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K QP psychiatrists, Sheriffs Office, family lawyers, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Clerk of Court) perceive as the needs for children. Forty of the 211 surveys have been returned. After 10 more are returned, the data from those responses will be input into SPSS after which different types of information can be sorted/obtained. Finally, the third phase is to identify the services already provided in the area. Some work is being done by United Way on the agencies in the area. Then the three will be melded together for the final assessment. He emphasized that the task is long, complex, abstract and they want it to be credible. Also it is important that it have a local flavor. Commissioner Macht again requested the Board reconsider and asked that the issue be aired in a public forum. Conunissioner Ginn maintained the agencies need to begin to look upon the money from the County as seed money to set up a framework. After four years, the Board should evaluate the program, the public support of it, and the availability of other resources. She also thought the Veterans Council should be removed from the non -profits and moved in- house Assistant Administrator Baird advised that the Veterans Council has been moved and explained that either the County must hire someone part-time for the Veterans Council or pay the Veterans Council to administer the program. Commissioner Macht agreed that the Board should make an independent determination whether to continue funding a particular group or agency based on effectiveness and continuing need rather than just a "drop dead" date. Commissioner Ginn reasoned this might be the beginning of a framework and as we proceed with it we will discover its short -comings and whether or not it works. Commissioner Macht reminded her that other groups also fall into this funding, such as the Substance Abuse Council with Federal & State funding, for which the County has March 5, 2002 124 BK nn V