HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2016-36COUNTY COUNCIL
COUNTY OF KAUAI
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RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE
COUNTY OF KAUAI FOR THE PROPOSED
ADOLESCENT TREATMENT AND HEALING CENTER
WHEREAS, substance abuse, dependence, and addiction are serious
challenges facing Kaua`i's community and if left untreated in juvenile populations,
could lead to joblessness, homelessness, increasing rates of delinquency and
criminality, family violence, increase in healthcare costs, mental health services,
emergency room admissions, and additional prison beds. These outcomes could create
significant costs that consume an inordinate percentage of Federal, State and County
spending; and
WHEREAS, understanding the importance of developing an Adolescent
Treatment and Healing Center on Kauai, Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr. has
included this as a top priority within the County's Holo Holo 2020 vision; and
WHEREAS, the County Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) on June 3, 2015, for the dedication of approximately five (5) acres from Grove
Farm to be used for an Adolescent Treatment & Healing Center located in upper
Hanamd'ulu; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kauai has submitted a Capital Improvement
Project (CIP) request to the State Legislature in the amount of $5,000,000 for
Construction and Site improvements of the Adolescent Treatment and Healing
Center; and
WHEREAS, the lack of on- island residential treatment continues to be a
problem as there is a critical and urgent need for greater and earlier enhanced access
to mental health and substance abuse services for youth, especially during the early
stages when our young people experience contact with the judicial system; and
WHEREAS, in order to support a full continuum of treatment and recovery
services, it is imperative to re- direct or reinvest government funds to implement
system- changes designed to reduce the high incidence of youth entering the judicial
system; and
WHEREAS, an on- island Adolescent Treatment and Healing Center would
reduce the number of youth entering the juvenile justice system, serve as an
alternative to locked facilities, and encourage community and family -based
engagement; and
WHEREAS, Act 201, the Reform of the Hawaii Juvenile Justice System,
signed in 2014 recommends that resources be allocated and increased statewide to
address substance abuse, mental health, and social issues, and that the necessary
funding be allocated to each county for both residential and outpatient services
through one of the youth- serving agencies, to meet the myriad of mental health and
social needs that youth and their families struggle with on a daily basis; and
WHEREAS, private insurance coverage for drug treatment is insufficient in
many cases to cover the cost of residential treatment and may not cover airfare and
transportation for off - island residential treatment. Depending on the type of
coverage, the patient's co- payment, deductibles, and expenses for some medication
make it cost prohibitive; and
WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii, Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Division (CAMHD) does not currently have adequate resources to provide ongoing
operating subsidies for any new adolescent treatment facility in the State of
Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, it's estimated that operating a 24 -hour / 7 -day a week ATHC will
require operating subsidies of between $267,000 to $865,000 per year, depending on
future assistance from the State of Hawaii; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kauai, Office of the Mayor, Life's Choices Kauai
is committed to exploring and applying for grants to help fund the on -going
operations of the ATHC; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI,
STATE OF HAWAII, that once an ATHC is built, the County Council is committed
to providing the shortfall in annual operating funds and increasing County
revenues, if necessary, for its on -going operations.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Council is committed to
pursuing additional funding for treatment and prevention from the State
Legislature through either the expansion of Department of Health, Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD) funding or other innovative methods
of revenue generation.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Governor David Y. Ige, State Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi, Speaker of the
State House of Representatives Joseph M. Souki, State Representative
Derek S. K. Kawakami, State Representative Daynette "Dee" Morikawa, State
Representative James Kunane Tokioka, State Department of Health, Child and
Adolescent Mental Health Division (CAMHD), and Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr.
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