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(Chairman Scurlock asked if the eight is plus parents, and <br />Commissioner Eggert believed it is 6 clients plus 2 parents, or 8 <br />residents. <br />Chairman Scurlock asked what it would mean if they only had <br />2 to 4 clients, and Mr. Thompson stated that they would lose a <br />significant amount of money. He noted that the group homes he <br />ran iCalifornia averaged a loss of $36,000 a year -between what <br />the state would pay and the actual costs, and they had to do fund <br />raisiing to make up the difference. <br />Commissioner Wheeler wished to know how many residents there <br />are in the women's group home and how long it has been in <br />operation. He was advised there are 7 -residents and 2 parents, <br />and it has been in operation 6 years. <br />iscussion continued re the fact that the more residents you <br />have,1the better you do economically, but there are other factors <br />to belconsidered and it must blend in with the neighborhood. <br />Robert Lang, Vice President of the Association of Retarded <br />Citizens and chairman of the committee who did the study on the <br />group1home, informed the Board that they looked at what their <br />resources were from the state, which are always insufficient to <br />satisfy their needs, and then looked at their other sources of <br />support, i.e., contributions from the Kiwanis, Knights of <br />Columbus, the United Way, etc., and identified what they could <br />reaso,,nably support in terms of economics, and 8 was the optimum <br />amount of clients. <br />(Chairman Scurlock asked if 6 would make it a no-go proposi- <br />tion and Mr. Lang stated they would have to find other sources_ <br />of funds to make up the difference, and it would complicate their <br />program very much. <br />averi <br />Mr. I <br />stat( <br />$6,5; <br />Commissioner Eggert wished to know what they figure as the <br />ge cost per year for each of the people in a group home, and <br />,ang stated that the yearly cost for one of these people in a <br />institution averages $14,400 while in a group home, it is <br />16 each. <br />SEP 27 <br />-69 .909 <br />PAGE <br />