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MENTAL HEALTH BOARD HAS ADVISED THEM TO STOP ALL SERVICES, BUT THEIR <br />ATTORNEY ADVISED THEM NOT T0, ANOTHER DEFICIENCY IN THE ALCOHOL PROGRAM <br />IS THAT THEY CONTRACT WITH ALCO-HOPE, BUT MOST OF THEIR FUNDING WAS FROM <br />CETA AND IS IN DANGER. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUN- <br />TERED IN TRAINING PERSONNEL UNDER THE CETA PROGRAM. <br />MR. ASHCRAFT REPORTED THAT THEY SOON WILL START A LECTURE <br />SERIES FOR THE PUBLIC, WHICH WILL BE A PILOT PROJECT TO SEE WHAT KIND OF <br />INTEREST IS GENERATED, AND ALSO THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO BECOME ACCREDITED <br />WITHIN A YEAR AS A TRULY COMPREHENSIVE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMPLIMENTED MR. ASHCRAFT'S GROUP AND <br />STATED THAT HE FELT THEY HAVE RENDERED A VERY VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE <br />COMMUNITY, ONE WHICH IS MUCH IMPROVED FROM THREE YEARS AGO. <br />SHERIFF JOYCE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM OF DEALING WITH ALCOHOLICS <br />AND INCOMPETENTS IN JAIL AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SHERIFF`S <br />ASSOCIATION IS FILING SUIT AGAINST HEVI AND HRS TO ELLMINATE THE CHAPTER <br />THAT ALLOWS MENTAL HEALTH TO DUMP THESE PEOPLE ON THE SHERIFF`S DEPART- <br />MENT TO BE HELD IN JAIL FIVE DAYS. HE STATED THAT JAIL IS NO PLACE FOR <br />A MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL. <br />MR. ASHCRAFT STATED THAT THEY CONCURRED WITH THE SHERIFF'S <br />ACTION. <br />THE BOARD THEN ADJOURNED AT 12:1O O'CLOCK P.M. FOR LUNCH AND <br />RECONVENED AT 1:45 O'CLOCK P.M. WITH THE SAME MEMBERS PRESENT. <br />INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATOR THOMAS APPROACHED THE BOARD TO I <br />' •DISCUSS THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY AND EXPLAINED THAT THIS HAS NO <br />I <br />RELATIONSHIP WHATSOEVER TO A HOUSING AUTHORITY; IT IS JUST A MEANS OF ' <br />STIMULATING CAPITAL IN THE COMMUNITY. HE CONTINUED THAT HE AND REPRE- <br />SENTATIVES OF HOUGH & COMPANY HAVE MET WITH SECURITY FEDERAL SAVINGS R <br />LOAN AND INDIAN RIVER FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN, BOTH OF WHICH INSTITUTIONS <br />.,, HAVE INDICATED AN INTEREST IN THIS PROGRAM. MR. THOMAS SUGGESTED THAT <br />THE BOARD APPOINT AN INTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY. <br />HE NOTED THAT APPOINTING SUCH.AN AUTHORITY DOES NOT COMMIT THE COUNTY TO <br />A THING. THERE IS NO EXPENSE INVOLVED, AND THE AUTHORITY ESTABLISHES <br />THEIR OWN GUIDELINES. <br />BOOK 39 pAG- 38 <br />