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9 <br />MR. ASHCRAFT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE IS NOWHERE AT ALL <br />IN THIS AREA TO DETOX A DRUG ADDICT, AND THEY ARE CAUGHT IN A BIND BE- <br />CAUSE THE STATE FEELS VERY STRONGLY THAT THEY SHOULD START WITH A <br />RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM. THEY, HOWEVER, WOULD RATHER NOT PUT THE MONEY <br />IN THE HARD CORE ADDICTS, BUT WOULD PREFER TO START WITH AN OUT-PATIENT <br />PROGRAM. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY REACTION <br />FROM THE OTHER THREE COUNTIES IN THIS AREA, AND MR. ASHCRAFT STATED <br />THAT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IS THE FIRST ONE THEY HAVE APPROACHED, HE <br />POINTED OUT THAT THE $8,000 MATCH WOULD GIVE THEM ACCESS TO $100,000. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE ALSO WOULD. PREFER :TO SEE MOST OF <br />THE MONEY USED FOR PREVENTIVE EDUCATION OF OUR YOUTH RATHER THAN PUT <br />INTO THE HARD CORE ADDICT. <br />MR. ASHCRAFT COMMENTED THAT IF THE COUNTIES ALL TELL THEM <br />THAT THEY DON T CARE TO SEE A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM INITIALLY, HE BELIEVES <br />THAT WOULD BE A MESSAGE TO THE STATE. MR. ASHCRAFT ASKED IF THE COUNTY <br />WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT MONEY INTO AN OUT-PATIENT PROGRAM, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT WE COULD NOT MAKE A COMMITMENT <br />NOW, BUT HE FELT WE WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO WORKING IT IN THE BUDGET WHEN <br />WE SEE OUR TOTAL PICTURE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED HE WOULD BE RECEPTIVE TO A PRE- <br />VENTION PROGRAM PROVIDED THE MONEY IS THERE, BUT WOULD TURN THUMBS DOWN <br />ON A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM, HE ALSO NOTED THAT THE CENTER SPOT OF THE <br />PROBLEM MOST PROBABLY LIES WITHIN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, AND IF THEY ARE NOT <br />GOING TO PARTICIPATE, HE CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO EITHER. <br />JOHN ASHCRAFT SAID THAT, IN OTHER WORDS, THE BOARD APPARENTLY <br />WOULD CHOOSE THE EARLY INTERVENTION FOCUS, AND THE BOARD AGREED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MERCHON ROGEL, EXECU- <br />TIVE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED WAY, AND RITA SAUERMAN, YOUTH GUIDANCE <br />VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR, HAVE A PROJECT THEY WISH TO DISCUSS WITH THE <br />BOARD. <br />MERCHON ROGEL EXPLAINED THAT THEY ARE HOPING TO DRAW A LOT OF <br />ATTENTION TO THE SERVICES THE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />AND SHE ANTICIPATES THAT WHEN THEY TOTAL THE DOLLARS BASED ON THE <br />53 <br />A <br />c� <br />a <br />BOOK 3FAGS <br />