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MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #04297
BY: Charles E. Palmer, District #19; Chuck Moss, District #20; Helaine Zack, District #22
IN RE: Appropriation for The Alliance of Coalitions of Healthy Communities - Prevention of
Substance Abuse
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners:
WHEREAS, the largest single health and safety problem faced by our youth today is the abuse
of drugs, alcohol and other substances; and
WHEREAS, the Alliance of Coalitions of Healthy Communities, known as the (ACHC), is the
successor organization to the Coalition of Healthy Communities (CHC) and is composed of 17 coalitions
representing forty Oakland County communities serving 221,000 of our youth under the age of 18 years;
and
WHEREAS, the ACHC mission is the prevention of substance abuse, violence and other high
risk behaviors by partnering with each other to enhance each member coalition's abilities to promote
prevention and a healthy lifestyle; and
WHEREAS, the collaborative effort of the ACHC is strongly supported by the Oakland County
Health Department, Office of Substance Abuse, as well as many Oakland County communities; and
WHEREAS, in order to move the ACHC forward and to carry out the work of their mission
statement, which benefits all of Oakland County, it is necessary to have adequate funding to employ
professional staff; and
WHEREAS, the ACHC is currently pursuing all avenues to receive Federal Grants to assist in
its prevention work and has not as yet been successful.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners does
hereby authorize a one-time appropriation of $50,000.00 for the Alliance of Coalitions of Healthy
Communities, to be added to the Office of Substance Abuse Services' 2004-2005 Budget for its current
contract with the ACHC, to be used for the benefit of all Oakland County youth.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if and when Federal funding becomes available to the
ACHC, County funds would cease to be used and any unused portion would be returned to Oakland
County.
Chairperson, I move adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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Resolution #04297 October 7, 2004
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee and the Finance
Committee. There were no objections.