAY <br />AND HAVE HAD VERY POSITIVE REACTIONS. HE ALSO NOTED THAT IF A COUNTY <br />DOESNjT DO THEIR PART, THEY WILL NOT GET BAKER ACT FUNDING. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED THEIR SALARY INCREMENTS, AND <br />MR, ASHCRAFT STATED THAT THEY ARE BELOW THE STATE RECOMMENDED LEVELS <br />IN SOME CATEGORIES AND ARE TRYING TO BUILD UP TO THE STATE MINIMUM. <br />MR. QUAM NEXT INTRODUCED ROBERT EPPELEIN WHO.EXPLAINED_HOW <br />THE COMPREHENSIVE ALCOHOLISM REHABILITATION PROGRAM SYSTEM WORKS WITHIN <br />THE FOUR -COUNTY AREA. HE NOTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN, IN BUSINESS IN <br />_PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR WELL OVER FIVE YEARS AND AT THIS JUNCTURE ARE <br />PROVIDING ALL OF THE ALCOHOLISM SERVICES IN THE PALM BEACH AREA. MR. <br />EPPELEIN STATED THAT WHAT IS INVOLVED I.S A SYSTEM OF CONTINUITY OF CARE <br />AND IF YOU HAVE EACH COUNTY TRYING TO PROVIDE A SPECTRUM OF SERVICES, <br />IT CAUSES COMPETITION AND THE CLIENT DOES NOT GET THE BEST SERVICE. HE <br />STATED THAT THEY HAVE A PRIMARY CARE CENTER FOR MEDICAL CARE AND DETOX, <br />IN THEIR TREATMENT PLAN, THEY ALLOW FIVE DAYS FOR DETOX; THEN THE <br />PATIENT IS REFERRED IN THE SECOND STEP TO ALCOHOPE FOR THE <br />INTERMEDIATE CARE PROGRAM, WHICH TAKES FROM FOUR TO SIX WEEKS; THE <br />THIRD STEP IS THE STRUCTURED SUPPORTIVE SYSTEM; AND THE LAST STEP IS <br />OUT-PATIENT SERVICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS. HE <br />NOTED THAT AA IS INVOLVED WITH EACH PATIENT. MR, EPPELEIN INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THAT ALCO-HOPE IS FUNDED BY CONTRACT WITH CARP AND THEREFORE, <br />IS NOT DIRECTLY FUNDED BY THE COUNTY. <br />THE BOARD QUESTIONED HOW MANY DETOX CENTERS THERE ARE FOR THE <br />FOUR -COUNTY AREA, WHETHER THE RE-OCCURENCE RATE HAS GONE DOWN AND <br />WHETHER THEY ARE INVOLVED IN DRUG ABUSE, <br />MR. EPPELEIN STATED THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE DETOX CENTER FOR <br />THE FOUR -COUNTY AREA; THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCE TO DETERMINE <br />THE REOCCURRENCE RATE SO FAR; AND THEY ARE NOT FUNDED FOR WORKING WITH <br />JUN 221977 <br />.R <br />