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MAY 1 6 1989 BOOK 6 882 procedures and criteria set by the State, and Administrator Chandler advised that the process would be that the County Administrator would bring recommendations to the Board for allocations to the applicable programs. Commissioner Eggert believed that the programs did not need be just HRS approved, because she understood that it could be the "Just Say No" group or some of the other programs. Attorney Brennan confirmed that they do not have to be just HRS approved, but they do have to meet some of the guidelines that are set out by the State. After a recommendation by the Administrator, the Commission can designate where the funds are to go. Commissioner Scurlock understood then that the Commission has control, and that the Administrator will make some recommen- dations at budget time and the Commission will expend the funds. Commissioner Bowman asked what agencies would be our options, and Commissioner Eggert felt that they would be the Mental Health Center, the mental health agency in Ft. Pierce, which has an office here in Vero Beach, or any other groups that are working with drug education, such as the Sheriff's Dept. Chairman Wheeler explained that the recommendation for this ordinance originated in the Correctional Planning Council, and the Council hopes that when these funds became available and if the stockade becomes a realty, to try to develop some kind of a rehabilitation program at the stockade for evenings and weekends. Commissioner Bowman pointed out that there is an on-going program in Gifford, but didn't know if it would meet HRS standards. Attorney Brennan explained that the State sets the standards and that she had mentioned HRS only because they are working with the Mental Health Center, which already meets the standards that have been set, but that is not to say that other programs would not qualify. 36