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,4~E~&~--- ,4- <br />3. <br />El Futuro, Inc. <br />"North Carolina's Non-profit Resource for Latino Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment" <br />110 W. Main St., Suite 2H - Carrboro, North Carolina 27510 ' <br />Telephone (919) 338-1939 //Fax (919) 33&2729 //Web www.elfuturo-nc.org <br />stiff Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Psychiatrist/Executive Attn: Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Director 200 South Cameron Street <br />Luke Smith, MD Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Program Manager <br />Karen Current, LCSW Deaz IVIr. Jacobs, <br />Mental Health and We aze requesting the Commissioners to reconsider El Futuro's request for funding to <br />substance Abuse Program <br />Director rovide behavioral health services to. residents of Oran a Coun As ou aze well <br />P g t3'• y <br /> aware, the County has suffered the loss of several large behavioral health providers over <br />Sandy Ruu, LCSW, LSAC the last several years. Behavioral health services for non-English speaking residents of <br />Therapists Orange County are particularly scarce except for those provided by our agency, El <br />Birgitte B Espitia, PhD Futuro. <br />Josh Hinson, LCSW, <br />CSAC-I <br />In the spring of 2008, the Human Services Advisory Commission (HSAC) <br />Alejandro Mortfnez- recommended for El Futuro to receive $60,000 in funding for our work during 2008-09. <br />Lacabe, Msw We ask for you to reconsider this request now. El Futuro will use Orange County funds <br />Karla Siu, LCSW to pay for services to Orange County residents who do not qualify for publicly funded <br /> services.. <br />Business Manager At present, El Futuro has. 1,530 active patients in treatment. We have seen an increased <br />Ximena Martinez demand for our services over the last yeaz and we think this trend will continue. Our <br />Clinical Assistant goals aze simple: help children stay in school and help them be more emotionally <br />Conf Garcia prepared to learn, reduce the high rates of suicidality among teenagers (especially <br /> among Latina youth), reduce alcohol and substance use, and to reduce time missed from <br />Board of Directors work due to mental illness and addiction disorders. El Futuro acts as a health care <br /> safety-net provider for residents of Orange County who are most.vulnerable to the <br />Martha Olaya-Crowley, stresses of poverty, discrimination, violence, and the stigma of mental illness. <br />MEc( LCSW <br />Chair <br />At this time, we are looking to foundations to help support our work. The first question <br />Marcia Fapinola they often ask is whether or not our own community values our work. By supporting <br />Jack Haggerty, MD our work now, Orange County can leverage funds to help us acquire new funding to not <br /> only continue our work but also expand our services. <br />Gillum Hall, MHA, MBA <br />Secretary ~~ you for reconsidering our request. We look forwazd to working with you to <br />Don Hartman serve the residents of Orange County for many years to come. <br />Maria Lapetina <br />Since ely, <br />Zaida Montez <br />Treasurer <br />Juan Ortiz ~ uke Smith, MD <br />Executive Director <br />Maria Inds Robayo <br />Leslie Winner, JD <br />