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N SEP 15 1937BOOK PACE 4®1- NEED FOR CHILD/ADOLESCENT SERVICE IN COUNTY Commissioner Eggert reviewed the following memo: TO: Board of County DATE: September 9, 1987 FILE: Commissioners SUBJECT: Need for Child/Adolescent Service in Indian River County FROM: Commissi.oneEgger REFERENCES: We have increasing needs for child/adolescent service in the mental health and. drug rehabilitation care in Indian River County. We have 40 adult beds going unused at Rivendell that could be redesignated to child/adolescent to handle the 36 young people they have on the waiting list. Rivendell is asking the State for a redesignation. I wrote a personal letter because it was needed by September 11, 1987. I would like us to provide to Rivendell a letter signed by our Chairman that contains the following information: To Whom It May Concern: At their meeting on September 15, 1987, the Board of County Commissioners discussed the need for child and adolescent service in Indian River 'County, and its increasing pressure on our facilities. Rivendell currently has a waiting list of 36 young people, yet its adult beds go unused. The Board of County Commissioners would like to have the 40 adult beds at Rivendell redesignated to child/adolescent beds. We feel it is more cost effective to fill currently available unused beds rather then develop new ones. ON MOTION by Commissioner Bowman, SECONDED by Com- missioner Eggert, the Board unanimously authorized the Chairman to sign a letter as set out above. LIBRARY SITES Commissioner Eggert reported that they had a meeting of the three groups together - the Library Advisory Committee, the site committee, and the planning committee - to bring them up to date on the latest recommendation, one of which was the governmental area downtown. They seemed very positively oriented toward the 44