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F - AUG 2 2 1984BOOK FW.)� 74 Commissioner Wodtke left the meeting temporarily. ALCO-HOPE REQUESTS PORTION OF MENTAL HEALTH FUNDS V Peter Vallone, Executive Director of Alco -Hope, Inc., came before the Board and explained that he wished to identify the need for a residential treatment facility as there is a void in the treatment process. He noted that the Commission is proposing $137,000 be budgeted for Mental Health, and he is proposing that they red flag some of those monies and force Mental Health to address this issue and spend the amount of monies the Board will recommend specifically for residential processing of the recovering alcoholic and/or drug abuse. He emphasized that he is not asking for any additional monies, but just requesting that the Board red flag some of these monies. Attorney Brandenburg explained that the mental health picture has been restructured this year and we now have a subdistrict that has its own board. The Dept. of Health & Rehabilitative Services, which receives the monies, goes to that board for direction as to which agencies it should spend the monies on. He believed Mr. Vallone should submit his request to that board rather than the County Commission. Commissioner Bird agreed, noting that we are just setting up this new board, and he felt we would be usurping their purpose if we told them where to put the monies. Mr. Vallone pointed out that there is no board yet, and he asked if the Commission could, at least, take the approach of saying that they agree with his proposal for addressing the need for residential treatment services. Chairman Scurlock felt we can identify the need, but not necessarily specify how it should be handled. Commissioner Lyons believed that over several years we have been trying to get the District Board through Mr. Ashcraft to find a way to help support Alco -Hope. He 38