ADOPTED - JUNE 27, 2006

Agenda Item No. 12

Introduced by the Judiciary Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE IMPACCT PARTNERSHIP (INTEGRATING MULTIPLE PATHS ACHIEVES COMPREHENSIVE CHILDREN’S TREATMENT) AND A COMMUNITY BASED SYSTEM OF CARE

RESOLUTION #06-172

WHEREAS, the IMPACCT Partnership has received a SAMHSA (Substance Abuse – Mental Health Services Administration) grant from the Department of Health and Human Services; and

WHEREAS, local community-based treatment of youth whenever possible is a desired outcome; and

WHEREAS, the IMPACCT Partnership (made up of representatives of the Ingham County Department of Human Services, Ingham County Family Court, Lansing School District, Ingham Intermediate School District, Association for Children’s Mental Health, St. Vincent Catholic Charities, Child & Family Services – Capital Area, parents, and youth) desires to establish policy that will coordinate cross-system funding and create a locus of accountability to shift from residential and inpatient services to home and community-based services; and

WHEREAS, the long-term sustainability of this effort is dependent upon the commitment of local funds; and

WHEREAS, the IMPACCT Partnership is requesting the Ingham County Board of Commissioners pass this resolution of support.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners supports a community-based system of care.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners supports in concept the coordination and braiding of funding across child-serving systems and funding streams, including the Child Care Fund, the County General Fund spent on children and youth, and Juvenile Justice Millage funds.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, as a part of Ingham County’s identified priority to have model programs and facilities for at risk and adjudicated youth, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners agrees to consider the possible apportionment of available funds in subsequent years for specified uses as follows: community-based treatment, prevention services, provision of family advocates and support providers, strengthening youth involvement and cultural competency of staff, community-based treatment for youth with less intensive needs, and other components of funding.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners agrees to consider during the budget process that as a goal, the aggregate level of funding for these services, in subsequent years, would be no less than the amount budgeted in FY 2006 for the Child Care Fund (both the Court and the Department of Human Services funds) and Juvenile Justice Millage funds.

JUDICIARY:  Yeas:  Weatherwax-Grant, Holman, Nolan, Bahar-Cook, Schafer, Dougan

Nays:  None           Absent:  None    Approved 6/15/06