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Commissioners should ensure that funds to provide'for community treatment of the j mentally ill are provided to community programs, not retained in the institutions. Local hospitals should be encouraged to assume a role of assistance in the treatment of the Human severely disturbed.Local health departments should be adequately funded to assist in the s Increased demand for outpatient services which results from transferring the emotionall Y and mentally disturbed into the community setting.The state should bear the total costs of Resources treatment,education,and housing of severely emotionally disturbed and assaultive youth classed as"Willie M". Single Audit The CofSitept of a §Ingle eounty'audit sufflalent for all state sgenay needs shQr�l encouraged.Where additional compliance audits are necessary.the state should perform one compliance audit for all programs at one time. Introduction Comprehensive and efficient human services, including social services, health, and mental health programs,are essential to human well-being in our present society.These services must be clearly defined and adequately funded. State mandated services delivered at the county level should be financed from state revenue sources in order for every citizen of North Carolina to receive a substantially similar degree of service. Elementary/ State/County Relationshlp d a r y. 4 County commissioners should play a major role in the development of the state's human +f services policies. Both fiscal and administrative changes in such policies should be �atiol Preceded by close negotiations between the state and counties to determine the impact on E d. county governments. rr The'North Carolina-Association of County Commissioners should establish a formal written procedure,in cooperation with the Office of the Attorney General,forthe handling of litigation affecting county governments statewide,whether filed in the nameof a county or the state,to ensure that the counties have adequate in-court representation and that our Interests are considered in any.out-of-court agreements. The Association believes that every child should have an equal opportunity to achieve excellence through public education. Recognizing that public education is a major County commissioners should have legislative authority to appoint all members of an area responsibility of a civilized state, the Association believes that total.state resources are mental health board, social service board or a district health board that represent their necessary to support and assure such equal opportunity.The Association further believes ' p that citizen control a public schools is both necessary and desirable to guarantee particular county,including those removed from office for cause by those independent continued widespread understanding of support for ihls major responsibility of boards... government:the education of its people.County government must play a significant role Medicaid as a focal point for citizen control,but joint cooperative act!on between.boa rds of county commissioners and local school boards is.imperative. And, the free exchange of Nationwide it has been recognized that revenue sourc:es'generally available to county nformation and ideas among the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, tY the North Carolina School Boards Association, and the.North Carolina Department of governments are not sufficiently progressive to keep up with escalating medical costs.The Public Instruction is necessary to promote a full and open understanding of the varietyof North Carolina Association of County Commissioners should work toward the gradual. issues related to public education: State takeover of the counties'share of the Medical Assistance program. Delnsfitutlonallzallon Clarifying State and County Financial Responsibility The conversion of our human services system for the treatment and rehabilitation of the The division of responsibility between the state and counties for financing public school mentally ill and substance abusers from one based on large institutional settings to one the�aswhich ewars established by the Genera!Assembly in 1933 has become blurred during based on community services has far-reaching implications for counties,not just in terms for the'instructional and upport program costs which are f�he responsibility of the state. of funding but also from the standpoint of available appropriate services.employment,and Oa the offer public acceptance V rmiclential programs.The North Carolina Association of County school facilities which s a responsibility reOf coF untt�c bond issues to assist in Tinanc+rag y government.