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C�issioner Andrew, continued the county needs to get the state to pay for thie new direction in providing services. Regarding daycare. Commissi-rrter NnOr . says that a person Ought tv be entitled to get daycare if they want to work. The subsidies required would be offset by the increased tax rolls, making such a program pay for itself. Administrative problems must be resolved as well. Currently. daycare licensing, eligibility and contracted services are fragmented among the county staff making it impossible to coordinate the daycare program. And the funding mechanism should be changed from a flat grant to a sliding fee based on a clients ability to pay, according to Andrew. Commissioner Andrew listens to -the people in the communities, particularly through the human services councils. He terms this new attitude a "bottom -up" approach to decision -making compared with the traditional method of governing from the top down. It is apparent that his philosophy benefits residents of urban, suourban and rural Hennepin County. 0 F O C U S O N MISSION CARE CENTER Mission Care Center. located on the North shore of Medicine Lake in Ply- mouth, serves the chemical abuse and dependency needs of the North and West Minneapolis suburbs by offering three distinct programs; detoxification, evaluation, and a flexible, short- term treatment - the CARE Program. Th* Mission Care Ce-,ter Detox Unit is a secure, subacute, 32-bed facility, providing medically supervised detoxifi- cation for mate and female patients over age 14. The staff of registered nurses, human services technicians, chemical dependency technicians, and counselors provides individualized assessment and reterral for patient as well as lectures, 1%, .1, and group sessions. Mission Care Center also offers a seven to ten day evaluation program, 4hich, under the supervision of a Certifled Chemical Dependency Practi- rioner, assesses the nature and extent ,Nf each patients' chemical use. The structured program consists of group therapy, one-to-one counseling, psychological testing, individual written and reading assignments, and educatfonal lectures and movies. all on a locked unit. The educational orientation of the program encourages self-discovery and identification of specific problem areas. The Mission Care Evaluation Program is not affiliated with any one health care provider. but makes referrals to counseling and treatment programs throughout the Twin City Are;i. The final Mission Care Center component is the CARE Program, a 10 to 14 day flexib'e, short-term, inpatient treat- ment program designed fcr the individual patient. This program meets a wide variety of need-, such as: refresher course for chemically dependent individ- als who have had a telapse; crisis stabilization and assessment; work on 1st through 3rd steps of Alcoholics Anonymous; holding for courts or from treatment; preparation for out- patient treatment; and waiting for treatment, halfway house, or foster home placement. Referrals for all programs at Mission Care Center come from HMO's, counseling clinics, halfway houses, families, the Judicial system, treatment centers, and self -referrals. Programs are funded by private pay, third party reimbursement, or reimbursement frorr specific counties having placement agreements. Mission Care Center is licensed under DPW Rub s 32/35, and is accredited by 0— Jo.nt Commis- sion on Accreditation of Hospitals. "Mission Farms" had its beginning in the rresent location in 1996, as a non-profit religious camp where over 700 persons could live and worship in one of the most unique and beautiful t imp grounds in Ame rica. Continued on next page