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34 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE CONCERN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE <br />CITY OF PORTSMOUTH ON THE ELIMINATION BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT <br />OF WELFARE OF THE STATE TO STATE TITLE XX FUNDING FOR ALCOHOL <br />REHABILITATION SERVICES REQUESTING THAT THE FUNDING BE <br />REINSTATED. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, one of the goals of Title XX is the deinstitutional- <br />ization of community based inpatient and residential care for <br />alcohol rehabilitation services; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Virginia Department of Welfare has announced <br />that said programs at the community !'evel will not be funded for <br />fiscal iear 1983; and <br /> <br /> WI. qEaREAS, there was no advance notice of the decision not <br />to fund these programs for the fiscal year 1983; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the F!ynn Christian Fellowship House of Portsmouth <br />Inc., a residential program which serves 128 Title XX male and <br />female clients per year will lose over $65,000.00 or one third <br />of its total operating budget because of said decision to eliminate <br />the funding of this program; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, citizens of the city in need of such services will <br />be forced to seek institutionalized treatment alternatives; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, many of the services provided by this program <br />are indigent citizens unable to afford such institutionalized <br />treatment. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the <br />City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the Council hereby expresses <br />its concern over the decision of the Virginia Department of <br />Welfare tO eliminate the state to state Title XX program funding <br />for alcohol rehabilitation services for fiscal year 1983. <br /> <br /> BE iT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council encourages the <br />members of the State Board of Welfare and ~he Virginia Department <br />of Welfare to reconsider this decision and to reinstate the <br />funds necessary to continue the program of inpatient and <br />residential care for fiscal year 1983. <br /> <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she <br />hereby is, instructed to forward a copy of this resolution to <br />the members of the Virginia State Board of Welfare, the <br />Secretary of the Virginia Department of Welfare~ and the members <br />of the Portsmouth Community Services Board. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia <br />at a meeting held May 11, 1982. <br /> <br />Teste: <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />