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Findings 18 findings
F1
The City of Chico is considering a ban on non EPA certified burning devices, with some exceptions.
F2
The ability of the District to conform to Ambient Air Quality Standards will be dimin- ished unless new sources of funding are found.
F3
Butte County does not currently meet the federal air quality standard for particulates, due to wood burning devices used in the winter.
F4
Butte County does not meet the federal standard for ozone during the summer months. Butte County cannot reduce ozone that is created in another jurisdiction.
F5
The District appears to be well managed by a professional and dedicated staff.
F6
There is a lack of monitoring and administering of the increased number of contracts.
F7
Productivity levels appear lower than the standard in some areas of BCDBH.
F8
There is a lack of contracted residential facilities for youth in crisis in Butte County.
F9
There is a lack of contracted residential facilities for adults in crisis in Butte County.
F10
There has been a lack of local partnering with a hospital or facility that can hospitalize and treat patients locally. Meetings are being held to foster partnerships.
F11
There was a lack of a Systems Performance Evaluation Coordinator in the past. This posi- tion has just been assigned and is in the process of classification.
F12
Overhead costs that were too high in relation to the budget have been reduced to qualify for state reimbursement.
F13
The Grand Jury found the Butte County Board of Supervisors to be surprisingly un- informed, and un-involved in overseeing and monitoring the Department of Behavioral Health’s fiscal affairs, structure of management, and administrative decisions made for the Department. When questioned they were unable to answer most of the Grand Jury’s in- quiries about the Department.
F14
The PHF was visited and found to be well staffed, extremely clean, and full to its sixteen bed capacity.
F15
The Crisis Stabilization Unit is now fully staffed 24-7 and is in compliance with state mandates as of March 7, 2009.
F16
Caseload ratios in the clinics and counseling centers need to be studied and adjusted accordingly.
F17
Representative Payee Program was slated to be discontinued but following protest from medical and clinical staff, the program is presently fully maintained. Grant monies that supported the program in the past have now been diverted to a homeless program. The Representative Payee Program is currently being supported by realignment funds.
F18
The outside audit report done in August-September, 2008 has not been received to date. 22
Recommendations 18
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R1The District should continue to pursue all possible sources of funding to finance incen- tives to upgrade wood burning devices.
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R2The District should continue to educate the public and encourage the voluntary conver- sion of ineffective wood burning devices to EPA certified models.
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R3Develop a continual cross training program and implementation schedule.
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R4Update the division Procedural Manuals.
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R5Create and publish individual desk Procedural Manuals.
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R6A plan and process for monitoring contracts should be developed.
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R7Productivity levels need to be established and enforced. Qualified medical and clinical su- pervisors should interface with patients a percentage of the time.
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R8Additional residential facilities that meet state mandated requirements and licensing qualifications should be encouraged for the purpose of treating and housing youth locally. This would be advantageous to the families involved and save the County a great deal of money.
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R9Additional residential facilities that meet state mandate requirements and licensing qualifications should be developed for treating and housing adults needing long-term placement locally, again saving out-of-county costs.
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R10Partnerships with local hospitals in the County need to be developed for the collabora- tive treatment and care of severely mentally ill patients.
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R11The classification process and position allocation for the Systems Performance Evaluation Coordinator should be completed and accepted by the Board of Supervisors as soon as possible.
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R12Overhead operating costs should continue to be monitored and kept at or below the state requirement level of fifteen percent to qualify for state reimbursement. 23
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R13The Board of Supervisors should become more regularly informed and more involved with the fiscal affairs and administrative structure of BCDBH.
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R14The Psychiatric Health Facility should retain full coverage staffing in order to continue to operate at full capacity.
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R15The Crisis Stabilization Unit should retain full coverage staffing in order to continue to operate at full capacity.
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R16Clinics and counseling center’s caseload ratios should be studied and reassessed.
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R17The Representative Payee Program should be continued in its full capacity and should not be outsourced.
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R18The Board of supervisors should pursue receipt of the outside audit done in August- September, 2008.
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Butte County Board of Supervisors
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