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Fr__ MAY 41983 INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY R MENTAL HEALTH CENTER, Inc. 800 AVENUE H. FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA 33450 ` 305-464-8111 laI I,'r, ( � T r O N LIST JOHN R. ASHCRAFT, ACSW ��: i --J EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Co �'t%1 :�.3.L:(Z.'.;'S JUDITH J. WEBER, ACSW C j� 7 Administrator ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR N56l P - I,--, Chairman Dick Bird Indian River County Board of Commissioners 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Re: 1) Request to Appear Before Commission 2) Analysis of District Board's Consultant Report Dear Chairman Bird: D� Fe 396 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BRANIH 1314 20th STREET VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 305-569-2906 MARTIN COUNTY BRANCH 422 CAMDEN. AVENUE STUART. FLORIDA 33494 305-283.7070 OKEECHOBEE COUNTY BRANCH 1008 N. PARROTT AVENUE OKEECHOBEE. FLORIDA 33472 813.763.1191 April 6, 1983 On April 27, 1983 the Mental Health District Board will meet to finalize its New Allocation Policy. 'Please accept this letter as a request to appear before the County Commission the following week, i.e. May 2 - 6, to report on the District Board's action. At the same time, I would appreciate the opportunity to provide an update on the progress of the Indian River Regional Treatment Center (the psychiatric hospital project). Last week a copy of the District Board Consultant's report was mailed to you. The remainder of this letter provides a brief analysis of the report and describes the District Board's initial reaction. The Consultant's report excludes three issues from consideration in the . determination of allocations: 1) past initiatives of agencies, 2) designated funding categories and 3) per capita considerations. In addition, the Con- sultant's report focuses on the quantity and quality of services provided to "priority" populations and concluded that needs assessments and program evalu- ations will have to be conducted to determine if the District's resources concludes that, if the District's resources are being utilized to provide quality services to priority populations, the present plan is working and therefore, it "makes no sense to destroy existing priority programs in order to shift resources to establish programs elsewhere." The Consultant also recommends that the District Board hire a consultant to help the Board establish an oper- ational plan. Our analysis of the Consultant's report contains the following observations: I. The recommendation for additional needs assessments and program evaluations ignores the obvious. The demographic characteristics of the four county population clearly indicate a need for Mental Health dnd Alcohol Services which exceeds a pure per capita allo- cation calculation. 60 Attorney - Personnel Public Works - _ 00m9�Ja .. Community DOV. - s�G Utilities other Chairman Dick Bird Indian River County Board of Commissioners 1840 25th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Re: 1) Request to Appear Before Commission 2) Analysis of District Board's Consultant Report Dear Chairman Bird: D� Fe 396 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY BRANIH 1314 20th STREET VERO BEACH, FLORIDA 32960 305-569-2906 MARTIN COUNTY BRANCH 422 CAMDEN. AVENUE STUART. FLORIDA 33494 305-283.7070 OKEECHOBEE COUNTY BRANCH 1008 N. PARROTT AVENUE OKEECHOBEE. FLORIDA 33472 813.763.1191 April 6, 1983 On April 27, 1983 the Mental Health District Board will meet to finalize its New Allocation Policy. 'Please accept this letter as a request to appear before the County Commission the following week, i.e. May 2 - 6, to report on the District Board's action. At the same time, I would appreciate the opportunity to provide an update on the progress of the Indian River Regional Treatment Center (the psychiatric hospital project). Last week a copy of the District Board Consultant's report was mailed to you. The remainder of this letter provides a brief analysis of the report and describes the District Board's initial reaction. The Consultant's report excludes three issues from consideration in the . determination of allocations: 1) past initiatives of agencies, 2) designated funding categories and 3) per capita considerations. In addition, the Con- sultant's report focuses on the quantity and quality of services provided to "priority" populations and concluded that needs assessments and program evalu- ations will have to be conducted to determine if the District's resources concludes that, if the District's resources are being utilized to provide quality services to priority populations, the present plan is working and therefore, it "makes no sense to destroy existing priority programs in order to shift resources to establish programs elsewhere." The Consultant also recommends that the District Board hire a consultant to help the Board establish an oper- ational plan. Our analysis of the Consultant's report contains the following observations: I. The recommendation for additional needs assessments and program evaluations ignores the obvious. The demographic characteristics of the four county population clearly indicate a need for Mental Health dnd Alcohol Services which exceeds a pure per capita allo- cation calculation. 60