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May 10, 1988 Mr. James Lentz, Chairman Gabarrus County Board of Commissioners Cabarres County Courthouse P.O. Box 707 Concord, N.C. 28025 Re: Approval of CBA Grant Applications Dear Mr. Lentz: The Community Based Alternatives Task Force has been notified that our funding for Fiscal Year 1988-1989 will be $124,153.00. We are requesting the approval from the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners of the following grant applications. Temporary Shelter Care The Cabarrus County Department of Social Services has prepared s request for CBA funding in the amount of $92,900.00 f6r continuation of the Temporary Shelter Care Project. This project was begun in March, 1980, and continues to be a valuable resource to Cabarrus County. The department contracts with Lutheran Family Services to provide temporary zhelter care for five (5) children at any one time for a maximum stay of ninety (90) days each. This year, we expect to place twenty (20) children at this facility. This shelter houses juveniles referred from Juvenile Court who have been adjudicated as delinquent or undisciplined. These children require maintenance in a specialized facility offering a behavior modification program with trained staff for the preventiou of further court involvement and further damage to persons or property. The Temporary Shelter Care has a total operating budget of $141,720.00 for Fiscal Year 1988-1989. Of this, $92,900.00 is from CBA funds; $23,820.00 is from local funds, and $25,000.00 is from Lutheran Family Services. The percentage of xncrease in local funding is 2.3% over last year. Home-Based Services The second request for approval by the board is also submitted by the Cabarrus County Department of Social Services. The proposal is entitled Home-Based Services. This proposal will allow the department to implement a new program focusing on family systems within households of delinquent and undisciplined teenagers. The primary source of referral will be Juvenile Court counselors and District Court Judges. The aim of this program is to reduce placement outside the nuclear family While impacting on family dysfunctions by provision of intensive casework services utilizing structural family therapy as the primary intervention technique. Supportive services will include short-term foster care placements, Wilderness Camping Experience, and substance abuse treatment programs. This program will enhance the coordination of existing services within the community and development of new services for our youth in trouble. The total proposed budget for this program is $37,340.21. CBA funds will provide $28,253.00 with the remaining $9,087.21 being local in-kind match (with no additional appropriation of county fundi_~ng required).